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Foil 4 Student Assessment

From Synchronous Education between Michigan and San Diego Federal Web Consortium Meeting at NPACI All Hands Meeting San Diego -- Jan 27 1999. by Ilya Zaslavsky
Standard assessment
No significant difference in student performance compared to previous years.
Student surveys
3 surveys: at the beginning, middle, and end of each semester
  • no previous distance learning experience for all, standard Web tools are fairly novel for many
In the final survey (30 students, both factual and open-ended questions):
  • all but three say that they are satisfied with what they have accomplished in this course
  • all joined virtual meetings, used class web pages
  • 83% used whiteboard, 60% collaborated in shared applications (most useful techniques); 30% used text chat
  • lack of communication with instructor, missed eye contact, asked less questions, though interacted more with fellow students

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