Floodplain meadows end-of-course survey

As your course has now come to an end, this survey will give you the opportunity to tell us about your experience of studying it and what you plan to do next. We will use this information to provide better online experiences for all our learners and to share our findings with others. By answering the survey questions, you are consenting to us using your anonymised data for research and dissemination purposes. All the answers you provide to the following questions will be held securely. Our data protection policy complies with the UK’s data protection legislation.

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The survey should take around 10 minutes to complete and questions marked with an asterisk (*) require an answer. You can stop answering the survey at any time by closing your browser. Your answers will be completely anonymous and any information you provide will be stored securely and not released to any third party. It will not be possible to identify any individual from any published account of the results of this study. We will treat all data we collect from this survey as confidential.

Completion of the questions in the survey that follows indicates that you have read and understood the above information and in doing so, consent to be part of this research. If you have questions regarding this study, you may contact us by email at openlearn@open.ac.uk. Please put ‘OpenLearn Course Survey’ in the subject line. Your participation is greatly valued.
1.In what capacity did you decide to study this course?
2.Which sessions of the course did you complete?
3.When you started the course, how much did you know about the subjects of the different sessions? Only provide answers for the sessions that you studied.
I knew nothing
I have a basic understanding
I am more confident about my understanding
Session 1 Biodiversity
Session 2 Climate change
Session 3 Flood risk
Session 4 Food security
Session 5 Connection to nature
Session 6 Water quality
Session 7 Research questions
4.Having completed the course, how much do you now know about the subjects of the different sessions? Only provide answers for the sessions that you studied.
I still know nothing
I have a basic understanding
I am more confident about my understanding
Session 1 Biodiversity
Session 2 Climate change
Session 3 Flood risk
Session 4 Food security
Session 5 Connection to nature
Session 6 Water quality
Session 7 Research questions
5.Before you studied the course, did you know that Open University staff were researching, managing and restoring floodplain meadows?
6.Will your study of this course influence your actions in relation to the environment? Do you think you will change your behaviour or practices because of studying this course, or get involved in research or action related to floodplain meadows?
7.Which (if any) of the following best describes the benefits studying this course had for you?
8.The researchers who put this course together continue to research aspects of floodplain meadows. If you would be happy for a member of the team to contact you in the future to discuss whether and how this course has been useful to you, please add your email address.
9.Is there anything else you were hoping to gain from this course (e.g. other information about floodplain meadows)?