Summer 2003 Distance
Education Survey (Student Comments)
Question 15: What did you dislike about the online
portion of this course?
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q lose a little of the personal
touch. sometimes it is difficult to
clearly understand all concepts and assignments due to the time it takes to answer questions
online |
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You
miss face to face interaction |
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too
many people in chatroom |
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Chat
discussions |
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sometimes
hard to control discussion students
easily get carried off on tangent discussions |
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There
were a lot of people in the course , which made online discussions difficult. |
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Too
many 2 hour class chats. Didn't feel so much like online having so many 2
hour chat sessions. |
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Chatroom
becomes confusing sometimes. My chat
experience was a little disorganized. |
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q The redundancy as everyone in the
class answers in the chats. With 40
people it gets a little old. Also I was not
clear on how the on-line portion would be graded by the instructor. |
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It
was hard to get in depth explanations.
It is also harder to tell intensity of a topic when all is typed. |
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No
class. |
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Nothing |
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q Some of the uploading of the
assignments did not work the way they were suppose to so it took longer to upload
if the class was in a classroom
I could have gotten help faster. |
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q I am Computer incompetent and so
not having a teacher in the class with me was very discouraging and annoying. I
always had problems and when I did I had to chase someone down to help me.
Also everyone cheats on the tests. |
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nothing |
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nothing |
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There
was too much work for the short amount of time in the summer. |
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During
the fourth session there were several things due every day. |
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time
consuming |
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q having to turn the assignments in by
10:00 a.m.- rather inconvenient if you work mostly at night like I do and you
have a problem and can't get help before the assignment is due |
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The
frustration of homework not export as it appeared prior to the export. |
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N/A |
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q I didn’t like the fact that when I
did have a problem or question I was unable to receive an answer right away. |
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q There was an item on a test that I
was taking; I was doing everything right
but it kept telling me that q
my
answer was wrong. Sometimes the system could have discrepancies. |
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If
you had a problem there is no
immediate response. |
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Sitting
in front of the computer for a whole month having to read all of the
assignments by computer monitor. |
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Nothing |
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q This was my first on-line
class. I was familiar with most of
the material for the class. I think this made it an easier course for me to take. So I was unable to find any dislikes about
the course. |
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it
was very scary t experiment on my own |
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Software
was not compatible with home PC. |
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q The fact that problems with
computers occur and can delay the process but that is more a technology issue |
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A
few bugs at the beginning. |
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There
were a lot of bugs in the software or Web site (SimNet PageOut.) |
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nothing |
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I was
able to do the work when it was good for me. |
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Nothing |
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having
to wait for clarification via e-mail rather than asking the teacher after
class. |
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When
you don't understand an assignment it's hard to have to wait for a response. |
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q If I didn't agree with
something I would prefer to discuss
it with my professor face-to-face but since this was a summer online course then the professor was not on campus. |
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q I didn't get to interact with the
teacher other students. I couldn't ask the teacher face to face questions it was 100% online. |
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q I disliked that I could not
receive face-to-face sessions with the teacher concerning things that I did not understand. |
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There
were occasional technical difficulties. |
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q I really did not dislike any
portion of it. There may be some disadvantage to not having face to face feed back from the instructor in regard to assignments-
but the instructor always responded quickly to emails and to any questions. |
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Nothing |
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Nothing. |
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q I miss getting a lot of GREAT
information from Dr. Putney that only happens with face-to-face discussions. She
has been great with answering all questions!!!!! |
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I
enjoyed everything about the on-line courses. |
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Not
having as much interaction with my peers. |
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Nothing |
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Not
a thing! |
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Do
not know. |
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communication
with my other group members was sometimes stressful |
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Nothing. |
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I
like to hear the opinions and thoughts of other students. You can learn allot from their
experiences. |
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I am
not very good with computers yet. |
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The
fear of not sending something properly. |
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I
wish it had the ability to use other programs other than Microsoft word. |
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Nothing |
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Not
as much time to get to know others by face-to-face interaction. |
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I
had no dislikes |
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q It does not facilitate
relationships with peers and instructor as strongly as face to face in the classroom instruction. |
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Nothing |
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Nothing |
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nothing |
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Nothing |
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nothing |
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NA |
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nothing |
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Nothing |
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just
sometimes having trouble with the attachments and wondering if they made it
to the professor. |
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Meeting
with other people |
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nothing |
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n/a |
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Should
you have difficulty with the server of the network it can cause assignments
being late. |
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I did
not dislike any portion of the online course. |
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na |
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They
don't have the opportunity to "share" in a regular classroom
setting. I miss the
"discussion" component of being in a classroom of other teachers and
sharing their experiences/stories. |
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n/a |
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There
was not anything I disliked. |
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N/A |
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q I didn't really need to sit
through lectures that were identical to the power points on the web. Also
the book cost 98.00 |
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I am
bad about putting things off to the last minute. |
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nothing |
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Nothing |
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I
had no dislikes. |
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It
was not utilized to its fullest. |
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nothing |
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Nothing. |
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NA |
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Nothing |
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nothing |
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There
was nothing that I disliked about the online portion of this course |
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when
something did not work correctly |
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Nothing.
