| Version: |
1 |
| Date of creation:
|
4 February 2003 |
| Course: |
A course on medical
communication skills |
| Period of site
use |
Jan 2003 -
May 2003 |
| Project description: |
Students viewed video clips on medical communication skills improvements and completed interactive exercises in class and in self-study. |
| Questions |
Data |
|
a. Students |
|
| Do students like the way the online notes have been put up on the site? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Do students feel that the online notes are useful to them in learning the subject? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| What are the ways to further improve the online notes? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Do students regularly access the online notes? |
Site log data,
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Questions |
Data |
|
a. Students |
|
| Do students like the way the role-play clips have been put up on the site? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Do students feel that providing the role-play clips online is useful to them in learning the subject? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| What are the ways to further improve the online role-play clips? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Do students view the online video clips? |
Site log data,
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Questions |
Data |
|
a. Teacher |
|
| What is the workload of web-based teaching compared with the traditional one? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Does web-based teaching make teachers able to enjoy their teaching more? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| What insights in teaching (if any) has the teacher gained after implementing web-based teaching? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
|
b. Students' satisfaction |
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| Do students appreciate how the teacher has taken effort in using technology to assist teaching? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| What other e-learning materials do students think can also be added to the site? |
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
|
c. Students' learning |
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| Does web-based learning generate higher learning outcomes? |
Course-end teacher survey,
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Does web-based learning generate higher student participation? |
Course-end teacher survey,
Course-end student survey,
Focus-group interview |
| Item |
Timing |
Description
of item |
Strategies |
| Data
on how the teacher feels |
| Course-end teacher survey |
End-of-course |
Teacher reflects on what she feels about the workload and enjoyment of employment web technology in assisting the teaching of the course. Teacher also reflects on how she sees the e-experience in connection with students' learning. |
1. Evaluation officer (EO) prepares survey draft.
2. Teacher and EO finalize survey questions.
3. Teacher fills in survey. |
| Data
on how students feel |
| Course-end student survey |
End-of-course |
Elicit data concerning students' feelings towards the online notes, the role-play video clips, and the overall site. |
1. EO prepares survey drafts.
2. Teacher and EO finalize survey questions.
3. Teacher administers the surveys.
4. EO processes and analyzes the data. |
| Focus group interview |
End-of-course |
A meeting with 5 to 6 voluntary students in a 45-minute session with the Evaluation Officer to elicit more data concerning students' feelings. |
1. EO prepares topics to be covered in the interview.
2. Teacher and EO finalize the topics.
3. EO meets with the students.
4. EO processes and analyzes the data. |
| Data on how students do |
| Site log data |
Weekly data feed-in |
Elicit data concerning how the various resources (the site, notes, and video clips) have been accessed. |
1. EO suggests levels of keeping site log.
2. Teacher and EO finalize the site log levels.
3. EO helps to set up site counters to monitor students' access of the resources. |
