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OpenCourseWare Website Utilization

 

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1. How often do you use the OpenCourseWare Consortium website at http://www.ocwconsortium.org?

How often do you use the OpenCourseWare Consortium website at http://www.ocwconsortium.org?   Most weeks Most months At least once a year Never

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2. Of the following main areas of the site, how useful is each to you?

	Not used	Rarely use	Frequently use	Always use
Use	*Of the following main areas of the site, how useful is each to you? Use Not used	Use Rarely use	Use Frequently use	Use Always use
Share	Share Not used	Share Rarely use	Share Frequently use	Share Always use
Support	Support Not used	Support Rarely use	Support Frequently use	Support Always use

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3. When you have looked for information on the website, where have you found it?

	Never	Sometimes	Usually	Always
About Us	*When you have looked for information on the website, where have you found it? About Us Never	About Us Sometimes	About Us Usually	About Us Always
Contact Us	Contact Us Never	Contact Us Sometimes	Contact Us Usually	Contact Us Always
News	News Never	News Sometimes	News Usually	News Always
Blog	Blog Never	Blog Sometimes	Blog Usually	Blog Always
Members	Members Never	Members Sometimes	Members Usually	Members Always
Help	Help Never	Help Sometimes	Help Usually	Help Always

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4. How useful is the Toolkit and its sections to you? If you have never looked at the material in a given section, select N/A.

	Not useful at all	A little useful	Somewhat useful	Very useful	N/A
Toolkit (in general)	*How useful is the Toolkit and its sections to you? If you have never looked at the material in a given section, select N/A. Toolkit (in general) Not useful at all	Toolkit (in general) A little useful	Toolkit (in general) Somewhat useful	Toolkit (in general) Very useful	Toolkit (in general) N/A
Making the Case	Making the Case Not useful at all	Making the Case A little useful	Making the Case Somewhat useful	Making the Case Very useful	Making the Case N/A
Technology	Technology Not useful at all	Technology A little useful	Technology Somewhat useful	Technology Very useful	Technology N/A
Creating and Managing an OCW Team	Creating and Managing an OCW Team Not useful at all	Creating and Managing an OCW Team A little useful	Creating and Managing an OCW Team Somewhat useful	Creating and Managing an OCW Team Very useful	Creating and Managing an OCW Team N/A
Relating OCW to Pedagogy	Relating OCW to Pedagogy Not useful at all	Relating OCW to Pedagogy A little useful	Relating OCW to Pedagogy Somewhat useful	Relating OCW to Pedagogy Very useful	Relating OCW to Pedagogy N/A
Addressing Accessibility Issues	Addressing Accessibility Issues Not useful at all	Addressing Accessibility Issues A little useful	Addressing Accessibility Issues Somewhat useful	Addressing Accessibility Issues Very useful	Addressing Accessibility Issues N/A
Maintaining Intellectual Property	Maintaining Intellectual Property Not useful at all	Maintaining Intellectual Property A little useful	Maintaining Intellectual Property Somewhat useful	Maintaining Intellectual Property Very useful	Maintaining Intellectual Property N/A
Creating and Using Metadata	Creating and Using Metadata Not useful at all	Creating and Using Metadata A little useful	Creating and Using Metadata Somewhat useful	Creating and Using Metadata Very useful	Creating and Using Metadata N/A
Production, Annotation and Editing	Production, Annotation and Editing Not useful at all	Production, Annotation and Editing A little useful	Production, Annotation and Editing Somewhat useful	Production, Annotation and Editing Very useful	Production, Annotation and Editing N/A
Internal Communications	Internal Communications Not useful at all	Internal Communications A little useful	Internal Communications Somewhat useful	Internal Communications Very useful	Internal Communications N/A
External Communications	External Communications Not useful at all	External Communications A little useful	External Communications Somewhat useful	External Communications Very useful	External Communications N/A
Evaluation and Metrics	Evaluation and Metrics Not useful at all	Evaluation and Metrics A little useful	Evaluation and Metrics Somewhat useful	Evaluation and Metrics Very useful	Evaluation and Metrics N/A
Translation and Localization	Translation and Localization Not useful at all	Translation and Localization A little useful	Translation and Localization Somewhat useful	Translation and Localization Very useful	Translation and Localization N/A

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5. When you search for OpenCourseWare, how useful are the following tools and sites? (1=least useful/5=most useful)

