PRE-SURVEY C-DEBI Online Workshop fall 2013 We are gathering some background information on our participants in advance, so we can best meet your needs and interests throughout this online workshop. We look forward to your participation, and we thank you for taking the time to answer these questions! Question Title * 1. Name Question Title * 2. Email address Question Title * 3. Name of your college, school or organization Question Title * 4. What is the five digit zip code of the school, institution or agency where you work? If you are from outside of the United States, please list which country. Question Title * 5. My role in this workshop will be as a... Participant Participant earning credit for course Undergraduate Student Scientist Online Workshop Staff Other Please describe "Other" Question Title * 6. Which best describes your educational setting? (check one) Community college 4 year university High school grades 9 – 12 Middle school grades 6 - 8 other formal education setting; please describe______________ Informal education setting (e.g., aquarium, science center, after school program, etc.) Other (please specify) Question Title * 7. What is your role at your institution? Check all that apply. Administrator Instructor Advisor Instructional assistant Informal science educator Other please describe "Other" Question Title * 8. What subjects do you teach? (check all that apply) Community college biology Community college microbiology Community college biochemistry Community college Earth science High School biology or life science High School chemistry High School Earth science High School general science Other Please describe "other" Question Title * 9. What is the highest education level that you have completed? (choose one) High School Associate's Degree Bachelor's Degree Master's Degree Doctoral Degree Other Please describe "other" Question Title * 10. Years of Experience Early career professional (up to 10 years) Mid career professional (11 to 24 years) Advanced career professional (25+ years) Retired Volunteer Other Please describe "Other" Question Title * 11. 14. Gender Female Male Question Title * 12. What is your race or national origin? (check any that apply) American Indian or Alaska Native Asian (includes Indian, Chinese, Japanese, etc.) Black or African American Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander White Mixed/Multiple Races Other (please describe below) Decline to Respond Please describe "other" Question Title * 13. Are you of Spanish, Hispanic or Latino origin or descent? (choose one) No, not Spanish/Hispanic/Latino Yes, Puerto Rican Yes, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano Yes, Cuban Yes, other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino Decline to Respond Question Title * 14. How did you hear about this online workshop? Another online workshop participant Scuttlebutt Oceanlist CDEBI website College of Exploration website Direct email to you Other Please describe "other" Question Title * 15. Please tell us about your students. What percentage of your students are from underserved or underrepresented groups? Question Title * 16. Why do you wish to participate in this online workshop? Check all that apply Learn about content area Personal interest Enjoy taking online workshops Relates directly to science standards for your grade Relates to your area of expertise Relates to science content for your class Will help you develop science curricula Helpful information for your work Opportunity to interact with scientists and educators Other Please describe "Other" Question Title * 17. What materials and resources would help you use the workshop topics with your students? For example, would you use background on the research projects, visualizations of data, explanations of the basic science such as chemosynthesis, descriptions of the specialized instruments? Please suggest resources that would be useful for you. Question Title * 18. Prior to this workshop, please rate your knowledge of these online workshop topics: No knowledge Very little knowledge Some knowledge Fairly comfortable amount of knowledge In-depth knowledge Basic microbiology Basic microbiology No knowledge Basic microbiology Very little knowledge Basic microbiology Some knowledge Basic microbiology Fairly comfortable amount of knowledge Basic microbiology In-depth knowledge Biochemistry Biochemistry No knowledge Biochemistry Very little knowledge Biochemistry Some knowledge Biochemistry Fairly comfortable amount of knowledge Biochemistry In-depth knowledge Marine ecology Marine ecology No knowledge Marine ecology Very little knowledge Marine ecology Some knowledge Marine ecology Fairly comfortable amount of knowledge Marine ecology In-depth knowledge Basic marine geology Basic marine geology No knowledge Basic marine geology Very little knowledge Basic marine geology Some knowledge Basic marine geology Fairly comfortable amount of knowledge Basic marine geology In-depth knowledge Marine technology Marine technology No knowledge Marine technology Very little knowledge Marine technology Some knowledge Marine technology Fairly comfortable amount of knowledge Marine technology In-depth knowledge Question Title * 19. Have you participated in an online workshop with the College of Exploration before? Yes No Thank you for your responses. We will select a participant randomly to receive an Amazon gift card from those who submit the pre and post surveys! We're very grateful to you for your support of C-DEBI and we look forward to working with you in the future. Done