HCC DISTANCE EDUCATION COURSE EVALUATION - SPRING 2008

Instructions - These are questions that will help me evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of this class and distance education teaching/learning.

Student anonymity is assured. I will not be able to identify ANY INDIVIDUAL responses. I will not have access to any of your responses until my grades for this course are submitted.

Please take a few moments to complete this online evaluation and provide your candid, honest responses to these questions so that I can work to improve the quality of this course and the HCC Distance Education Program.


This HCC SPRING 2008 Distance Education Course:
AEC 118 (Madden) WEB ENG 100 (26186 - McKinney) WEB GG 101 (26059 - Brill) CABLE MATH 20 C (26389 - Takemoto) CABLE
ANTH 135 (Edmondson) WEB ENG 100 (26552 - Saviano) CABLE GG 101L (26199 - Brill) WEB MATH 20 D (26390 - Takemoto) CABLE
ANTH 200 (Edmondson) CABLE ENG 209 WI (Saviano) CABLE GG 101L (26528 - Brill) WEB MATH 103 (Mandraccia) CABLE
ASTR 110 (26050 - Schindler) WEB ENG 210 WI (Helfand) WEB HIST 151 (25837 - Patterson) WEB MICR 130 (Shen) CABLE
ASTR 110 (26051 - Schindler) WEB FIRE 102 (26126 - Rogers) WEB HIST 151 (26486 - Patterson) WEB PHIL 110 (Pine) WEB
ASTR 110 (26283- Schindler) WEB FIRE 107 (26200 - Rogers) WEB HIST 152 (Smith) WEB PHIL 120 (Pine) WEB
ASTR 110 (26405 - Schindler) WEB FIRE 111 (26128 - Rogers) WEB HIST 232 WI (26495 - Smith) WEB PHYS 122 (26071 - Brill) CABLE
CHEM 151 (26058 - Takata) CABLE FIRE 123 (Phillips) WEB HIST 232 WI (26500 - Smith) WEB SCI 122 (26076 - Brill) CABLE
CHEM 151 (26407 - Takata) CABLE FIRE 152 (26409 - Rogers) WEB HIST 288 (Lightner) WEB POLS 120 E (Meacham) WEB
ENG 100 (25972 - McKinney) WEB FSHN 185 (Hastings) CABLE MATH 20 B (26388 - Takemoto) CABLE POLS 130 E (Meacham) WEB

If your instructor gave you a PASSWORD for this evaluation, please enter it here:
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Including this class, how many Distance Education classes (TV, web, etc.....) have you taken?
One Two Three Four Five Six or more
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What is the format of this Distance Education class?
Internet/Web Telecourse Hybrid - TV/Web

REASONS FOR TAKING THIS CLASS IN A DISTANCE EDUCATION FORMAT


We are interested in determining why our Distance Education students elect to take classes in these innovative formats. For each of the following possible reasons, please indicate the relative importance of the item in your decision to take this Distance Education class:

Not Important Barely important Fairly important Very Important
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Distance from campus or difficulty getting to the campus
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I needed the course and it was only available in a distance format
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Class was not available at my home campus
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Household/family responsibilities
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Work/other commitments make it difficult to attend classes on campus
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Prefer Distance Education format over traditional class environment

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EVALUATION OF CLASS/INSTRUCTOR
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For each of the following evaluation items, please select the response category that best represents your degree of agreement with the statement.

Strongly Disagree Disagree Neutral Agree Strongly Agree
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The instructor provided clear learning objectives and expected outcomes for the course.

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The instructor had a clearly stated grading policy.
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The delivery system or technology was reliable and stable.
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The presentation and organization of the course assignments was coherent and complete.
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The assignments and examinations were appropriate for the content of this course.
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The on-line material was presented in a clear and well organized manner.
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Your instructor responded to questions clearly and constructively on-line, in person, or over the phone
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The instructor provided encouragement, support, and feedback appropriate to my learning needs.
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The instructor demonstrates broad, accurate and up-to-date knowledge of subject matter.
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The instructor goes beyond the basic course content to provide enriching insights
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I would RECOMMEND or consider taking another course using the same delivery vehicle.
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The class provided sufficient interaction between faculty and students and among students to meet my needs.
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What could be done to improve this course?

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Overall, how would you rate the quality of this class?
Poor Fair Good Excellent
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Would you recommend this HCC Distance Education class to a friend?
Definitely Not Probably Not Probably Would Definitely Would

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HCC SUPPORT SERVICES & TECHNOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF THE COURSE


The following items focus on HCC Distance Education student and technological support services.

Please rate the quality of each of these services.

If you did not use a service and can not, therefore, evaluate its quality, please select the first response category - Don't Know/Didn't Use.

Don't Know/Didn't Use Poor Fair Good Excellent
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Admissions Office
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The HCC Registration Process
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Financial Aid Services
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Academic Counseling
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Distance Education Websites
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Bookstore
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Library services
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Proctoring Services
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Reliability and stability of the delivery format
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Reliability and stability of the course online web support


FOR THE ABOVE SERVICES, please provide praise, comments, suggestions, or details of problems encountered.

If you encountered problems registering for the class, in the space below, please discuss those problems and suggestions for their resolution:
How would you describe your ability to learn the material on-line, compared to in a traditional face-to-face class? (More or less stressful, frustrating, efficient, challenging?)
What specific delivery systems/technologies were most useful to you?
What specific delivery systems/technologies were least useful to you?
What specific delivery systems/technologies could be added to improve the quality of learning in this class?
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How do HCC Distance Education classes compare to those you have taken at other colleges?