	1	2	3	4	5	N/A
Search Engines (Google/Yahoo/Bing)	*When you search for OpenCourseWare, how useful are the following tools and sites? (1=least useful/5=most useful) Search Engines (Google/Yahoo/Bing) 1	Search Engines (Google/Yahoo/Bing) 2	Search Engines (Google/Yahoo/Bing) 3	Search Engines (Google/Yahoo/Bing) 4	Search Engines (Google/Yahoo/Bing) 5	Search Engines (Google/Yahoo/Bing) N/A
OCWC Course Finder	OCWC Course Finder 1	OCWC Course Finder 2	OCWC Course Finder 3	OCWC Course Finder 4	OCWC Course Finder 5	OCWC Course Finder N/A
OER Commons	OER Commons 1	OER Commons 2	OER Commons 3	OER Commons 4	OER Commons 5	OER Commons N/A
Repositories (Merlot/Connexions/Knowledge Hub)	Repositories (Merlot/Connexions/Knowledge Hub) 1	Repositories (Merlot/Connexions/Knowledge Hub) 2	Repositories (Merlot/Connexions/Knowledge Hub) 3	Repositories (Merlot/Connexions/Knowledge Hub) 4	Repositories (Merlot/Connexions/Knowledge Hub) 5	Repositories (Merlot/Connexions/Knowledge Hub) N/A
Creative Commons (Search and beta DiscoverEd)	Creative Commons (Search and beta DiscoverEd) 1	Creative Commons (Search and beta DiscoverEd) 2	Creative Commons (Search and beta DiscoverEd) 3	Creative Commons (Search and beta DiscoverEd) 4	Creative Commons (Search and beta DiscoverEd) 5	Creative Commons (Search and beta DiscoverEd) N/A
Major University Websites (MIT, etc...)	Major University Websites (MIT, etc...) 1	Major University Websites (MIT, etc...) 2	Major University Websites (MIT, etc...) 3	Major University Websites (MIT, etc...) 4	Major University Websites (MIT, etc...) 5	Major University Websites (MIT, etc...) N/A
Regional Consortia (Universia, CORE, etc...)	Regional Consortia (Universia, CORE, etc...) 1	Regional Consortia (Universia, CORE, etc...) 2	Regional Consortia (Universia, CORE, etc...) 3	Regional Consortia (Universia, CORE, etc...) 4	Regional Consortia (Universia, CORE, etc...) 5	Regional Consortia (Universia, CORE, etc...) N/A

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6. The OpenCourseWare Consortium is looking to improve its website. Choose the areas that you believe would benefit from incorporation (where it does not yet exist) or by its improvement on the website and rank them according to relative usefulness of the incorporation/improvement. (1 = not useful/5= very useful)

	1	2	3	4	5
Membership Benefits and Application Process	*The OpenCourseWare Consortium is looking to improve its website. Choose the areas that you believe would benefit from incorporation (where it does not yet exist) or by its improvement on the website and rank them according to relative usefulness of the incorporation/improvement. (1 = not useful/5= very useful) Membership Benefits and Application Process 1	Membership Benefits and Application Process 2	Membership Benefits and Application Process 3	Membership Benefits and Application Process 4	Membership Benefits and Application Process 5
Member Communications and Collaboration	Member Communications and Collaboration 1	Member Communications and Collaboration 2	Member Communications and Collaboration 3	Member Communications and Collaboration 4	Member Communications and Collaboration 5
Conference/Event Management	Conference/Event Management 1	Conference/Event Management 2	Conference/Event Management 3	Conference/Event Management 4	Conference/Event Management 5
Multilingual site	Multilingual site 1	Multilingual site 2	Multilingual site 3	Multilingual site 4	Multilingual site 5
Update Existing Content	Update Existing Content 1	Update Existing Content 2	Update Existing Content 3	Update Existing Content 4	Update Existing Content 5
Donation Acceptance	Donation Acceptance 1	Donation Acceptance 2	Donation Acceptance 3	Donation Acceptance 4	Donation Acceptance 5
FAQs	FAQs 1	FAQs 2	FAQs 3	FAQs 4	FAQs 5

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7. What content, tools, or forums for member communications would make you regularly return to the OCWC website?

What content, tools, or forums for member communications would make you regularly return to the OCWC website?

8. The Consortium is very interested in your input into the website redesign process. Please provide as extensive comments as you like in the box below indicating any ideas that you may have for the website that are not covered above.

The Consortium is very interested in your input into the website redesign process. Please provide as extensive comments as you like in the box below indicating any ideas that you may have for the website that are not covered above.