Questionnaire
About Yourself :
Name:
Age:
years
Occupation :
Arch. Student
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Level:
Freshman
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Practicing 0-2 yrs
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About your WWW experience :
Which browser did you use to go through the tutorial?
Navigator 4.x
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What is the size, resolution and color of your monitor? If you can't find out, click your best guess.
640x480
800x600
1024x768
1152x864
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256 colors
65536 colors
16777216 colors
24 bit true color
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How long have you been using the WWW?
less than 1 yr
less than 2 yrs
2-4 yrs
more than 4 yrs
How many hours a day approx. do you spend time on the WWW?
less than 1 hr
1-2 hrs
2-4 hrs
4+ hrs
How would you describe yourself as a user of the Internet?
Beginner
Intermediate
Power user
About your learning habits :
Do you generally prefer to print out on-line material, when you have the choice to
read it right there?
Always
Mostly
Only when its difficult to read
Doesn't Matter
Never
How do you generally prefer to learn? Rank your preferences (1 being the highest)
One-on-one instruction
Books
TV
Experimentation (do-it-yourself)
Computer (on-line, programs etc)
Other
About the Bio-climatic design Analysis Tutorial :
Have you taken any related courses?
Undergrad courses
Grad-level advanced courses
Other
Which module did you use the most? (rank them if necessary, 1 being the most)
Module 1
Module 2
Module 3
Module 4
Module 5
No particular order
How much time did you spend on the tutorial?
hr.
min
How did you browse this tutorial the first time you used it?
Linearly
Randomly
Point-to-point
How are you likely to use it again after the first time?
Linearly
Randomly
Point-to-point
You found the information you were looking for (with respect to the material this site claims to have access to) -
Extremely easily
Fairly easily
Some difficulty
Great difficulty
Impossible to find!
If it was less than satisfactory, how so?
Rate the navigation on the site
Great
Good
OK
Some Shortcomings
Pretty bad
How was the presented material -
Very easy to understand
Easy to understand
Some problems
Difficult to understand
Very difficult to understand
Why do you think it was like that ? Due to -
Nature of the material
Shortcomings in presentation
Skillful presentation
Limitation of the medium
Special qualities of the medium
Other
How useful did you find the 'interactive’ aspect of the site? (consider appropriateness of animation, ease of its use etc.)
Made all the difference
Was fairly useful
Averagely useful
Not very useful
Pointless
If you did not find the interactive aspect of this tutorial very helpful, please elaborate
Rate this tutorial for aesthetics and the style of presentation:
Very effective
Somewhat effective
Average
Needs minor improvements
Needs major improvements
If the aesthetics and the style of presentation need improvements, suggest how that can be accomplished-
If you have experience with distance-learning courses, what is a problem according to you?
Time-lag
Lack of interaction
Its all just written
All the above
Other:
Is this tutorial more effective than, say, from a book, in your opinion?
Yes
No
Why?
Do you think this tutorial would be a better alternative to classroom instruction?
Yes
No
Why?
Would you prefer this type of presentation of material for a distance-learning course to plain paper based correspondence if an Internet connection is available? Why?
Yes
No
Why?
Comments:
Positive Comments
Suggestions for Improvement