Date: Wed, 3 Jun 1998 22:01:30 +0800 (GMT-8) Cc: leonghw@iscs.nus.edu.sg (Leong Hon Wai) Dear IC1101S/IC1102S Students: Now that you have all finished IC1101S and IC1102S and also had some time to slowly let the course material, the learning, and the (hopefully) "different" educational experience sink in slowly -- it is time for me to ask for some thoughtful feedback. You are all a very lucky batch of students to have this opportunity to try this new and bold IC1101S/2S "experience". Personally, I wish I had this course when I first learnt programming as an undergraduate many, many years ago -- but that's a different story. A lot of hard work has gone in to make these courses what they are -- courses with a difference. I want to write a short article on the educational experiences you all had with IC1101S/2S. As part of this article, I want to get YOUR GENUINE FEEDBACK on the course experience YOU as a student, had. Please help me by filling in the form -- it takes a little time only -- I hope that you will help me out. I thank you very much in advance. Please help also to inform your classmates to get them to also fill out the form. Of course, in proposing to offer IC1101S/2S, the dept has very good educational goals and objectives for the students. I also want to find out -- first hand from you people -- whether or not those objectives have been met. I won't tell you what those educational goals and objectives are at the moment. After you complete the feedback form below, I will. I wish all of you a most pleasant, enjoyable, and rewarding vacation. See you back in July, if not sooner. Regards, --hon-wai PS: If you want to discuss these with me personally over tea/coffee just email me or drop by my office. The feedback form is below... *Thanks goes to Chee Wai for help me draft out this feedback form.* ================================ cut here ================================= FEEDBACK ON EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE IN IC1101S/2S ================================================ (NOTE: This is NOT a survey on how difficult the course is, but more the educational experience you have in this course and how it compares with the educational experience in our other modules.) A. COURSE CONTENT -------------- 1) How do you find the coverage and breadth of the course? 1. lacking 2. not broad enough 3. comprehensive 4. too broad My Opinion: ____ (write 1 or 2 or 3 or 4) 2) Did we explore each of the topics covered in sufficient depth? 1. too shallow 2. not deep enough 3. reasonable 4. too deep My Opinion: ____ 3) Was there sufficient supplementary course material provided during the course (online or otherwise) to facilitate understanding of the content? 1. too little 2. not enough 3. sufficient 4. too much My Opinion: ____ 4) Please give suggestion you have for improving the course content. (And on improvement the educational experience.) Write as much as you can. But please write something. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ B. COURSE DELIVERY --------------- 1) Was the four-tier system of lecture, recitation, tutorial and open labs suitable for the delivery of the course content? 1. unsuitable 2. not good enough 3. good enough 4. excellent My Opinion: ____ If not suitable, then in what ways can the delivery be improved? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2) Did we have sufficient interaction hours for the course? 1. little if any 2. not enough 3. enough 4. too much My Opinion: ____ 3) We have noticed that staff consultation hours and open labs were not very well utilised. What opinions do you have on why this might be so? _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ C. OVERALL COURSE EXPERIENCE ------------------------- 1) Do you think you have effectively understood the course material? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 not at all very much My Opinion: ____ Comments:____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 2) Do you feel you have benefited academically from the course? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 not at all very much My Opinion: ____ Comments:____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 3) Did the course inspire you to explore the topics in greater depth or spur you to seek out new knowledge? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 not at all very much My Opinion: ____ Comments:____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 4) Based on your experience and whatever you know about IC1101J/2J, in what ways do you think they are different from IC1101S/2J? We value your own opinions. _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ 5) Overall Comments on the educational experience in IC1101S/2S _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ Thank you very much for spending time to fill up the feedback form. If you feel like having a chat over tea/coffee at the Science Canteen, drop me an email or look me up in my office. Regards, --Dr. Leong (no more recitation....)