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End of Workshop Survey

Purpose: Please reflect on this workshop and let us know what worked and what needs improvement. Your input is valuable to us as we plan future workshops. Your responses to this survey will be kept confidential. We would like you to enter your name below. This will improve our ability to evaluate the program by allowing us to link information about your workshop experience to your responses to other evaluation instruments. The onsite evaluator will remove your name from the survey results and only use it to make this linkage. The project leaders will not see your name.

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1. Why did you participate in this workshop? Check all that apply.

Teaching quandary. You hope to figure out a solution to a specific issue you came across in a course.
Research interest. This workshop aligns with your own academic interests.
Pedagogical interest. You have always wanted to teach students this content, set of skills or in this manner.
Colleague suggestion. A colleague recommended the workshop to you.
Community interest. You wanted to take part in an activity with like-minded colleagues outside of your institution (as well as learn something).
Other:
If other, please specify:

2. What aspects of the workshop were the most valuable for you? And why?

3. Least valuable and why?

4. How has this workshop changed your thinking about teaching? (what you teach; how you teach)

5. What are the features that you look for in a strong teaching activity?

6. Reflecting on your interactions at this workshop, are there people with whom you plan to be in contact? If so, list up to five. Please indicate any new contacts with an asterisk (*) following their name.

How will you use or apply what you learned when you return home? This information will be shared by name with workshop leaders.

If we were to follow up with you as to how you used or applied what you learned, what timeframe would make the most sense for your plans? This information will be shared by name with workshop leaders.

Ask me in 3 months. I plan to use or apply aspects immediately.
Ask me in 6 months. I plan to use or apply aspects sometime during the next semester.
Ask me in 1 year. My professional circumstances will not allow me to use or apply aspects until then.
Other

If other, please specify:

WebsiteThe following questions ask you about your experiences with the Cutting Edge Website.

7. I believe that I will use the resources found on the Cutting Edge website to help apply the learning I gained from this workshop.

8. I plan to use the website to share what I learned with colleagues.

9. In order to move forward with what you learned at this workshop, what are the one or two things that are most critical for you to find and use on the Cutting Edge website?

Is this the first on-line workshop or course you have taken?

Yes
No

Please comment on which of activities of the on-line workshop allowed you to interact with the other participants in productive ways?

Do you have any suggestions for future on-line Cutting Edge workshops?

Goals
10. The pre-workshop communications gave me the information I needed to learn about and prepare for the workshop.

11. Materials on the website were useful in preparing for the workshop.

12. The design of the workshop facilitated exchange of expertise among participants.

13. The workshop program engaged me in active learning related to its goals.

14. The workshop sessions were well facilitated.

15. The logistics for the workshop were well executed.

16. I believe the goals of the workshop as stated were met:

a. Helped participants stay current about data, tools, services, and research related to the deep earth.

b. Addressed the "big science questions" related to deep earth and explore exciting new scientific approaches.

c. Considered ways to effectively teach about "what can't be seen", at least not directly.

d. Developed and reviewed classroom teaching activities for undergraduate education using these data, tools, services, and research results to facilitate teaching about the deep earth across the geoscience curriculum.

Please comment on any of your ratings, particularly if you disagreed with any item (rated any below 3).

Activity Development
A primary goal of the workshop was to help you create and revise a service learning activity for use in your teaching. Did you learn what you needed so that you could design an activity that you think will work in your course?

I learned everything I need and I can move forward.
I still have some areas of uncertainty.
I need much more information and I cannot proceed with my activity yet.

What did you gain from the activity review process?

How do you plan to implement your activity?

When do you plan to implement your activity?

17. Please indicate your current satisfaction with this workshop by selecting the appropriate number.

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