Copyright2000 - Course Questionnaire

Due: At the end of your exam period

Before your experience in this novel course has faded from short term memory I would appreciate your taking a few minutes to respond to the following questions about it.

Consistent with the ground rules for such questionnaires at most institutions I have set this form up so that it does not require signing in. That permits you to submit it anonymously. It also means that when you submit the confirming message of receipt will contain the alert "Your SID was not entered with the quiz." So long as it also says "Your answers were received and recorded." everything has worked as it should. The database has your response but not your ID.

The form does ask for your school so that I can look for local patterns and also share the results from each participating institution with its administration. Be assured the submissions will gather dust in the course database, unexamined by me, until after all course grades have been turned in.


Your institution:

I. Overall Questions

a. Amount of Work

Making appropriate adjustment for the novel nature of its several components and comparing this course to other specialized law school courses with comparable credit, how would you rate the total amount of time and effort required in this course?

b. Level of Mastery

Comparing this course to other specialized law school courses with comparable credit, how would you rate your own success in mastering the material covered during the term?

c. Feedback and Exchange

Comparing this course to others with comparable enrollment (roughly 100) taught conventionally, how would you rate the quantity and quality of teacher feedback and the amount of discussion with both teacher and other students?

d. Technical Problems

Did technical problems get in the way? Were they temporary or did they persist? [If you had problems please describe them and their impact on your work in the course in the comment field below.]

e. Getting Used to the Course Environment

Were there particular features of the course environment or procedures that in retrospect you wish had been more clearly explained at the outset? [If so please note in the comment field below and any suggestions you have how to be clearer next time around.]

f. Responses to d and e Plus Other General Comments

Please any responses to d and e here, as well as any other comments about the overall structure and approach of the course and your response to it -- anything that might help me in improving it for next year. (Questions focusing on the course content, presentations, WebBoard discussions, and mastery exercises follow.)

II. Course Content and Materials

a. Topics covered in the course

What topics, if any, covered lightly this year or not at all would you recommend be deepened or added in 2001? What topics, if any, would you recommend be trimmed back or eliminated? Do you have any advice about the course's general approach to the field or specific suggestions on improving the sequence of topics? [If so please note in the comment field below.]

b. Course materials

Do you have any suggestions about either the content or format of the assigned readings? [If so please note in the comment field below.]

c. Responses to a and b

III. The Presentations and Interactive Problems

I am eager to receive any and all comments you have on the presentations and problems, ranging from their tempo (Did I speak too quickly, too slowly, too monotonously?) to the synchronization of the text and spoken content to the adequacy of the popup window feedback on problems. Before turning to the open-ended comment form, however, I'd like you to respond to two discrete questions.

What became your standard approach to the background presentations? (If you select "other" please explain below.)

Did you block and copy the presentation outlines or visited text into your notes? (If you select "other" please explain below.)

IV. The WebBoard Conference Area, Mastery Exercises, and Other

I've only got a single space left for you to comment on our use of the WebBoard conference, the mastery exercises (including their number and the feedback), and anything else you would like to share.

Many, many thanks for joining me in this adventure and your assistance in helping me understand what about it worked and didn't work.

 

Peter W. Martin