E-learning participants questionnaire – draft
June 2007 version 1.2
E-learning Participants Questionnaire
Thanks for filling in this questionnaire. This questionnaire will be used to help select learners for the
e4l project and is based on what you get up to online and with your technology. The contents of this
questionnaire are absolutely confidential and no other learners will be able to see your data. The
answers to this questionnaire will go only to the project researcher (Gemma Towle) and information
identifying learners will not be disclosed.
Please tick the relevant boxes and be as full and comprehensive as possible with your other answers.
For
further
information
or
in
case
of
problems
please
contact:
Gemma
Towle:
Gemma.Towle@northampton.ac.uk or 01604 893531, I promise I don’t bite, lol
Section A: Information about your technology use
Q1: I’ve been using a computer for approximately
years.
Q2: I normally use a computer: (please tick one)
a) What’s a computer?
b) Very rarely, if ever.
c) Occasionally
d) A few times a week
e) Every day, I’m addicted!
Q3: I have access to a networked computer at: (please tick all that apply)
Home/student residence
Work
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University/College/Learning Centre
Other Location (please state)
Q4: I normally access email and/or the Internet (please tick one)
a) What would these strange contraptions be?
b) Very rarely, if ever.
c) Occasionally
d) A few times a week
e) Every day, I’m addicted!
Q5: I spend approximately
hours a week at home or somewhere else on the Internet
(for work, recreational and educational purposes)
Q6: When I use a computer, I customise it to suit my personal preferences e.g. background
colours, icon sizes, mouse buttons, menu items, size of print on screen:
Yes
No
If yes:
When I do, the changes I like to make most often are:
Section B: Use of online tools
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Q7: I am a social butterfly and use social networks (E.g. MySpace, Flickr, Facebook):
a) Never, ?
b) Very rarely, if ever.
c) Occasionally
d) A few times a week
e) Every day, I’m addicted!
b) Which do you use?
c) How often do you use your social networks? (please tick one)
Every day
A few times a week
Occasionally
Rarely/never
Q8: I use synchronous chat tools (E.g. Instant messaging, chat rooms, IP telephony)
a) Yes
No
If yes:
b) Which do you use?
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c) How often do you use synchronous chat tools? (please tick one)
Every day
A few times a week
Occasionally
Rarely/never
Q9: I use messaging and discussion tools (E.g. Email, forums, phone texting)
a) Yes
No
If yes:
b) Which do you use?
c) How often do you use messaging and discussion tools? (please tick one)
Every day
A few times a week
Occasionally
Rarely/never
Q10: I play online games or use virtual worlds and talk to other players (E.g. World of War
Craft, Battlefront 2, Sims Online, Second Life)
a) Yes
No
If yes:
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b) Which do you use?
c) I use the following to communicate in-game or in the virtual world (please tick all that apply)
Voice over IP (E.g. TeamSpeak, Ventrilo)
In game chat (typing)
Another form of communication (E.g. MSN messenger)
d) How often do you play online games or use virtual worlds (please tick one)
Every day
A few times a week
Occasionally
Rarely/never
Q11: I have an online personal space other than a social network(E.g. Web pages, blogs)
a) Yes
No
If yes:
b) Which do you use?
c) How often do you use your online personal space? (please tick one)
Every day
A few times a week
Occasionally
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Rarely/never
Q12: I use other social and communication tools online (E.g. Online dating, Friends Reunited)
a) Yes
No
If yes:
b) Which do you use?
c) How often do you use your other social and communication tools online? (please tick one)
Every day
A few times a week
Occasionally
Rarely/never
Section C: Personal Details
Name:
Contact Email:
Contact telephone number:
Age: (Please enter a numerical value only)
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Gender:
Male
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Female
Employment Status:
In full time education
In part time education
Not in education
Undergraduate Year 1
Undergraduate Year 2
Main Program of study:
NVQ
HND
Other (e.g. Adult and Community Learning Mandarin Chinese)
Main Place of study:
Home/student residence
Workplace
Home/residence using a computer connected to the Internet
College/University/Learning Centre
Other (please state)
Access-to-learning issues (tick one):
None
Specific learning difficulty (e.g. dyslexia)
Deaf or hard of hearing
Wheelchair user or mobility difficulties
Autistic Spectrum Disorder or Asperger Syndrome
Unseen disability
Blind or partially sighted
Mental health difficulties
Two or more disabilities (please state)
Other issues (please state)
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