Replied: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 16:33:00 -0500 Replied: Julie Foertsch Return-Path: foertsch@engr.wisc.edu Delivery-Date: Wed Mar 12 15:52:43 2003 Return-Path: Received: from eldorado.uits.indiana.edu (eldorado.uits.indiana.edu [129.79.1.70]) by grids.ucs.indiana.edu (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id h2CKqfC15116 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:52:41 -0500 (EST) Received: from smtp2.wiscmail.wisc.edu (donner.doit.wisc.edu [144.92.197.184]) by eldorado.uits.indiana.edu (8.12.8/8.12.8/IUPO) with ESMTP id h2CKtcuc019462 for ; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 15:55:38 -0500 (EST) Received: from conversion-daemon.smtp2.doit.wisc.edu by smtp2.doit.wisc.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.05 (built Nov 6 2002)) id <0HBN00C01M3ODI@smtp2.doit.wisc.edu> for gcf@indiana.edu; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:55:14 -0600 (CST) Received: from Julie.facstaff.wisc.edu ([144.92.201.100]) by smtp2.doit.wisc.edu (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.05 (built Nov 6 2002)) with ESMTP id <0HBN00HZKM40NX@smtp2.doit.wisc.edu> for gcf@indiana.edu; Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:55:13 -0600 (CST) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 14:55:13 -0600 From: Julie Foertsch Subject: hurry!: Needed for future EOT funding X-Sender: foertsch@wiscmail.wisc.edu To: gcf@indiana.edu Message-id: <5.1.1.5.2.20030312143550.01dba978@wiscmail.wisc.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1.1 Content-type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 8BIT Content-Length: 2361 Hi Geoffrey,

Is there any way you could take a few minutes to answer the five questions below and send your responses to us by Friday March 14? The summative evaluation for EOT-PACI partners and the program's future funding depends on this information!

Thanks!

Name of your EOT-PACI sponsored program(s): Remote Collaborative Learning

1) What type of data do you currently have on your EOT-PACI sponsored program(s)? (Check all that apply)
____(a) Surveys filled out soon after the program/workshop/online tutorial has been completed
____(b) Follow-up surveys showing outcomes of the program/product after months or years
____(c) Annual follow-up surveys or “tracking” surveys of users/program participants
____(d) Interview or focus group data
____(e) A complete evaluation done by a third-party evaluator (someone outside your project).

If you marked e, in what year(s) was that third-party evaluation conducted?:
____(f) Other (please explain):
____(g) None

2) For what program years do you have data like that described in Question 1?

3) Can you tell from the type of data you have collected what percentage of participants/respondents have achieved the ultimate goal of your program or product (e.g., proficiency in X, use of the product in their courses, graduation from or enrollment in CS)
____(a) yes, and I know the percentages
____(b) probably, but the data has never been analyzed that way
____(c) not yet, because there hasn't been time for any to reach the ultimate goal
____(d) no data of this type has been collected

4) How useful is it to your program to have data on the % of participants who achieve the program’s ultimate goal?
____(a) Critical
____(b) Very useful
____(c) Somewhat useful
____(d) Not especially useful

5) What are the obstacles you face in collecting such data?

Julie Foertsch, Ph.D.
LEAD Center
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1900 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726

foertsch@engr.wisc.edu
(608)265-6368
fax: (608)265-5923