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Austrian English Teachers and the EFL/ESL site
http://e.schule.at
Walter Steinkogler
e.schule.at and its users
Who are the users? Teachers!? Pupils? Students?
What are they looking for? (needs) Re-usable LOs for print? For interactive exercises? For LMS?
For which level of the CEFR? A1, A2, B1, B2 … For which types of school?
e.schule.at and its users
For teaching ideas? For links to other EFL/ESL-sites? (lose users) Presentations at eL meetings => thank you! My users, the unknown species! Feedback: 4 emails/year => really uncool site! => online questionnaire – limesurvey How to ask questions => questionnaire method How to get interpretable results! Discussed questions with critical friends!
End of school-year (final exams) Small sample IT-sceptics rather not fill in online survey Survey – 14 items 2 text boxes „Temperature-scale“ questions 1-4 to avoid the
average 3
http://www.limesurvey.org
Open Source Different types
of questions Online-creation
and evaluation Data-export in
Excel
Male or female?
Language Teachers are female!
E n g lis h T e a c h e rs - G e n d e r
fem ale71%
m ale29%
Where do you teach?
P rim ary S chool2%
S econdary M odern S chool
35%
Lower S econdary
5%
Upper S econdary
15%
P oly technic S chool
1%
Higher V ocat ional
34%
V ocat ional A pprent ice
2%
A dult E ducat ion
6%
I have been teaching forso many … years
15 to 30 years of experience
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5,1 to 10
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20,1 to 25
25,1 to 30
30,1 to 35
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How did you find e.schule.at ??
A colleague told m e
33%
searching the
web39%
by coinc idence28%
How often do you visit e.schule.at?
daily2%
m any t im es a week8%once a week
13%
m any t im es a m onth22%once a m onth
14%
less often41%
Learning Management System
Which LMS do you use?
D o y o u u s e a L M S ?
Y es38%
No62%
0 5 10 15 20 25
edum oodle
M oodle server
O ther M oodle servers
M S C lass/ S harepoint
O ther
LM S B urgenland
W h ic h L M S d o y o u u s e ?
In the platform I am looking for
(1) applies totally <=> does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no
QU: I am looking for (teaching) ideas …95%
… Material for print 92%
.... interactive LOs for use in class 71%
.... LOs for the LMS 41%
.... interactive LOs for use at home 52%
.... LOs for private coaching/tutoring 24%
.... didactics & methodology 61%
In the platform I am looking for
(1) applies totally <=> does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no
LOs in addition to topics of coursebook 92%
***** of LOs by users would be useful 78%
I would be ready to do that myself 80%
I use the search-box of the platform 75%
the tree (of categories) is ok for me 80%
thematic link collections very valuable 83%
In the platform I am looking for
(1) applies totally <=> does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no
I would like … more pictures & images 73%
… more listening & podcasts 88%
… more videoclips 76%
I would register for a regular newsletter 54,5%
In the platform I am looking for
(1) applies totally <=> does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no
I want to get in touch with colleagues via social software tools => 34%
I am ready to share my digital ressources with colleagues in a password-protected area
=> 63% !!! All in all I am satisfied with e.schule.at
80,5%
Money, money, money ...
Public funding is dwindling. I can imagine other forms of financing free educational content of high quality . Sponsoring => 80,5% Ads of edu-related companies like publishers etc.
=> 86% Schools should pay => 41,5% Teachers should pay => 21%
Myschule.at
I would like a personalized starting page into schule.at => 45%
Verbal feedback: very positive CEFR has to be implemented Bench marks (A2, B2) Film reviews More material for (academically) weak children Criticizing e-learning resistant teachers
Conclusions
Biggest usergroups: Sec.Modern + Higher Voc. Majority are middle-aged teachers Majority does not use LMS (62%) ... looks for print material (92%) ... material in addition to coursebooks (92%) ... appreciates special thematic link collections 83% ... willing to rate LOs (80%)
Conclusions
More than half would like a newsletter (54,5%) 2 thirds would be ready to exchange digital
ressources in a pw-protected platform (63%) Search engine of the platform has to be improved
(used by 75%) More media (podcasts, videos, images) Sponsoring and advertising is ok (80,5 – 86%) Majority of users appreciates platform (80,5%) How do we address those who don't come?
