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Invitation to complete online course satisfaction survey/Agriculture Educators
Congratulations! You've completed the last module of the FarmSelect online training course and should
now have the necessary knowlege and resources to apply what you've learned to your own work.
Before you leave us and use or share what you've gained here, we'd like to get your feedback on what you
liked and disliked about the course. Your opinions will help us improve this tool to better meet the needs of
other agriculture professionals.
We'll keep your information confidential and will only use the answers you provide to improve our tools
and service to future users. Thank you in advance for your time and effort and best of luck!
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User Satisfaction Survey for the Online Course
Agriculture Educators
Thank you for taking a few minutes to complete this survey. Your feedback will help us further improve our
service to you.
A. Approximately how much time did it take you to complete this course? [Enter number of hours] ________
B. Approximately how many times did you access this course from start to finish? [Enter number of times] ___
C. Did you complete a Farm Plan? Yes No
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Please respond to the following statements by selecting the choice that corresponds to your experience with the
online course (1-Strongly Agree; 2-Agree; 3- Not sure; 4-Diasgree; 5-Strongly Disagree)
The educational material and content...
[Choose one for each statement]
1. Improved my understanding of transitioning
to organic.
2. Improved my understanding of the USDA
Organic Rule and its enforcement.
3. Helped me better understand the relative risks
of organic vs. non-organic management
practices.
4. Improved my knowledge of the practical use
of organic management practices.
5. Increased my confidence to advise farmers
and other clients on transitioning to organic.
6. Improved my ability to integrate organic
agriculture topics in my research/teaching
curriculum.
7. Gave me valuable tools and resources I will
recommend to my clients and students.
Stongly
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Agree
Not sure
Disagree
Strongly
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Overall the information provided in the course...
[Choose one for each statement]
8. Was relevant to my professional needs.
9. Was useful to my work.
10.Was focused on what I specifically needed to
learn.
11. Fully matched the announced objectives.
12. I can immediately use with my clients and
students.
Not sure
Disagree
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13. I will share what I learned in this course
with farmers, students, and colleagues.
14. I will recommend this course to interested
farmers, students, and colleagues.
15. Taking this course has convinced me to
integrate organic agriculture topics in my
research/teaching curriculum.
16. Taking this course has convinced me to
expand my work in organic agriculture
research/training.
17. I will share what I learned in this course
with farmers, students, and colleagues.
18. I will recommend this course to interested
farmers, students, and colleagues.
Stongly
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Not sure
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How would you rate each of the following features of the online course using a 5-point scale (1- Poor; 5Excellent) [Choose one for each statement]
19. The overall course structure.
20. The coordination of various modules into a
coherent course of study.
21. The effectiveness of projects and
assignments.
22. The usefulness of resource materials.
23. The amount of information covered.
24. The depth of treatment of the issues.
25. The length of the course.
26. Interaction among participants.
27. Interaction between participants and
trainers.
28. The variety of training methods.
29. The pace of delivery of the material.
30. The availability of technical assistance.
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31. How does this course compare to other online training courses you have taken?[Choose one]
The best
Better than most
Average
Below average
Needs improvement
Not sure
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32. How did this course meet your expectations? [Choose one]
Better than expected
Met my expectations
Did not meet my expectations
Not sure
33. Overall, how would you evaluate this course on a 5-point scale from 1 (Poor) to 5 (Excellent)?
[Choose one]
Poor
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Excellent
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34. What is the most useful feature of this course? [Type your answer in the space provided]
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35. What is the least useful feature of this course? [Type your answer in the space provided]
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36. What 3 topics would you add? [Type your answer in the space provided]
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36a. What 3 topics would you take away? [Type your answer in the space provided]
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37. Do you have any suggestions on how we can further improve this course? [Type your answer in the space
provided]
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38. How do you plan on applying what you learned in this course in the next 6 months? Please, be specific.
[Type your answer in the space provided]
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39. Do you have any other comments or suggestions? [Type your answer in the space provided]
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| File Title | Microsoft Word - Online Course User Satisfaction Survey Ag Educators 10-1-07.doc |
| Author | virginia.guzman |
| File Modified | 2007-10-01 |
| File Created | 2007-10-01 |