The system works very well!! |
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Nothing |
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in
class interaction |
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q It was difficult to communicate
with class partners and professors. I
didn't receive feedback regarding my assignments in a timely manner. |
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nothing |
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Sometimes
it is hard to get a response from your instructor. |
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I
didn't dislike anything. I enjoyed it. |
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not
having quick access to the instructor |
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test please ignore |
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Nothing |
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Never
meeting classmates or teacher face to face |
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nothing. |
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nothing |
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The incredible
amount of work...much more than had I taken class on campus |
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I do
like the opportunity to interact in class... the social aspects. |
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I
had to motivate myself to do it. |
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Delay
in feedback no "body
language" in interactions. |
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I am
not very good with computers. |
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q I would have liked topical
bulletin boards so that I didn't have to sift through all the messages to
find the ones relevant to my questions. |
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Waiting
for responses. |
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people
who post things on the discussion board that should have been sent in private
mail |
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The
pace was much faster than I expected. |
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Sometimes
the communication was not as good as I would have liked it to have been. |
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Nothing |
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Nothing |
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Nothing
really |
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Nothing
to dislike about this course. |
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Very
difficult to start up the first day.
Password student i.d.
problems. |
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See
Below |
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There
was really nothing about the course that I didn't like. |
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q I felt like people had made the comment
that this class was an easy A and the instructor tried extra hard to make some of the worksheet questions as difficult
to find as possible so that it would not be an easy class. |
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I
dislike the fact that we had to do things some of us had never seen before
without any sense of direction. |
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I
liked everything |
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in
class discussions |
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Very
Time Consuming. |
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Not
anything. |
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If I
got knocked off the computer or
couldn't print. |
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q If you have any problems with you
computer you were in real trouble. I had trouble submitting one homework assignment and didn't realize that it hadn't
actually submitted until I checked the next day and had no score.
Also an electrical storm
killed my modem on the evening of my final exam. I didn't know until I got
home to Douglasville (an hour away) and instead of spending the early part of
the evening taking my test
I ended up rushing around to find another computer that I could use to
take my test (the campus computers close at 10). I ended up at a friend's house in
Carrollton with 85 minutes to take a potentially 150 minute test. Not an experience I would recommend. |
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n/a |
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No
interaction with classmates. |
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nothing |
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The
only thing that I did not like is that not all of GALILEO is available off
campus. |
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the
libr course was useless and a waist of my time and money |
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I
did not like not being able to personally communicate with the professor and
classmates. If I had a question I
would have to e-mail the professor and would not get the answer until the
next day or later. |
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N/A |
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This
course was difficult to do on- line.
