Questions on Questionnaires

Right so its about that time to see what sort of output I can get. I should be able to get two types of result sets:

1. From the feedback form itself
2. From Moodle's built-in activity log

Removing the seal

 So lets do the questionnaires first. The general information I have is:

• Number of questionnaires completed: 21
• Number of questionnaires with no errors in the answering of the questionnaire: 10 (Category I or C1)
  
• Number of questionnaires with errors in the answering of the questionnaire: 11 (Category 2 or C2)
• Types of errors:
• Unclear whether student or staff
• Said they understood the lesson (Question 17) but then gave reasons why they did not understand the lesson (Question 18)
• Said they fully completed the course (Question 6) but then gave reasons why they did not complete the course (Question 7)
• Average number of errors in a C2 form : 1 - 2
• In addition there is a inherent error in Question 14 which means I have to discard this

There are errors but  is not unusual

 Now what can I gain from Moodle?

1. Percentage of Students vs Staff (Prof Jayantha feels as both are low knowledge this is not an issue) [Student/Staff breakdown answered]
2. Their duration in the course
3. Details of what they participated in and ~ how long
4. Whether all parts of the course were covered (Q6 answered)

So how do I work around the problem of the questionnaire. Some ideas from my supervisors:

• Have 2 result sets
1. From the Feedback form
2. From Moodle's monitoring system
• Remove Questions 2 - 5, 14, 17 & 18 from the analysis
• Try as best as possible to get information lost from the Question from Moodle.
• Discuss the value of Moodle as a more reliable method of surveying.

As a pleasant surprise it seems a lot of nurses want the next survey online! Puts a bit of a dampener on why I used a form but yet its good news that these low knowledge learners are willing to change their habits so readily particularly as not even 33% in the pre-questionnaire knew hot to use the internet and probably still don't have a very good idea!

Hopefully I should have a better idea in a few days time.