| Title of eLearning strategy |
| An online platform for survey research |
| Department |
|
Year of development |
| Finance and Statistics |
|
2005-2008 |
| Area |
|
Year level |
| Research and Statistics |
|
1 to 4 |
| Teacher name |
|
Teacher email |
Prof. Wai Sum Chan
Prof. Siu Hung Cheung
Prof. Wai Yin Poon and
Prof. Ka Ho Wu
|
|
waisum@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk
shcheung@sta.cuhk.edu.hk
wypoon@cuhk.edu.hk
wu@sta.cuhk.edu.hk |
| Target users |
- Students in various disciplines (who write course assignments, term projects and theses)
- Teaching staff (for teaching, research and projects, and supervision of student projects)
- Centres and institutions in the university that need to conduct quality surveys (e.g. CLEAR and the Student Union)
|
| Outcomes |
- Assist educators in their formulation and teaching of survey materials
- Assist students in their endeavours to perform a survey effectively and efficiently
|
| Methods |
- Web-enabled multimedia learning content
- Online discussion forum
- Self-assessment
|
| Description of strategy |
Data collection and analysis are indispensable elements in many disciplines. Nevertheless, the lack of efficient means to acquire first-hand data, especially those data collected from survey research hinders the learning and teaching process.
In some circumstances, due to limited resources, teachers and students reluctantly settle on artificial data sets such as those found in popular textbooks. To this end, the pedagogical purpose of this project is to promote and improve the quality of teaching and learning for many courses in the university that might benefit from the use of real data and practicing the practical skills needed for survey research.
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| Materials developed |
- An integrated suite of survey research information
- A comprehensive guidance to conduct quality survey researches
- A self-learning environment (pedagogical purpose)
- Multi-dimensional user support (e.g. video demonstration, discussion forum, email help-desk and online resources)
- Step-by-step state-of-art questionnaire template
|
| Students' role |
|
Screen captures |
- Design and construct their survey questionnaires
- Locate the survey online materials easily
|
|
|
| Teachers' role |
|
- Design and construct questionnaires
- Collect students’ feedback in relation to teaching and learning activities through online discussion forum
|
|
| Evaluation
method |
|
- Conduct interviews, discussions, and survey questionnaire to collect feedback and comments from users
- Suggestion from content experts or educators
|
|
| Feedback
collected |
|
| Students appraised that the interface provided from the "Survey system" was simple and user-friendly. It also provided them with useful steps in survey design and methods of data collection. |
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| Software |
|
| Departmental server |
|
| Online demonstration of materials |
"Survey Research Resources Center" is
available at URL:
http://survey_resource.sta.cuhk.edu.hk/index.html
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