Creating Barrier-Free, Broadband Learning Environments

Appendix A: Evaluation Report

CANARIE Project: Broadband Access to Education

• Ten Usability Heuristics
• Distance Education Expert Survey
• Pre-Study Questionnaire
• Comprehension Test
• Post-Study Questionnaire
• Physics Content Questions
• Player Evaluation : Hard of Hearing, Caption Users
• Player Group Two LD Session Notes
• Authoring Tool Evaluation

Distance Education Expert Survey

We are compiling best practices for online distance education and ask that you provide us with some of your expertise in this area by completing this short survey. All responses will be kept strictly confidential. Thank you in advance for your support and assistance.

Please provide some background information:

1. What education level do you teach?
• secondary
• post-secondary
• graduate
• prof. development
• other ____________________________
2. How many distance education courses/workshops have you developed?
3. How many years have you taught distance education courses/workshops?
4. How many online courses/workshops have you taught?

Please tell us about your courses:

5. What subject areas do you teach by distance education?
6. Through which of the following media do you provide distance education (choose all that apply)
• video tape
• audio tape
• television
• print
• other ____________________________
7. Please check the modifications you have made to your courses/workshops to meet the needs of participants with special needs:
• video captioning
• described video
• ASL translation
• W3C web criteria
• none
• other ____________________________
8. What three recommendations would you give to an instructor new to the distance education methods?
9. What pitfalls would you warn an instructor new to the distance education method to watch out for?
10. What course elements do you believe are critical in fostering learner success in your distance ed. courses?
11. Please provide any references that you believe are a must-read for distance educators.
12. May we contact you to discuss your distance education practices further? If so please provide contact information:
Name: ____________________________
Phone: ____________________________
Email: ____________________________