Question
15:What did you dislike about the
online portion of this course?
Lack of contact with people
this class didn't show up on
my WebCT and I had to go through banweb. the pipeline didn't work from
my computer at home.
using the new portal. It
needs work
When answering questions it
would kick me off and I would have to reenter
NOTHING
The length of the class June
7 - June 29 was too short for an on-line class.
Miss face to face with instructor
Lack of face-to-face
interaction
nothing
hard to track complete grades
of the course
hard to keep up with the
non-online portion of the class.i.e.
the workbook
The workbook wasn't helpful
on the practice tests
no class often procrastinated
That we had to go to campus
to take a final exam.
sometimes trouble sitting
down to do work.
The questions would not let
me answer using the mouse correctly...
nothing
Nothing
Not enough time in the summer
to really absorb material.
nothing
My CD and internet kept
giving me trouble freezing and messing up in general.
none
not enough involvement
The actual length of time for
the class.
There was far too much work
in the class. I took it during the summer session but I spent a lot more
time on this class than any of the other classes I took.
a lot of workbut it was due to the abbreviated
nature of the class (summer)
no definite way to get help
when necessary
a lot of work
Software is not flexible
enough to interpret answers.If
you use the singular form of a word and they were looking for the plural
you miss the question.Likewise
if you hyphenate a word which should be but the designer typed it in
without a hyphen you miss it.
Many misspellings in the text
of the course.The tests seemed to
ask the same questions more than once.
large workload
I found that with my internet
server at home I had to take off any pop-up blocker that I had on in
order to access WebCT.However
when I would do this the pop - ups would load the computer so much that
it would lock down.Is there no
way that the WebCT could be accessible even with popup blocker
protection on?
you can't always send
assignment because it's not working
no feedback on assignments
contact with peers and being
able to have discussions face-to-face
n/a
lack of communication and
interaction with professor and peers
Nothing
Nothing
nothing really
n/a
Less interaction with peers
and instructor.
You have to be disciplined to
do the assignments.It is easy to
forget about checking in on the class lessons and assignments.
Not knowing how I was
stacking up with the other students in the class.
I found it hard to understand
some things and it was difficult to find out how to do them because it
wasn't hands on.
I didn't like if I needed to
go to the library to find things to complete an assignment.
It was a little difficult at
first to get things going for me.
The assignments weren’t all
in order.
no quick response for
questions from teacher
some programs were too
complicated and some instructions were vague.
For this course their was way
too much detail needed for certain activities that PowerPoint
presentations just didn't cut it.
The instructor
I dislike waiting for
responses to my email questions.
It was hard to understand
what my instructor wanted sometimes and to communicate with her by email
was difficult.
When I had a problem with
something and a teacher is not available immediately.
miss seeing / interacting
with other students.
Sometimes I got lost and
didn't know what to do.
If something went wrong with
my network at home.I would get
penalized for not doing my work on time.
n/a
When the system was down when
an assignment was due
I didn't always have the
immediate help that I sometimes wanted or thought I needed.
Some download problems were
not resolved for Access - still had to show up to class to finish one
assignment.
I had a problem with IP
Switch and could get NO HELP from distance learning after hours or
during. I ending up coming to the college just about everyday the last
two weeks of class trying to get resolution and the instructor did not
care that I was having problems... just kept directing me to the
distance learning instructions.THANKS!!!!
Some instructions online were
different from those in the syllabus.
I took MEDT 6401 and really
needed my instructor when I was at home doing my work. With other
courses it probably wouldn't be a problem for me.
I could not use the
attachment feature in "private mail" or on the "bulletin
board"
n/a
In general I do not like
using computers; it is very frustrating to me.
Computer incompatibility
between home and school and computer problems arising on home computer.
N/A
Required online chats.
Everything was fine.
Nothing.
N/A
none
Missed some personal
interaction with students but the on line chats helped.
Chats
N/A
Nothing.
High volume of associated
work
the amount of work
Sometimes I was unsure about something
that was assigned or discussed.In a classroom setting I could have raised my hand and received
an immediate answer.On-line
classes dictate that you have to wait for an e-mail response.
nothing
Vast amounts of information
Nothing
Nothing
Group projects
lack of face to face contact
Some applications with which
I had difficulty I would have liked to have personal contact with the
instructor.She kindly offered
her services whenever they might be needed.
