Week 3: Learning Surveys
This section of the course aims to give you the chance to:
- To plan and develop a survey or questionnaire to survey members in your workplace.
- To consider how to follow-up survey results and engage with members.
Workbook: Activity 4
Earlier this week we had a Community Call during which we discussed what makes a good learning survey.
We discussed how to make your learning surveys as effective as possible, including what types of information you should collect, how you would distribute the survey and what types of design, font and style are most appropriate. We also talked about issues of confidentiality.
Having thought about these issues and looked at some example surveys, it's now time to create your own draft survey.
Survey quesions
Once you've considered the information you need to collect, the next step is to find the most appropriate way to collect it. The video below provides a quick overview of the different types of questions that can be included survey.
Survey method and format
You can use whatever method you prefer to make your survey. Here are some suggestions:
- Google Forms on Google Drive https://www.google.co.uk/forms/about/
- Survey Monkey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/
- Microsoft Word document
- Microsoft Excel Spreadsheet
Survey Monkey has produced a set of guidelines for creating a survey, which you may find useful. You can find them here.
This 12 minute YouTube video will help you to create a survey using Google Forms if you've not done it before.
And remember, your tutor is available via email to support you with this task if needed.
Once you've created your survey, please email or send the link to your tutor. We'll be discussing the group's surveys during our next Community Call, but don't forget that you can always contact your tutor prior to this if you need assistance or immediate feedback.
A little something extra to think about...
The video below is not about learning surveys specifically, but it's thought provoking and also shows that there are other ways of collecting and sharing the ideas, hopes and dreams of the people around us.
If you're inspired by the "Before I die..." wall then perhaps you could incorporate this idea into your work as a ULR. How about creating a 'I would like to learn...' wall in your workplace or a 'What inspires me...' wall to help colleagues get to know each other better.
You could even make a 'Skills I can share....' wall where people can offer to share their skills with others.
If you want to learn more about the 'Before I die...' movement then visit their website at http://beforeidie.cc/site/build-your-own-before-i-die-wall/
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