I wouldn't have been able to do this without face-to-face instruction |
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nothing except maybe having to go back and forth
from WebCT to Georgia teacher |
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Everything
was fine. |
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communication
about assignments came from too many sources...web ct saber learning paper syllabus etc. |
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No
face-to-face contact |
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Too
much work the work load was
unrealistic I spent at least 15 hours
a week on this class |
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too many
reflections to type |
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Nothing. |
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The
amount of work being a summer
class was a bit overwhelming. |
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Communication
was great but I needed one checklist
for everything not three. |
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not
being to ask questions right then and there |
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I
found it hard to understand exactly what was expected of me with assignments
being in multiple places. |
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It
is a lot of work. |
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had
to rely on group members to check mail and bulletin board but they did not
always check or respond |
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The
many details to keep up with |
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Unable
to send large files because I did not know how to compress them. |
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Nothing. |
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lots
of work |
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Not
having a teacher to ask questions when I got stuck on a project. |
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Nothing. |
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I
liked everything. |
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q Anyone teaching an online course needs
to be reasonably familiar with not only the way the internet works but
also with the kinds of software students are likely to be using on
assignments. |
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Nothing. We had to do a lot of group work and this was an excellent source of
communication for us. |
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Once
we lost our site at GSAMS but we did
receive a tape of the missed class |
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N/A |
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q We had equipment problems that
resulted in us not receiving information that day but still had to sit in class to see if the line could be fixed. This wasted valuable
time and we still had to listen to the tape class at a later time. I don't have a lot of free
time to use that way. |
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q The storms that threatened to
knock out the computer that would keep me from getting online were the biggest problem I had. |
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Nothing. |
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N/A |
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Nothing. |
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I
miss the teacher and the interaction with others. |
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A
lot of reading which of course goes
with the territory. |
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can't
think of anything... |
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nothing. |
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Sometimes
Web CT did not want to respond the way I expected it to!!! TOO SLOW! |
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nothing |
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q The group work is tough because
trying to work with three other people without being able to talk problems out is really tough. Some assignments are better if your group meets regularly in
class. |
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No
dislikes. |
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Although
there were many different ways to communicate doing group work online is difficult. |
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The
amount of work we were required to do in such a short amount of time |
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hard
to work with group projects |
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I
enjoy listening to a professor and participating in back-and-forth
discussions. |
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It
is quite difficult to complete several group projects in an online setting |
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Online
classes seem to have more work than face-to-face classes....but I think it is
worth it!! |
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I
have no complaints |
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Nothing |
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N/A |
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lots
of work |
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Inability
to print from Word instructor notes that were posted in Word. |
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q Lag in getting responses from others
in group. Have to
"interpret" much of correspondence. Everything usually takes 2-3 steps rather than 1 step in
getting objective accomplished. |
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q number of collaborative projects
and amount of time consumed for assignments seemed to be a lot for 7 weeks |
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Group
members not returning e-mails and slacking off! |
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At
first it was hard to know exactly
what the professor wanted and I could
not ask him right then. |
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getting
people within your group to respond to my emailing a timely manner |
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Nothing. |
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not
getting to put "faces" to names |
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No
complaints! |
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q At times I missed the companionship of fellow classmates. It is good to get input from other class members about assignments. This setting is more difficult to contact fellow classmates. |
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I
did not feel as comfortable seeking clarification from my instructor early in
the class. |
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I
wish that it had been more online than 50% on campus/50% on WebCT. |
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q Not having the immediate feedback from
teacher. Not having the clarification on some of the assignments. |
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I
enjoyed it |
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NOTHING!! |
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The
combination of short summer semester and on-line were overwhelming. |
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nothing |
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The
navigation of the bulletin board. |
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nothing
really |
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None |
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q I did not like accessing
PowerPoint from the internet. It was too difficult to access. I had difficulty understanding the assignments as they were posted
online. When we went over the course
syllabus the first day of class
the syllabus was on the internet. Since I did not have a copy to read
and write on as the instructor went over it my notes about the assignments were hard
for me to go back and understand. |
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q I spent most of the time confused
and frustrated just hoping to survive
it. I guess I am more comfortable in a face-to-face class. |
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q It was difficult for me to
organize myself in completing assignments.
Also I did not feel I learned as much information as I would have listening to the instructor
and my classmates discuss strategies they used. |
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It
was hard to work with others. At the beginning I wasn't sure of everything I
was to do. |
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It
is not as personal. |
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Nothing |
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The
chat at a particular time. |
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If I
had a problem understanding a question I had to wait for an answer. |
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feeling
I don't know the professor as well ``it's harder to ask questions as they
come up |
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Nothing |
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q Not being able to communicate
effectively with the group during chat. It was my first time chatting- I think I will do better next time. |
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I
like the social aspect of being in class with people. |
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In
some instances the course syllabus
did not match the WebCT site - this was confusing. |
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q there was nothing I did not like about
the online learning sessions. I would rather work in an online setting rather than fact to face. |