The Courseware Accessibility Study

Distance Education Survey Results

The seven participants have collectively substantial experience with courses delivered in a variety of formats. They were most interested in taking courses involving computers compared to other formats (rating mean 5.6 compared to about 3 for other formats). The most popular reasons for taking courses were for personal interest and for professional upgrading. On average they devoted about a day a week on their continuing education studies in addition to working. About half were employed full-time and half part-time (average 29 hours pre week). The survey responses are indicated below enclosed in brackets [ ] along with the mean response where appropriate.

(CCE and EvNet)

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Part D: Employment and Education

We are interested in your experiences with education and employment. In the following 10 questions please select the choice that best describes you or your experiences, and fill in the blank spaces where they are provided.

Enter your Participant ID

1. What types of post-secondary courses have you taken anywhere? (Indicate Yes or No for each type.)
	No [3]Yes Print-based correspondence, if yes then how many? [mean 2.3] No [5]Yes Evening Lecture course, if yes then how many? [mean 12] No [3]Yes Block course (2 to 5 full days), if yes then how many? [mean 7.7] No [4]Yes A course which uses computers in the delivery of any of its contents, if yes then how many? [mean 6.5]
	If you have taken a course which uses computers in the delivery of any of its contents, please indicate which of the following delivery methods were used. (Indicate Yes or No for each delivery type.)
	No [2]Yes Floppy Diskettes No [1]Yes CD-ROM's No [3]Yes Electronic mail (E-mail) No [4]Yes World Wide Web No Yes Newsgroups No [2]Yes Electronic Chats No Yes Listserves No Yes Other (Please specify)

2. Using the interest scale below, please indicate your personal level of interest in taking Print-based correspondence courses on this scale from 1 to 6, with 1='Not at all Interested' to 6='Very Interested'. Please select the option that best describes your interest.
taking print-based course
mean 3.9	[1] 1Not at all Interested [2] 2Slightly Interested [1] 3Somewhat Interested [1] 4More than somewhat Interested [1] 5Pretty Interested [2] 6Very Interested

3. Using the same interest scale as above, please indicate your personal level of interest in taking an Evening Lecture course Please select the option that best describes your interest.
taking an Evening Lecture course
mean 3.1	[1] 1Not at all Interested [1] 2Slightly Interested [2] 3Somewhat Interested [2] 4More than somewhat Interested [1] 5Pretty Interested 6Very Interested

4. Using the same interest scale as above, please indicate your personal level of interest in taking a Block course (2 to 5 full days). Please select the option that best describes your interest.
taking a Block course
mean 3.0	[1] 1Not at all Interested [1] 2Slightly Interested [2] 3Somewhat Interested [3] 4More than somewhat Interested 5Pretty Interested 6Very Interested

5. Using the same interest scale as above, please indicate your personal level of interest in taking a course which uses computers in the delivery of any of its content Please select the option that best describes your interest.
taking a course using computers
mean 5.6	1Not at all Interested 2Slightly Interested 3Somewhat Interested 4More than somewhat Interested [3] 5Pretty Interested [4] 6Very Interested

6. If a Continuing Education course was to "meet" regularly via computers for group work or interaction with the instructor, which times would be the best time for you to do so? (Indicate Yes or No for each meeting time.)
the best meeting times for me would be
	No [4]Yes Mornings No [4]Yes Afternoons No [4]Yes Evenings No [5]Yes Weekends No [4]Yes My schedule changes from day to day No [4]Yes My schedule changes from week to week

7. People take Continuing Education courses for a variety of reasons. Please indicate which of the following reasons you decided to take your course(s). (Indicate Yes or No for each reason.)
my reason(s) for taking courses are
	No [6]Yes Personal Interest No [6]Yes Professional Upgrade No [1]Yes I live too far from campus. No [1]Yes My home/family demands require the flexibility of continuing education courses. No [3]Yes My employment demands require the flexibility of continuing education courses. No [1]Yes Other (please specify) [to prepare for applying to university]

8. Given a choice, how would you prefer to submit course assignments? (Please choose only ONE.)
	[2] Surface Mail	[2]In-Person	Fax
	[3] Electronically. Please specify (ie., diskette, e-mail) [email, email]

9. On average, how many hours per week are you able to set aside to work on your Continuing Education studies (reading, working on assignments, etc.)? (including in-class work)
	hours per week for studies [mean 7.5, range from 2 to 14 hours]

10. Have you been employed in the last year?

Not in the last 12 months

[3] Employed Full-Time

[3] Employed Part-Time if part-time then about how many hours per week? [mean29] hrs