E4 Midterm Evaluation

1. E4: Virtual Worlds -- Midterm Evaluation

Please complete the following midterm course evaluation. Your evaluation is anonymous, so feel free to express your true feelings. It cannot and will not affect your grade for the course.

This evaluation is for the express purpose of helping the teaching staff make the course better for you. Please do let us know what will help us do that.

1. How do you generally participate in the class on days when there is a lecture (not a synchronous virtual meeting)? Select all that apply to you.

How do you generally participate in the class on days when there is a lecture (not a synchronous virtual meeting)? Select all that apply to you. I come to class in-person and go into SL at the same time.

I attend class live in Second Life.

I watch the recorded video later.

2. Please rate your experience of the synchronous virtual meetings in Second Life. The next question will ask you to elaborate on the reasons for your rating.

	Strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
Enhances relationships with fellow students	Please rate your experience of the synchronous virtual meetings in Second Life. The next question will ask you to elaborate on the reasons for your rating. Enhances relationships with fellow students Strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
Is a good/satisfying forum for class discussion	Is a good/satisfying forum for class discussion Strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
Is a good/satisfying use of our class time	Is a good/satisfying use of our class time Strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
Is not to difficult to use	Is not to difficult to use Strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree
Allows activities that would be more difficult in a traditional setting	Allows activities that would be more difficult in a traditional setting Strongly agree	agree	neutral	disagree	strongly disagree

3. Please tell us in your own words about your experience of the synchronous virtual meetings. Do you find them helpful or cumbersome? Do they promote more interaction between students or not? Do you prefer them to our lecture classes or prefer the lecture classes (or like the distribution)? Tell us any thoughts you'd like to share...

Please tell us in your own words about your experience of the synchronous virtual meetings. Do you find them helpful or cumbersome? Do they promote more interaction between students or not? Do you prefer them to our lecture classes or prefer the lecture classes (or like the distribution)? Tell us any thoughts you'd like to share...

4. We would like to know whether we are going too fast or too slow, whether things are too hard or too easy. Please rate the following aspects of the course along this scale:

	Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard
Lectures	We would like to know whether we are going too fast or too slow, whether things are too hard or too easy. Please rate the following aspects of the course along this scale: Lectures Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard
Readings	Readings Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard
Synchronous Virtual Meetings	Synchronous Virtual Meetings Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard
Second Life	Second Life Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard
Wiki	Wiki Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard
Scratch	Scratch Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard
SL Blocks	SL Blocks Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard
Homework generally	Homework generally Way too slow/easy	Somewhat too slow/easy	Just right	Somewhat too fast/hard	Way too fast/hard

Other (please specify)

5. For each of the technologies we've introduced in this class, comment on your opinion of it as it relates to the class. Please include Second Life, LambdaMoo, Wiki, Scratch and SL Blocks. Did you enjoy learning to use and using the technology? How did it contribute (or fail to contribute) to your learning experience in the class? Do you think it would be a good idea to use it again in this class or in other classes? Why or why not.

For each of the technologies we've introduced in this class, comment on your opinion of it as it relates to the class. Please include Second Life, LambdaMoo, Wiki, Scratch and SL Blocks. Did you enjoy learning to use and using the technology? How did it contribute (or fail to contribute) to your learning experience in the class? Do you think it would be a good idea to use it again in this class or in other classes? Why or why not.

6. Please comment on the subject matter of the course. Has it been engaging to you thus far? Have we covered the topics that you hoped we might in this course? If not, what other areas would you like to see covered? (Of course, taking into account that we are only half way through...)

Please comment on the subject matter of the course. Has it been engaging to you thus far? Have we covered the topics that you hoped we might in this course? If not, what other areas would you like to see covered? (Of course, taking into account that we are only half way through...)

7. Please comment on the teaching staff. Have we been sufficiently responsive, supportive, and prompt with feedback? Are we sufficiently knowledgeable about the subject matter? How could we improve your experience?

Please comment on the teaching staff. Have we been sufficiently responsive, supportive, and prompt with feedback? Are we sufficiently knowledgeable about the subject matter? How could we improve your experience?

8. Use this space to comment on any other aspect of the course that we've forgotten to ask about or that you just have more or different things to tell us.

Use this space to comment on any other aspect of the course that we've forgotten to ask about or that you just have more or different things to tell us.

As our not-very-foolproof method of making sure that you've completed this assignment, please send us an email at e4staff@gmail.com with the following (exact) subject line:

EVALUATION COMPLETE