CURL Development Team Survey

This survey is designed to study your opinions about developing the Curricula Resource Library (CURL). Please circle the responses or answer the questions that best describe your opinions. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. Your responses are strictly anonymous. The data will be summarized so that no individual can be identified.   Please answer the following questions. You are a: Librarian _____; IT Staff _____; Faculty member _____   What were your initial objectives in participating in the development of CuRL? Have these objectives been met at this point in the project?   Please briefly describe in what ways you have been involved in developing the CURL database and how much time you have spent on these activities?   How satisfied are you with your contributions to the development of CURL? How satisfied are you with the collaborative aspects of the CURL project?   What suggestions do you have that would improve the features of the CURL database? Do you have any suggestions on how the collaborative aspects of CURL could be improved?   Do you see participating in CURL as an efficient means of achieving the objectives of your organization?   What are the ways outside of course instruction that CURL could be useful? Do you plan to continue participating in the development of CURL? Why or why not?

CURL Faculty Survey

This survey is designed to study your opinions about using the Curricula Resource Library (CURL) in assisting your teaching and students’ learning. Please circle the responses or answer the questions that best describe your opinions. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. Your responses are strictly anonymous. The data will be summarized so that no individual can be identified.   General Information Please write the name of the course (s) that you are using the CURL and the number of students who have enrolled in the class. Course Name Course Level Number of Enrolled Students What were your initial objectives in participating in developing the CURL project and the use of CURL in class? How have these objectives been met up to this point?     Compared with other activities you might engage in for the same instructional purposes (e.g. using/compling paper-based bibliographies, pre-screening CD-ROM database searches in the library, web searches) a) The development of the CURL database requires: Less time ___; More time ___; No difference in time ___ b) How would you measure the value of the CURL database in relation to these other types of activities?   Rate your opinions.   Compared with other activities you might engage in for the same instructional purposes (e.g. paper-based bibliography search, CD-ROM database search in the library, web search), use of the CURL database has helped to do the followings:             Strongly disagree ß0 1 2 3 4 5à Strongly agree 1. Better accomplish class objectives. 1 2 3 4 5   2. Save time in accomplishing class objectives.   1 2 3 4 5   3. Provide an alternative way of accomplishing class objectives.   1 2 3 4 5   4. Better engage students in critical thinking.   1 2 3 4 5   5. Provide an alternative way to engage students in critical thinking.   1 2 3 4 5     III. Answer the following questions. In what ways have you used CURL in teaching?   In what ways have you encouraged your students to use CURL?   In what ways, if any, has the CURL database helped in teaching? In what ways, if any, has the CURL database hindered teaching? What are your major course objectives? In what ways has CURL helped in accomplishing these objectives? In what ways has CURL hindered accomplishing these objectives? Compared with the same or similar course in the past when you have not used CURL, what is the difference in time spent in preparing for teaching with the help of CURL? Less Time ___; More Time ___; No Change ____ Has CURL changed your teaching methodologies in any way? If yes, in what ways have you changed? Do you plan to use the CURL database in future courses? If you do, how would you incorporate using CURL into your course? Would you recommend the use of the CuRL Database to other faculty for use in their classes? Why or why not?   What suggestions do you have to change or improve the features of the CURL database?     Any additional comments would you like to make on the development and the use of the CURL database?

Mini Experimental Design

Research Question What are differences in effort that students have contributed on working for class assignments and in quality of learning using the CURL compared with no-assistance of CURL? (10, 11)   Design In a class, the instructor proposes an assignment that involves using external resources such as library paper-based resources, library CD-ROM resources, Internet, and the CURL. The students are randomly divided into two groups with equal number and gender in each group. One group was required to use the CURL, and the other was required to use any paper-based, CD-ROMs, or Internet resources. When the assignment was completed, the students are to fill out an assessment survey. The instructor will give each student a grade by points for the assignment.   Results We would like to see: Whether there are any differences in time spent on completing the assignment between the two groups Whether there are differences in quality of learning with regard to students' attitudes and assignment grades between two groups?     The CURL Assisted Instruction Student Survey (IV)   This survey is designed to study the effectiveness of the instructional resources in assisting your learning. Please circle the responses or answer the questions that best describe your opinions. There are no right or wrong answers to these questions. Your responses are strictly anonymous. The data will be summarized so that no individual can be identified.   I. General Information Gender, Male or Female Name of the course that you are taking __________________________ Major __________   II. Rate your opinions.   1 2 3 4 5 ß -------------------------------------------------------------à Strongly disagree Strongly agree     1. I have understood concepts taught after completing the project.   1 2 3 4 5   2. I have accomplished learning objectives.   1 2 3 4 5   3. I have completed the required project.   1 2 3 4 5   4. I am satisfied with the quality of the project I have done.   1 2 3 4 5   5. I am satisfied with the resources I have used to help complete the project.   1 2 3 4 5 III. Answer the following questions. How much time have you spent on completing the project?       Which learning resources have you used in completing the project?       In what ways have the learning resources used helped you in completing the project?       In what ways have the learning resources used hindered you in completing the project?       5. In what ways could the learning resources be improved to assist you in completing the project?