TECHNOLOGY IN LEARNING:
A Training Survey
RESULTS
The following are the results from
our 1998 Technology in Learning Training Survey. One hundred sixty-three
surveys were returned from district/site technology coordinators in Texas.
These results were used to plan staff development opportunities for technology
leaders.
| A. | How would you mark yourself along this technology training/experience scale? Please mark your position as you see it, with a star*. |
| Less | More |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Little or no training or experience in technology use | Limited training or experience in technology use | Fair to adequate training or experience in technology use | Adequate to good training or experience in technology use | Significant training or experience in technology use | Advanced experience or an advanced degree in technology |
| MARK ON EXPERIENCE/TRAINING SCALE | FREQUENCY | PERCENT |
| 1 | 3 | 2% |
| 1.5 | 0 | 0% |
| 2 | 26 | 16% |
| 2.5 | 0 | 0% |
| 3 | 35 | 21% |
| 3.5 | 1 | 1% |
| 4 | 31 | 19% |
| 4.5 | 1 | 1% |
| 5 | 42 | 26% |
| 5.5 | 0 | 0% |
| 6 | 24 | 15% |
| B. | How many hours of preservice training have you had? | |
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| C. | How many inservice hours of technology training have you had? | |
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| D. | Which courses most interest you? |
| COURSES | FREQUENCY | PERCENT |
| Integrating the Internet into the classroom | 127 | 78% |
| Technology Integration into Classroom Curriculum | 123 | 75% |
| Multimedia Development | 76 | 47% |
| K-12 Distance learning | 75 | 46% |
| Basic/Intermediate Web Construction | 74 | 45% |
| Technology Planning | 74 | 45% |
| Grant Writing | 54 | 33% |
| Productivity Tools | 52 | 32% |
| Instructional Applications of Interactive and Desktop Conferencing | 43 | 26% |
| Software Evaluation | 35 | 21% |
| An Introduction to computers | 24 | 15% |
| Special Education Technology | 19 | 12% |
| E. | What are your training preferences? |
| TRAINING PREFERENCES | FREQUENCY | PERCENT |
| Summer Mini courses (in general) | 111 | 68% |
| Summer Mini course-June | 81 | 50% |
| Courses at my School | 66 | 40% |
| Summer Mini courses-July | 58 | 36% |
| Courses During the School Day (requires a substitute) | 44 | 27% |
| Courses at a Remote Training Center | 37 | 23% |
| Saturday Courses | 31 | 19% |
| After-School Mini courses | 31 | 19% |
| Credit Courses | 27 | 17% |
| Summer Mini course-August | 17 | 10% |
| Longer, extended-hour courses | 10 | 6% |
| Other (Videoconferences, Internet, Training CDs) | 8 | 5% |
| Summer Mini course-Other | 0 | 0% |
| F. | What delivery method do you prefer? |
| METHOD | FREQUENCY | PERCENT |
| Face-to-Face | 131 | 80% |
| Web-based Training | 37 | 23% |
| Interactive Video Conferencing | 32 | 20% |