Community building project/Surveys Newbies

Work in progress, expect frequent changes. Help and feedback is welcome. See discussion page.

Introductory text

Welcome to WikiEducator. We appreciate your time in responding to this short questionnaire. You are making an important contribution in helping WikiEducator achieve its goals - including helping our community to grow and respond more effectively to the needs of new account holders.

What is your age group?

• • <15 - use radio buttons for all
  • 15-24
  • 25-34
  • 35-44
  • 45-54
  • 55-64
  • >65

Note: When setting up questionnaire - do not permit multiple responses

What is your gender?

• • Male - radio button
  • Female - radio button

Note - do not permit multiple options when setting up the question

Where are you actually located on a regular basis?

• Asia - radio button
• Africa / Indian Ocean -radio button
• North America - radio button
• South America - radio button
• Europe - radio button
• The Pacific/Oceania - radio button

When setting up - permit only one radio button to be selected

Do you know anyone who has a WikiEducator user account?

• Yes - radio button
• No - radio button

Do not permit multiple responses

Is English your home language/ mother tongue?

• Yes - radio button
• No - radio button

Do not permit multiple responses

If you're working in education, what sector are you involved in?

• Primary - radio button for all
• Secondary
• Tertiary (Higher Education)
• Vocational Training
• Not involved in education

Note - only permit one radio button to be checked

Which of the following would best describe your current role?

• Educator (teacher, lecturer, or trainer) - radio button
• Professional staff developer - radio button
• Manager or administrator - radio button
• Technologist (eg Web developer, software developer) - radio button
• Researcher - radio button
• Learner (Student, scholar, school pupil) - radio button
• Government official / public servant - radio button
• Entrepreneur or business person - radio button
• Concerned citizen - radio button
• International agency official - radio button
• Media representative - radio button
• Independent consultant - radio button
• Other, please specify - text field

Permit multiple responses

Apart from WikiEducator, have you created a wiki user account before?

• Yes -radio button
• No - radio button
• Not sure/don't recall having created a wiki account before - radio button

Note: Do not permit multiple responses

How would you rate your skills and competence to edit content on this wiki?

• Beginner - radio button
• Intermediate - radio button
• Advanced - radio button

Note: Note: Do not permit multiple responses

How did you find out about WikiEducator?

• • Search engine (for example Google, Yahoo! AltaVista) - use radio button
  • Website (specify) - radio button with field box
  • Social tagging site (for example del.icio.us, Digg this, or Furl) - radio button
  • Blog post (Specify) - radio button with text field
  • Colleague or referal
  • Printed publication (Journal, Newsletter, popular media) (specify)- radio button & text field
  • Presentation / Workshop (specify) - radio button & text field
  • Other? - text field

Note - When setting up the questionnaire, allow multiple responses to be checked.

How many times did you visit WikiEducator before creating an account?

• I created a user account on my first visit to WikiEducator - radio button
• Less than 5 times - radio button
• between 5 and 10 visits - radio button
• definitely more than 10 visits - radio button

Note - When setting up the questionnaire, allow multiple responses to be checked. (: DOES THIS MAKE SENSE???? Multiple entries allowed? (PS))

How did you first find out about this questionnaire

• Notification in the confirmation email sent to you when registering your account - radio button
• Personal welcome note on your user talk page - - radio button
• Not sure / don't remember - radio button
• Other - radio button

Note - When setting up the questionnaire, allow multiple responses to be checked.

What are your main interests in coming to WikiEducator?

• to learn wiki skills - radio button
• to grow personally -- radio button
• to develop free content materials - radio button
• to connect to the WikiEducator community - radio button
• to research new learning trends and ideas - radio button
• to build my network - radio button
• just curious - no particular interest
• Other... - text field

Note: - permit multiple answers when setting up the question.

What subjects are you interested in working on?

• Please specify:

Who are you collaborating with?

(: I think this question maybe a premature for a new user registration - I'd recommend shifting this to a survey for users once they have established themselves in WikiEd - I suggest dropping this question) --Wayne Mackintosh 03:10, 25 September 2007 (CEST)

(Editor's Note: make link to Roles)

• Instructional / Learning Designer
• Technical Expert
• Subject Matter Expert
• Editor
• Etc.

Which individual and/or community do you wish to collaborate with? Please explain.

Please give details below.

(: Similarly - I think this question is a bit premature - a new user is not likely to know who they are planning to collaborate with. I suggest dropping this question)

Where are you interested in using WikiEducator?

• Asia
• Africa
• North America
• South America
• Europe
• South Pacific (including Australia, New Zealand)
• All regions
• Not applicable

Your Comments, Thoughts and Suggestions

Please provide your comments, thoughts and/or suggestions which can help us to meet your needs or help WikiEducator achieve its objectives - including growing our community of WikiEducators. We appreciate your input and feedback.

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Thank You!

We appreciate your time and effort in completing this survey. A report of aggregate results will be made available on the WikiEducator web site. Thank you for your support!