Notes for Meeting 4: November 11, 2020

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• Q4 What is your major?
• Q5 Prior to Spring 2020 (online, hybrid…)
• Q6 How many credits did you register for in Spring 2020?
• Q8 What could your professors or the school have done to further ease the transition to emergency remote instruction during Spring 2020?
• Q12 How frequently did your instructor conduct synchronous (all students must be present at the same time) sessions? [if you took four classes this semester, please respond for each class separately, using class 1,2,3,4]

Edited

• Q7 How difficult did you find the emergency remote instruction during Fall 2020?
• Q9 During Fall 2020, what made you feel connected to your professor in a similar way to an in-person course? (check all that apply)
• Q10 What type of online courses did you like the most? CHANGE IT TO FUTURE Q10 What type of online courses do you like the most?
• Q15 When school resumes offering face-to-face classes (after the pandemic), I would be most interested in enrolling in the following courses (1:first choice, 2: second choice, 3: third choice) —
  • Online (Students do not meet with the instructor and each other in-person on campus for the entire semester)
  • Hybrid (A majority of class meetings are in face-to-face format; the rest of the coursework is conducted online)
  • Face-to-face
• Q19 Please share anything you want us to know about your experience during Fall 2020.

Keep with no change

• Q1 Please report your race/ethnicity – move at the end
• Q2 What is your gender? – move at the end
• Q3 Please report your age – Change it the range 23-24 25-30 31-45
• Q11 Please rate your experience using the following tools in Spring 2020
• Q13 What is your preferred form of communication with your instructor and classmates? [select one]
• Q14 Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
• Q16 Which technology did you use the most to engage in your Spring 2020 courses? [Please choose one]
• Q17 Please describe the laptop/computer you used
• Q18 What technology was not available to you that you think could have been beneficial to your learning?

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Potential additions [sequence to be determined]

1. What has been difficult about remote learning (select all that apply)

• Staying focused on school/work despite distractions
• Finding privacy/quiet space
• Access to library services
• Access to printing services
• Feeling disconnected from classmates
• Balancing personal and social time (*)
• Having your basic needs met (i.e. food, housing, job, and/or financial security)
• Limited access to mental health services (i.e., therapy or medication)
• Limited access to connectivity (i.e., wifi)
• Other

TBD

2. What is most difficult about accessing textbooks during remote learning in Fall 2020 (select all that apply)

• Could not access the material on time
• Price of the textbook is too high
• Needed a hard (printed) copy
• No challenges

3. During Fall 2020, are you taking a course noted as Zero Textbook Cost / OER (e.g., you could access the textbook for free) — [To be rephrased]

Yes                  No

— If yes —

3a. Compared to most other courses you have taken; how would you rate access to the materials for this course

• Easier to access
• About the same to access
• More difficult to access
• I do not know

3b. Would you recommend a course using zero-cost materials like those offered in this course to other students?

3c. What were the benefits or challenges of the open/free materials used in this course?

More questions about online, online hybrid, etc.