Technology and Writing Questionnaire

["Clinton R. Gardner" <cgardner@englab.slcc.edu>]

Dear WCENTERers,

My community college writing program is attempting to understand our
position in regards to the uses of computer technology in our writing
classrooms.  We have created a survey which we have distributed to
writing program faculty at our institution.  Since we would like to
compare our uses to other institutions, I have been charged with
distributing it to faculty at other institutions to compare our
responses to others.  While I realize that this survey is not specific
to writing centers, I know many who teach writing through
computer-mediated means read this list, and many of you do not, so 
this will give a nice balance to the responses.  I ask for your indulgence.

Please invest 15-30 minutes of your valuable time to complete this
survey.  PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THE LIST.  Instead respond to me,
cgardner@englab.slcc.edu directly.  Quantitative and qualitative data
are necessary as we determine the appropriate direction and goals for
our writing program at Salt Lake Community College.  If you have any
questions, please contact me, Clint Gardner at
cgardner@englab.slcc.edu.

Technology and Writing Questionnaire

Institution(s):

Type (up to graduate; 4 year; 2 year; vocational; secondary;
elementary; or other):

1) Please list the writing classes you teach and their respective
enrollments:


2) What type of computer facillities do you have access to? (Indicate
as many as are applicable by marking "YES" or "NO" after the type.)

a) No access to computers for course work for students/instructors.

b) "Open" computer lab (Students make use of the lab on their own
time; the computer lab is not specifically dedicated to your
department/discipline.)

c)  "Dedicated Open" computer lab (Students make use of the lab on
their own time; the comptuer lab is specifically dedicated to your
department/discipline.)

d)  "Classroom" computer lab (Students use the comptuer lab during
classroom time; the classroom is used by students/instructors from
various departments/disciplines.)

e)  "Dedicated classroom" computer lab (Students use the comptuer lab
during classroom time; the classroom is used ONLY by
students/instructors from your discipline/department.)

3.  Which of the following limitations are problems that block your
usage of the facility(ies)?  (Preface your selections with two X's)

--lack of preparation time
--lack of computer classroom time
--lack of computer classroom space
--lack of technology training
--lack of technology support

4.  If you take your class as a whole to these facilities, how many
times per term? Please choose from the following:

--0-4 times per term
--5-10 times per term
--weekly
--twice weekly
--daily

5)  When you and your students use this space during class time, in
which of the following activities do your students engage?  Please
select all that apply:

--word processing
--internet research
--real-time conferencing (MOO/Mud's, web chat, IRC)
--advanced document design
--hypertext or web document authoring
--otehr activities not listed (Please list.)

6)  Please rate all four groups at your institution with high,
moderate, average, low, or none.  What level of commitment to
technology do you see in your institution from:

students:
faculty:
staff:
administration:


7)  Has computer technology enabled you to more readily accomplish
your course goals?  (Yes/No/Unsure)

8)  Would you like to have (or do you have) a writing program
technology coordinator who would provide ongoing technology training
linked to writing curriculum? (Yes/No/Unsure)

9)  If you answered "yes" to #8, what kind of technology training
would you prefer:

--Writing program technology coordinator in my class working with me.
--technology workshops.

10)  Please feel free to share one or more anecdotes that exemplify
benefits and/or drawbacks you have experienced while using computer
technology in your writing classroom.


THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME TO RESPOND TO THIS 
QUESTIONNAIRE.  I would be happy to share our results.

--clint gardner
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Clinton Gardner (cgardner@englab.slcc.edu)
Writing Center Instructional Support Coordinator
Salt Lake Community College
Have you visited the SLCC Virtual Writing Center today?
http://www.slcc.edu/wc/
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