Can't compare - I've only taken distance classes at HCC Better at other colleges About the same Better at HCC
In the e-mail/communication you received from your faculty member urging you to complete this evaluation, the instructor included the STUDENT LEARNING OBJECTIVES for this course.
Reflecting upon these learning objectives, please comment below on the degree to which you feel you have achieved them. Please be as specific as possible as your faculty member can use these comments to imrpove future student learning in this class.

Mahalo for completing the evaluation!

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HIST 152 - KNOWLEDGE SURVEY - PROF SMITH - SPRING '08
This is a Knowledge Survey rather than a "test." There are no right or wrong answers. While you will not be graded on this survey, please be very candid in your responses!

By completing this survey, both at the beginning and at the end of the semester, your instructor will be able to gauge your initial level of knowledge and then measure the amount of knowledge you gain during the semester. This information will help your instructor modify and improve the course.

Read each statement carefully and then choose a response based on the following instructions:

Mark A as your response to the item if you are not confident in your skills in the area and do not feel you can adequately demonstrate these skills on a test/essay/research paper.

Mark B as your response to the item if you feel somewhat confident that you are reasonably skilled in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a reasonable level on a test/essay/research paper.

Mark C as your response to the item if you feel very confident that you are highly skilled in the area and can demonstrate these skills at a high level on a test/essay/research paper.


Which class are you in: 		MW 1:00 pm WWW

Is this Survey being conducted at the BEGINNING or at the END of the Semester?
Beginning of Semester End of Semester


CONFIDENCE IN HISTORICAL TERMS/CONCEPTS -

YOUR ABILITY TO DEFINE, DESCRIBE, CITE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE FOLLOWING:


Your skill level in area:

A: Low B: Modest C: High
Reconquista
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Christopher Columbus
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Magellan Expedition
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Conquistadors
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Columbian Exhange
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Native American Holocaust
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Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade
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Ottoman Empire
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Safavid Empire
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Mughal Empire
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Zheng He
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Daimyo
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Tokugawa Shogunate
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Sakoku - closed country policy
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Absolutism
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Glorious Revolution
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Constitutionalism
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Scientific Revolution
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Enlightenment
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Salutary neglect
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Declaration of Independence
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American Bill of Rights
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Estates General
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National Assembly
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Declaration of Rights of Man and Citizen
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Jacobins
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Napoleon Bonaparte
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Classical liberalism
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Socialism
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Nationalism
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Industrial Revolution
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Mass Production
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Marxist-socialism
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New Imperialism
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Crimean War
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Extraterritoriality
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Opium War
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Treaty of Nanking
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Meiji Restoration
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Effective Occupation
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American Civil War
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Manifest Destiny
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Simon Bolivar
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Neocolonialism
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Western Front
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Trench warfare
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Total War
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Bolshevik Revolution
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League of Nations
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Treaty of Versailles
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Age of Anxiety
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The Great Depression
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Joseph Stalin
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Five-Year Plans
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Benito Mussolini
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Fascism
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Adolf Hitler
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Nazi Party
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Appeasement
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Battle of Stalingrad
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Vichy France
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Pearl Harbor
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Hiroshima
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Holocaust
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Cold War
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
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United Nations
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Containment
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NATO/Warsaw Pact
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Mutually Assured Destruction
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Proxy wars
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Third World
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Globalization
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CONFIDENCE IN HISTORICAL ESSAY WRITING

FOR THE FOLLOWING POSSIBLE ESSAY QUESTIONS, rate your confidence in being able to address the main points in a clear, concise, and organized essay answer of 1 1/2 - 2 pages.

A: Low B: Modest C: High

Discuss the effects of European expansion on the Americas and Africa.

Explain the decisions made, and the impact of these decisions, not to participate in global expansion made by Islamic empires, China and Japan.

Compare and contrast the European political systems of absolutism and constitutionalism.

Describe the intellectual changes taking place during the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment, and discuss their significant effects.

Evaluate the causes, events, and consequences of the Age of Revolution in political, social, and economic terms.

Describe the factors leading to the Industrial Revolution and the significant impacts resulting from this.

Explain the relationship between the industrialized world and the non-industrial world as demonstrated by the cases of India, Africa, China and Japan.

Compare the political and economic experiences of Latin American and the United States in the nineteenth century.

Explain the meaning and impact of the concepts of liberalism, socialism and nationalism

Describe what factors led to World War I and why this conflict had so many dramatic effects.

Describe the many factors that made the 1920's and 1930's an "Age of Anxiety".

Describe the Stalinist Revolution, be able to describe Stalin's strategy for achieving rapid industrialization.

Define the core beliefs of Fascism and trace its growth in Europe and other regions.

Describe the factors contributing to the outbreak of World War II and major effects on civilians.

Assess the causes of the Cold War, and describe the political and environmental consequences for Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America and the two superpowers.

Describe the challenges of nation building, be able to compare the problems and the nation-building strategies of particular developing countries.

GLOBAL/MULTICULTURAL SKILLS

IN THIS FINAL SECTION, rate your confidence in being able to effectively accomplish the following less specific, more global history related assignments:

A: Low B: Modest C: High

Describe and define the world's major historical events, ideas, places, people, and other items of historical importance.

Summarize key ideas in history, including major world philophies, religions. and political theories and systems.

Demonstrate an ability to compare and contrast historical experiences across cultures and time.

Demonstrate understanding of the historical roots of current world events.

Demonstrate an ability to analyze cause and effect relationships in history.

Mahalo for completing the HIST 152 Knowledge Survey!