ITV Instructor Blended Technology
Training Highlights
Tuesday - June 28th., 2005
During the last week of April this year, ETCS
conducted four, day-long ITV sessions highlighting the
technologies available to Extension specialists along
with information about planning, producing, and
conducting programs via various information
technologies.
We thought it might be useful to
share some of the results of the survey conducted at the
end of each day's training. You will find below
items from the survey illustrating responses to some of
the questions.
- We had 49 people attend
sessions offered during the week of April 26-29.
Of those, 25 responded to the survey, a return of
51%. The surveys were available on-line as
well as by paper at each TCRC, for completion at the
end of the day's session. We received about
half in paper form.
- Question #2 was a matching item
asking about the participant's familiarity with specific
technologies. There were 8 technologies specified
plus "Other." "Other" is not included in the
summary below as there was only one response, but it did
specify "Blogs" as the Other item; a new, emerging tool
for online discourse.
The 8 technologies; Polycom, Video,
NetMeeting, Document Camera,
Centra, Sharepoint,
Blackboard, and Smartboard are
summarized as a whole, according to the percentage of answers for
each category.
- 28.5%-- "I already
know how."
- 11%-- "I learned
enough information to be comfortable
using/doing."
- 37.5%-- "I
learned, but need practice to feel comfortable
using/doing."
- 15.5%-- "I need
more information or training before I feel
comfortable using/doing."
- 7.5%-- Unanswered
Clearly the majority of you
learned, but a number of you felt you needed extra work before
continuing. We expected this.
- Question #12 was an Essay
question asking what "...the two most important
'Take Home messages'..." were. We received a
broad range and number of responses, but
overwhelmingly they pointed out the absolute
necessity of adequate preparation ahead of
time, and the mental flexibility needed
during presentation in the event of unforeseen
troubles. We concur with this observation, and would
stress that it's less about specific strategies and
more about a mindset and approach to your program
from a global perspective.
- Finally for today, Question
#13 asked; "If you could make a change in the
training, what would it be?" Again, we had
a broad range of responses, but overwhelmingly you
stated (9 of 22 comments) that more hands-on
training would be appropriate to help you get ready
for using technology--a total of 41%. We fully
expected this would be the case, and plan to broaden
the scope of this type of training by limiting the
number of technologies included in a training
session and making them much more "interactive" or
practice oriented.
A number of you have initiated, or
are planning, a "Phase II" follow-up session where you
actually do a brief project. ETCS should be able to
provide you with some highlights in the next month or
so. Please feel free to
contact us,
ETCS@missouri.edu
if you have further comment, observation, or suggestion
in this matter. |
