Sydney Institute – Student Survey
Instructions
The survey will take 10 minutes to complete
There is one question per page.
All questions are optional (simply click 'next' to skip a question')
When we say educational technologies or learning technologies we mean technology tools that assist
us to learn. Some example technologies include:
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Computer/notebook/netbook/tablet
Mobile phone/smart phone/e-book reader
Online Learning System (Moodle/Blogs/Wikis)
Online Conferencing/Video Conferencing/Smartboards
One randomly selected respondent will receive a free iPod Touch (to be eligible, you must have
completed more than 75% of the questions)
Ready to begin?
Yes
No, I want more information
If No
More information about this survey
TAFE NSW has established a project to conduct an eLearning survey across all 10 TAFE
Institutes involving data collection from students, teachers and administration staff.
The project will look at how TAFE Institutes are adopting and using online technologies for
learning. The project will include the results from this survey and focus group discussions to see
how willing and confident students and staff are in using various learning technologies in their
lives and TAFE courses.
The findings from this project will be provided to each TAFE Institute to help them address any
identified issues to ensure that the best possible learning environments are provided for all
students and teachers now and into the future.
This survey is the first part of the process. We really value your input and your time in
completing this survey.
If yes
Firstly … A little about you
1. What is your age range?
Less than 15 years
15-19 years
20-24 years
25–34 years
35-44 years
45–55 years
55-64 years
65 or more
2. What is your Gender?
Male
Female
3. How long have you been a student at TAFE?
Less than 1 year
1-2 years
More than 2 years
4. What course are you doing?
Text box
5. What qualification are you studying for?
Statement of Attainment
Certificate I
Certificate II
Certificate III
Certificate IV
Diploma
Advanced Diploma
Graduate Certificate
Bachelor Degree
TAFE Plus Short Course
None of the above
6. What campus do you study at?
List of campuses
Eora
Enmore
Petersham
Randwick
Sutherland
St George
Ultimo
A little about your use of technology
7. How do you access the Internet on campus?
TAFE Wireless
TAFE computer in the library
TAFE computer in the lab
TAFE staff computer
Personal Wireless
Mobile Phone
8. How do you access the Internet off campus?
Broadband at home
Dialup at home
satellite
Internet café
Personal Wireless
Mobile phone
Local library
Other access
No access
9. Approximately how many hours each week do you spend online
performing activities for TAFE, work, or recreation?
Dropdown list
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Less than 15 hrs per week
15-30 hrs per week
More than 30 hrs per week
10. How often do you do the following for TAFE, work or recreation?
Never
Text message (sms)
Instant message (IM)
Use Office Application
software (word processor,
spreadsheet, presentation
etc.)
Use Graphics software
(Photoshop, Picasa,
Flash, etc.)
Audio-creation software
(Audacity, Soundbooth,
GarageBand, etc.)
Video-creation software
(MovieMaker, iMovie,
Prem Elements etc.)
Online multi-user
computer games (World
of Warcraft,
Call of Duty, Halo etc.)
Monthly
Weekly
Daily
Online virtual worlds
(Second Life,
OpenSimulator, etc.)
Social
bookmarking/tagging
(Delicious, Diigo,
Pinboard etc.)
Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP) from your
computer
(Skype, gtalk, MSN etc.)
Follow or update microblogs (Twitter, Yammer
etc.)
Social Networking
(facebook, myspace,
Orkut etc.)
Listen to podcasts
Watch online video
(youtube, vimeo, blip.tv
etc.)
Read an e-book
11. How often do you contribute content to the following for TAFE,
work, or recreation?
Never
Monthly
Weekly
Daily
Wikis
(Wikipedia,
course wiki,
etc.)
Blogs
Media sharing
services
(youtube,
flickr, QIK)
Internet based
storage
services
(dropbox, Sky
Drive, Google
Docs)
12. Do you own or use the following?
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Desktop Computer
Notebook/Laptop Computer
Small lightweight netbook computer
Apple iPad
Tablet i.e. Android based
Dedicated e-book reader (i.e. kindle, Sony Reader)
13. Do you own or use a mobile phone?
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iPhone
Android based phone
BlackBerry
Windows Mobile
Other, i.e. Nokia, Motorola, Samsung, Sharp, and Sony Ericsson.
14. Do you own a handheld device capable of accessing the internet
(i.e. mobile phone, smartphone, PDA, Tablet)
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No, and I don’t plan to purchase one in the next 12 months go to Q 18
No, however I plane to purchase one in the next 12 months go to Q 18
Yes goto 15
15. How often do you use the Internet on your handheld device?
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Never
Monthly
Weekly
Daily
16. Which of the Internet based activities do you use on your handheld
device?
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Email
Instant message
Social Networking (i.e. Facebook, Bebo MySpace)
Micro blogging (ie Twitter, Yammer, identica)
Check information (i.e. news, weather, sports)
Read or contribute to blogs
Use maps and geo location services (ie Google maps, Foursquare, Facebook places)
Conduct commercial transactions (ie banking, shopping, purchase music)
Use VOIP or video services (i.e. Skype, MSN, Face Time)
Watch mobile video services (ie. Youtube)
Play online games
Calendar
A little about your use of technology at TAFE
17. What best describes your TAFE studies?
All Classroom Based
All Work Based
All Online
A mixture of the above
18. Have you used any of the following educational technologies in
your TAFE courses?
Moodle
Blog
Wiki i.e. wikispaces
Video Conferencing
Interactive White Boards i.e. Smartboard
Web Conferencing i.e. Adobe Connect
19. Are you using any of the following web based tools in any of your
TAFE courses?
Video Sharing services i.e. Youtube
Photo-sharing services i.e. Flickr
Social Networking i.e. Facebook
Follow or update micro-blogs i.e.Twitter
Social bookmarking/tagging i.e. Delicious
Internet based storage services i.e. Dropbox, Sky Drive, Google Docs
20. Are there any technologies that you think TAFE should be using?
Text box
21. What kind of learning technologies and resources do students
need?
Online access to materials such as unit outlines and readings
Online submission of assignments
Online access to grades and assignment feedback
Online access to library resources
Online access to teachers/students to ask/answer questions
Ability to more easily work with other students
Access to recordings of classroom sessions
22. What email address do you use to communicate with your teacher?
The email address provided by TAFE at enrollment
Employer supplied email address
Personal email address i.e. gmail, yahoo
None
23. How often have you used educational technologies in your
learning?
Very frequently
Frequently
Sometimes
Infrequently
Very infrequently
24. Is TAFE keeping up with the rise of new technologies that might be
used in learning/teaching?
Yes, absolutely
Yes, satisfactory
Neutral
Not really
Not at all
25. Are you being supported in your use of educational technologies in
your TAFE courses?
Very well, more than needed
Very well, sufficient
Almost enough
Not enough
Not at all
26. How are you being supported in the use of learning technologies?
Teacher
Library staff
Library support site
Other websites
Peers
27. Which of the following best describes you?
I am sceptical of new technologies and use them only when I have to
I am usually one of the last people I know to use new technologies
Usually use new technologies when most people I know do
I like new technologies and use them before most people I know
I love new technologies and am among the first to experiment and use them
Thank you for completing the survey
One randomly selected respondent (who has completed at least 75% of the questions) will receive a
free iPod touch.
Please record your email address or phone number so we can contact you if you are the lucky one.
This will be kept in strictest confidence and will not be connected to the responses you have given in
the survey.
Text box for email address.