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End of Quarter Info - Tech Questionnaire (Geog 350)
(Spring Quarter 1996)

Your answers to these questions will  not  be graded, will be read only 
after the quarter is over and will be treated  strictly confidentially.  
The results will be used to assess and improve the use of educational 
communications technologies,  not  your class work or your computer 
proficiency.

1) Present Access to Computers: 

	____ I use a computer  at home,  dorm or  Greek House 
	____ I have ready access  (from work or home) to the University by 
modem since when?_________
	____ I bought my first modem during this quarter
	____ I presently use computers only on campus (mainly where on 
campus? ____________________)

2) During this quarter, I have used  computers  to

	____ do homework / word processing		____ send E-mail 
messages

	____ do homework  / use spreadsheets		____ to write in 
HTML for my own home page

	____ do Internet work				____other uses: _
3)  I am familiar with:

	Pine (E-mail software)  			   	moderately 
____   	extensively ____
	UNIX (System&Commands)	not at all ___   	moderately ____   	
extensively ____
	UWIN				not at all ___   	moderately 
____   	extensively ____
	WWW (Internet)		not at all ___  	 	moderately 
____    	extensively ____

4) Rank the UWIN services which you have used most extensively during this 
quarter:

1.  ________________		3.  ________________		5. 
________________

2.  ________________		4.  ________________		6.  
________________

5) During this quarter, have you used  electronic Library/ bibliographic 
reference systems/ data bases (via UWIN or otherwise)?   YES ___   NO ___  
If yes, please rank the three you most frequently used:

	1._____________________
					2._____________________
									
3.____________________

6) Mark all situations in which you have used electronic mail during this 
quarter:

____ I scheduled  meetings for our group project;	____ I discussed 
with classmates an issue raised in class;
____ I discussed class issues with off-campus people;____ I used E-mail 
for job or business-related matters;
____ I have kept in touch with friends or family;	____ I have used 
e-mail to arrange my social life;
____ other uses, please specify: 
_______________________________________________________

7) From the following list, mark all the situations in which you have used 
the Internet

	____ to read a bulletin board    		____ to 
participate in online discussion groups
	____ to transfer files				____ to download 
files or graphic images
	____ to browse the World Wide Web	 (WWW)
	____ to search for specific class/project related topics via 
search engines (like Alta Vista)
	____ to create and use my own 'home page'	____ other (please 
specify)_______________________


8)  Mark those expressions which, at this point, best describe your 
feelings about the use of electronic technology in this class:

     a) encircle the term if you want it to refer to both  E-mail and the 
World Wide Web (WWW)
     b) underline the term if you want it to refer to E-mail only
     c) cross out the term if you want it to refer to the  World Wide Web 
only

expected				frustrating, upsetting			
creates uncertainty
impersonal				intrusive				
entertaining / exciting
no big deal / makes little difference	open to new experiences		
enthusiastic
time saving				inconvenient, time consuming		
(potentially) addictive
participatory/ engaging			breaking the ice			
motivating, challenging
a bit overwhelming			old hat	/ what else is new?  		
useful skill
too new / premature use			distracting				
waste of time
expensive 				inappropriate				
can't get enough of it