M.Sc in e-Commerce (MECB1/MECT1) Student Survey on Teaching Web Design (CA553) 2002/2003 module cordinator/lecturer: Hyowon Lee

Conducted on 7 December 2002, within the class lecture (see the questionnaire used (PDF; 13K)). Total 30 students responded, anonymously. Roughly took 10-15 minutes for all students to fill in then return. The questionnaire was composed of questions from 2002 Question Bank (SSOT) : 22 closed questions of 7-points agreement indication (see the table below) 3 open questions on what they liked best/least, and any other comments Original returned questionnaires are also available on request.

strongly disagree quite disagree a little disagree neutral a little agree quite agree strongly agree # Response / Question     1 1 4 16 8 The lecturer is enthusiastic about teaching       1 1 3 25 The lecturer is well prepared   2   5 6 12 4 The lecturer makes difficult topics understandable       1 4 6 19 Computer material is clearly presented 1 2 8 8 4 4 2 I can hear the lectuer clearly     3 3 8 10 6 The presentation of the lecturer is good   3   3 8 9 6 The lecturer communicates ideas in a clear and organised manner     1 1 3 10 15 The lectuere makes good use of examples and illustrations   1 4 2 6 9 7 The lecturer presents the material in an interesting way                   1 3 4 5 8 6 The objectives of the module are clearly stated   4 4 3 4 10 5 I am happy with the speed at which I am expected to learn 1 1 5 5 3 10 5 The module covers the right amount of material   2 3 3 8 8 6 The module is intellectually stimulating                 1 1 2 2 11 11 2 I am strongly motivated to learn the course material 3 1   3 10 7 5 I have become more interested in this subject because of this module 2 1   3 6 17 1 The lecturer stimulates my thinking                 4 2 6 5 5 5 2 The library is well stocked with books relevant to this course     1 6 8 8 6 The recommended textbooks are very useful   1 1 2 1 8 16 The assignments are relevant to the material taught   2 1 3 12 8 4 I have learned a lot from taking this module     2 7 5 10 5 The information obtained from the lecturer is always helpful   3   3 5 8 11 This module is important within the overall degree programme

Responses to Open Questions 3 open questions were 'what they liked best / least in this module', and any other comments. Simple analysis was done to group the responses as the following (sentences in double quotation marks are the direct quotations from respondents).

Lecturer's lectures More Lab/Tutorial wanted "Examples were excellent and explained material well." "Very impressed with quality of examples/slides/presentations." "Like - PowerPoint slides: excellent and informative... helps to understand material better." "Examples are very thorough, and the lecturer is obviously an expert in the field." "Like - usability guidelines" "Very good lecture presentations." "Like - presentations, very easy to follow." "Like - seeing real-life examples of good (+ bad) web design." "Like - web page presentations." "HCI elements are quite intuitive and easy to follow." "Like - use of examples to illustrate concepts." "Lecturer is very helpful when asked a question on an individual basis." "Like - HTML and usability lectures" "More labs to teach HTML would be good, as it is hard to learn on your own." "Lack of Lab time provided." "Start of the course had no lab works." "Should be more lectures or tutorials on how to use FrontPage/Dreamweaver" "Lab sessions to speed up the learning of HTML who have not done any HTML before." "Some labs may benefit in the future so people with no knowledge of HTML can be tutored."   Assignments useful Earlier assignment notification "I find that the assignments are very useful and relevant to the course. They cover the material well." "I enjoyed creating my first website and having it evaluated." "The excercise of building a website and design rationale was very beneficial." "Like - making web page: found difficult but rewarding." "Like - assignments gives a practical view of concepts & theory." "The assignments were interesting and enjoyable." "Like - the practical work on designing our own website." "Liked the web-design part (designing web-page)." "Like - designing my home page." "Like - actually designing web pages." "Like - doing evaluations on commercial web sites." "2nd project should have been given earlier." "Prepare the proejcts a few weeks sooner." "2nd assignment should be given out earlier - too congested towards close of semester." "I don't think we should have an assignment due in week 12, possibly should have heard both assignments out earlier."