For this survey, please choose one course that you are teaching this semester, complete the survey with that course in mind.

Course Name and Number
Number of students:

What requirements does this course meet (mark all that apply):

General education
Major requirement
Minor requirement
Does not meet requirement
Other

Teaching methodologies for this course(mark all that apply):

Lecture
Whole Class Discussion
Small Group work
Projects
Service Learning Projects
Individual assignments (papers, webpages, exercises)
Quizzes/tests
Other

Teaching delivery methods for this course (mark all that apply)

Online delivery (via the web/webct)
Traditional delivery (classroom)
Independent study delivery
Correspondence
Video delivery
Other

How many hours do you believe you put into preparing this course for the current semester (before the semester began)?

0-10 hours 10-20 hours 20-30 hours 30-40 hours 40-50 hours over 50 hours

How many times have you taught this specific course (including the current semester)?

In determining how to allocate your time (what to accomplish first when you have multiple tasks to accomplish), rate the priority of each of the following types of tasks on the following scale for this particular course:

1 Very low priority (I will get to it when I have time)
2 Low priority (I will try to get to it this week)
3 Moderate priority (I will get to it this week)
4 High priority (I will try to get to it today)
5 Highest priority (I will do this today)
6 Not applicable to this course

Teacher-Individual Student Interaction
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Reading/answering students’ email
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Returning student phone calls
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Being available for meetings with students during office hours
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Being available for meetings with students outside of office hours

Teacher-Small Group Interaction
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Interacting with live small groups (in or out of the classroom)
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Checking on/posting group discussion forums (other than grading)

Teacher-Class Interaction
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Preparing assessments (quizzes, tests etc.)
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Creating lectures/class discussions/class forums
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Delivering lectures, participating in class discussions/class forums
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Creating/posting announcements, homepage updates, and/or mass emails
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Preparing/posting assignments/handouts/webpages

Grading and Feedback
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Grading individual student papers, assignments etc.
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Grading group assignments
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Getting students feedback on assignments in a timely manner
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Offering specific feedback on assignments to students (as opposed to just a grade)

Course maintenance
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Course management (checking rosters to be see if there have been add/drops, preparing course evaluations, creating groups, updating (not creating) webpages etc.)
Technology issues
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Taking care of technology issues your students have (questions, problems)
1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course Taking care of technology issues you have (problems with WebCT, email, -webpages, projectors, etc.)

Rate how important each of the following activities that you perform is to your students’ learning in this specific course:
1 Not very important to their learning
2 Somewhat important to their learning
3 Could be important to some students’ learning
4 Important to their learning
5 Very important to their learning (probably would not understand the content without this)
6 Not applicable to this course

Teacher-Individual Student Interaction
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Reading/answering students’ email
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Returning student phone calls
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Being available for meetings with students during office hours
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Being available for meetings with students outside of office hours

Teacher-Small Group Interaction
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Interacting with live small groups (in or out of the classroom)
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Checking on/posting group discussion forums (other than grading)

Teacher-Class Interaction
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Preparing assessments (quizzes, tests etc.)
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Creating lectures/class discussions/class forums
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Delivering lectures, participating in class discussions/class forums
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Creating/posting announcements, homepage updates, and/or mass emails
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Preparing/posting assignments/handouts/webpages
Grading and Feedback
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Grading individual student papers, assignments etc.
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Grading group assignments
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Getting students feedback on assignments in a timely manner
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Offering specific feedback on assignments to students (as opposed to just a grade)
Course maintenance
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Course management (checking rosters to be see if there have been add/drops, preparing course evaluations, creating groups, updating (not creating) webpages etc.)
Technology issues
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Taking care of technology issues your students have (questions, problems)
1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course Taking care of technology issues you have (problems with WebCT, email, -webpages, projectors, etc.)

Are there other important activities that you perform that we have not listed here? If so, please list them below and rate both their priority (in terms of how important it is to you to accomplish this task) and the importance you feel this activity has for student learning given the above scales. 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course 1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course

1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course 1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course

1 Very low 2 Low 3 Moderate 4 High 5 Highest 6 Not applicable to this course 1 Not important to learning 2 Somewhat important to learning 3 Could be important to some students' learning 4 Important to their learning 5 Very important to their learning 6 Not applicable to this course

One last question. In your opinion, which one of the following statements is the most accurate?
Traditional classroom teaching takes much more time (including all teaching related activities) than online teaching.
Traditional classroom teaching takes somewhat more time (including all teaching related activities) than online teaching.
Traditional classroom teaching takes about the same amount of time (including all teaching related activities) than online teaching.
Traditional classroom teaching takes somewhat less time (including all teaching related activities) than online teaching.
Traditional classroom teaching takes much less time (including all teaching related activities) than online teaching.

Instructor Information:
Male Female

How long have you been teaching at the university level? years

How many sections, if any, of online courses have you taught?

Age - if you don’t mind :)
20-35 36-45 46-55 56-65 over 65

All done, we appreciate your taking time to further our research of teaching time and priorities. If you are willing to help further by allowing us to ask your students to complete a survey or by logging your teaching time for 3 days, please email one of us to let us know. We would appreciate your help!