Teaching and Learning with Technology (TLT) is seeking feedback on teaching and learning experiences to help deepen its understanding of how technology impacts the University community.
TLT’s annual technology survey, published Jan. 24, enables instructors and students to provide details about their respective experiences with education technology. With two versions tailored to each specific audience, the survey can gather valuable information about technology’s role in teaching and learning at Penn State. The survey’s goal is to help identify gaps in technology experience and tailor programming that supports the community.
“The survey responses play a critical role in improving the teaching and learning experience at Penn State,” said Crystal Ramsay, interim director of TLT. “The survey results will be shared widely across the University and members of administrative units, academic departments, and support units can request access to the results so they can be used to make improvements.”
“Every Penn State instructor and student, across all campuses, who participates in this survey will provide a helping hand to current and future Penn Staters,” added Ramsay.
The student survey aims to assess, among other things, the best way for the University to share resources related to learning with technology, what technology has been most helpful to students, what device(s) students use to complete most of their coursework, and what technology-related challenges students have faced.
The instructor survey, meanwhile, will allow them to provide feedback on items such as challenges in adapting course design, teaching tools and resources they would like to explore further, and their biggest concerns related to teaching with technology.
Both instructors and students can expect to spend fewer than 10 minutes completing the survey. The window for responses will be open through Feb. 4.