Compass Mini Survey

Your help is requested in this <4-minute survey, to gauge community use of the websites and web resources housed at serc.carleton.edu. You have been selected as a member of a small but representative sample of earth educators. The information that we gather through this survey will inform website improvements that will be made through the Compass program.

Be assured that your privacy is important to us: the individual survey responses will remain confidential and we will not identify you by name in any of the subsequent publications of the research results. Your participation is voluntary and if you come to any question you prefer not to answer, you are welcome to skip it and go on to the next. Aggregate responses may be used in publications. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Kristin O'Connell (koconnell@carleton.edu).

Full name

Email (to track response rate)

SERC Hosted Websites
1) Have you ever heard of any of the websites on geoscience teaching housed at serc.carleton.edu? (opens in new window)

Yes
No (If no, you're done! Scroll down to select the submit button.)

2) How often did you use any of the websites housed at serc.carleton.edu in the last two years?

Never (If never, you're done! Scroll down to select the submit button.)
Once or Twice
Several times per term
Weekly
Nearly every day

3) To what extent you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

	Disagree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree	Agree
I am likely to continue to use the websites housed at serc.carleton.edu.
I think that the resources on the websites housed at serc.carleton.edu are credible.
I think that the resources on the websites housed at serc.carleton.edu are up-to-date.
It is important to me to know that the resources housed at serc.carleton.edu came from the geoscience community.
I am able to access the resources housed at serc.carleton.edu.
I am satisfied with how to find materials on the websites housed at serc.carleton.edu.
I anticipate AI tools (e.g. ChatGPT, the AI summary in Google search) will significantly change my use of the resources housed at serc.carleton.edu.

Please elaborate on any of your choices

Impact on Teaching
5) Have you taught any geoscience or earth science courses in the last 2 years?

Yes No

6) To what extent do you agree or disagree that using the websites housed at serc.carleton.edu has impacted your teaching in the following ways?

	Disagree	Tend to disagree	Tend to agree	Agree
Increased the variety of teaching methods I use
Increased my ability to actively engage students in learning
Increased my confidence as a teacher
Increased my ability to assess student learning
Increased my ability to connect my teaching to societal issues
Helped me connect course content to workforce applications
Increased my ability to include data sets in my teaching
Increased my ability to engage students in virtual settings
Saved me time in prepping for courses
Increased my understanding of how others approach their teaching
Sparked conversations with colleagues around teaching (e.g. content, methods)
Inspired me to pursue additional professional development in teaching (e.g. webinar, workshop)

Please elaborate on any of your choices (why or why not your teaching was impacted)

Other
What haven't we asked that you'd like to share about the websites housed at serc.carleton.edu?

May we follow up with you at a later date with a 10 minute interview?

Yes
No

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