Nothing particular
n/a
Sometimes I felt alone.
so much information was made
available that I spent a large amount of time trying to figure out what
I needed.
The chat rooms and the group
projects.
Not having prior instructions
on how to use it was my only problem.The staff at distance learning is very helpful!
The feeling of disconnection
from the instructor.
I was always concerned that
my dial-up connection would work at the right time so I could attend
class online.I don't
particularly like chat rooms.
Had difficulties using chat
rooms that remain unresolved.
In the beginning I felt a
little isolated from everyone.As
I have gotten used to this format I don't feel that way now.
Nothing
Sometimes assignments were
hard to locate.
A conference call would be
more efficient than a chat.
Misunderstandings of what was
expected of us.
Not meeting F2F for the first
meeting.
Nothing
Little face to face contact
with others
having to attach after you browse.Having so many passwords
n/a
I was confused about where to
submit my assignments at the beginning.
Can't thing of anything.
Nothing
Nothing.
I dislike having to deal with
computer problems that occasionally arise.
1st meeting should be F2F.
It would be nice for there to
be consistency on the WebCT Homepages for each course.
Not always having physical
access to a professor/help from classmates.
NA
The instructor was not very
clear about many of her instructions and this made this class much more
difficult that it needed.
nothing
I miss seeing my classmates
and professor face to face.
group work
I felt it would have been
better to set up actual chats with the instructors from time to time
instead of just e-mails.
It was sometimes difficult to
coordinate with my group members for our projects.
It didn't include all class
sessions.
Nothing.
Having to check several
places for updates.
nothing.
One of my projects was
difficult for me to understand but I went and talked with my professor
about it.
Sometimes it takes a long
time to post documents or download them.
Not meeting face - to - face
the first class.
nothing
Not having an example of the
web quest.
Nothing.
Having to wait on a group
member or professor to respond (to e-mails) was somewhat frustrating.
Length of time to download
non-text data i.e.slidespicturesetc.
N/A
n/a
Face to face discussion.
Group projects.
sometimes miss the one-on-one
face-to-face experience
it was all online
I do not like trying to work
in a group for a project.
I only received feedback on
one assignment.
not being able to discuss
issues as a class face - to - face
none
I did not like the group work
in the course.It was NOT at all
easy to communicate and work out a meeting point and time.We are all very spread out in
location. I would have rather done the whole thing myself.
Registrating for the course.
It was not clear instructions for me.
I loved it all!
Group work for a completely
online course.
nothing
I loved it all! I would be
unable to go to GraduateSchool if there
weren't on-line classes available. It is great for me and I wish more
Graduate level courses were offered completely on-line.
Mandatory group work for an
online course.Most of my
classmates live over an hour away from campus and meeting was a scheduling
nightmare. Especially with gas prices the way they are.
Face-to-face conversations.
Meeting classmates. Open debate on issues raised.
Nothing
At first it was just getting
used to doing attachments. But now I don't have a problem with that.
Not having a face-to-face
lecturelearning the material on
my own
WebCT navigation is slow and
cumbersome
Nothing
no face to face interaction
Impersonal environment
Nothing.
I never get to
"hear" the attitude of the teacher and/or classmates through
the internet.Also chats are
often discussions that occur in "circles".By the time I have time to read and
think about what is being written my response is too late - everyone
else is on another subject.I
Missed getting to know other
students well.
It is not always easy to get
online with dial-up and DSL is not offered in my area.
I liked everything!
nothing
nothing
That sometimes I needed to
see my team mates face-to-face.
The bulletin board fills up
quickly and takes time to sift through it when a large class is posting
information. I would have liked quicker responses from the instructor
when asking her questions through the private mail
Navigating within WebCT
The insecurity of only
meeting face-to-face twice and time management issues (on my part).
no professor contact for
questions regarding class assignments
For this course in particular
I thought the online experience was a waste of time much like the course
itself. I have had other courses taught primarily WebCT and have enjoyed
them. There was no immediate feedback from the instructor when we had a
question which was often due to her disorganization.