Surveys

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Surveys

The MIT Websurvey Service: Under the Covers with a noSQL Database System

March 13, 2012 | A session at the NERCOMP Annual Conference 2012

The MIT Websurvey service has been in existence for more than 10 years. In addition to providing service to internal MIT clients, it's used by several other schools as part of the Consortium o…

Setting the Stage for Innovation: A Discussion of Insights from the MISO Survey

February 15, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting

At a time when resources remain scarce, IT organizations and libraries must draw extensively upon evidence and analysis to guide us as we seek to support innovation in teaching, learning, and schol…

Faculty Technology Surveys in Three Very Different Institutions

February 13, 2012 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative 2012 Annual Meeting

Surveys of faculty use of technology can help inform planning and outreach efforts, as well as evaluate the effectiveness of current services. Three very different institutions, the Lone Star Colle…

The Incredible Survey

April 14, 2011 | A session at the ELI 2011 Online Spring Focus Session

Surveys are frequently the "quick answer" for many evaluations, yet it is important to think about the data a survey could provide as early in your design process as possible. This …

Comparative Data and Emerging Longitudinal Trends: 21st-Century Faculty and Students

March 16, 2010 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference 2010

Educational technology has never been more ubiquitous in higher education, with mobile devices, class capture systems, wireless access, and "clickers" proliferating on many campuses. Anec…

MOCA: It's Not Just Chocolate Anymore

March 3, 2010 | A session at the ELI 2010 Online Spring Focus Session

The Division of Instructional Innovation and Assessment at the University of Texas at Austin has developed multiple mobile courseware applications over the past year. The first was the creation o…

The Survey Channel: Now Available in HD Delivery

October 30, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2008 Annual Conference

ITS at Mississippi State University has created an efficient and secure online survey instrument used in the university's portal survey channel. The campus portal, onCampus, enables the instru…

EDUCAUSE Core Data Service 2006 Results

October 26, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference

This session will summarize the highlights from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Core Data Service survey data. These analyses will identify key findings, important trends, and similarities and differences across…

iPods and Information: Do Students Want Education in "Their" World?

June 12, 2007 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Southeast Regional Conference 2007

The use of iPods and similar devices is growing in education, but do students see the iPod as an educational tool or as "their" space, not to be invaded? Results from a yearlong study sho…

Why Study Users? An Environmental Scan of Use and Users in the Humanities and Social Sciences

January 23, 2007 | A session at the ELI Annual Meeting 2007

A "build it and they will come" approach to many university digitization initiatives has precluded systematic investigations of the actual demand for these resources. This session will …