Web Surveys
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Web survey tools may be stand-alone ones or those that are an integrated part of a learning / course management system. Web surveys may be used for both qualitative and quantitative research. The information collected may be responses to closed questions, textual commentary, and even digital artifacts like imagery and audio responses. Online surveys have gained popularity because of their ease-of-use, cost-effectiveness, and wide reach.
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Web Survey Use in E-Learning
Surveys may be used in many ways in e-learning. Some common uses include the following:
assessment of new curriculums;
student research;
academic research;
public relations efforts;
post-event analysis;
voting on various campus issues and for committees, and others.
Types of Questions Possible in Web Surveys
Numerous types of questions may be created in online surveys. These may include the following:
CLOSE-ENDED true-false questions; multiple-choice questions; scale questions; mix-and-match; image comparisons; audio analysis;
OPEN-ENDED short-answer questions, and essay questions.
Proper Oversight
Institutional review boards Institutional Review Boards or IRBs provide oversight and advisement for those who would conduct surveys. Essentially, the reviewers need to examine the research and decide if there are risks of harm to the human participants. IRB staffers will make sure that the information collected has research utility. They will make sure that there are sufficient protections of privacy and information protections. They may decide to reject the research outright, or that more review is needed of the research, or that the survey is exempt--among other possible outcomes.
Reports Output
Web surveys offer back-end functionalities that are helpful for information collection. These involve statistics about the respondents, their IPs (oftentimes), and convenient presentation of a range of information.