LSCI 100 Course Evaluation

We'd like your feedback on this course.

FOR ALL QUESTIONS, PLEASE CHECK ANY AND ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY FOR YOU:


Most of the ideas and skills presented in the course were:
easy to understand.
difficult to understand.
some were easy, some were difficult.
no opinion


When reading the lessons, I found myself:
highly interested and wanting to know more.
stimulated by ideas I had not ever thought about before.
interested in some things, not in others.
overwhelmed with too much information.
confused.
bored and sorry I ever signed up for this course.
wondering why any of this was important or relevant.
no opinion


I found that the exercises and quizzes that accompanied each lesson:
improved my understanding of the material.
gave me an excellent opportunity to practice new skills and review what I'd read about in the lesson.
were interesting and sometimes even fun.
were confusing and didn't teach me a thing.
were basically busywork that wasted my time.
no opinion


The 2 small group sessions held in the library demonstration area were:
very helpful and enhanced my understanding of the material.
moderately helpful.
tedious, uninteresting, and unhelpful.
no opinion


The amount of work required for this course was:
the right amount
far too much work was required
too little work was required
no opinion


The following statements pertain to the online nature of this course. Please check all that you agree with:
I enjoyed learning the material online, rather than through lectures.
I enjoyed doing the exercises and quizzes online, rather than on paper.
I benefitted from the blend of online lessons and small group workshops in this course.
Although I enjoyed the online components of the course, I would have learned the material better if I had more contact with the instructor individually and in a classroom setting.
I would have preferred learning the material in a traditional classroom setting with lectures and a printed textbook, with no online component.
I would have preferred doing the exercises and quizzes on paper, rather than by email.


The following statements pertain to the computer technology used in this course. Please check all that you agree with:
I enjoyed being able to use my computer skills in this course.
When doing the online assignments, I had some difficulty using computer techniques such as multiple windows and cut and paste features.
My lack of experience with computers and the Internet made it difficult for me to complete this course.
I use e-mail regularly and I am very comfortable using it.


Now that I have finished LSCI 100, I feel:
much more confident and knowledgeable about the information research process.
somewhat more confident and knowledgeable about the information research process.
I don't feel that I have any more or less confidence or knowledge about the information research process.
If an instructor in another course assigned a term paper I would still feel confused and overwhelmed about how to proceed.
no opinion


In your view, how could this course be improved?


Any other comments?

Prepared by: Eric Brenner & Dennis Wolbers


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