Issues that Affect Educators'
Choices to Use the Internet:
A Survey

Dear Educator:

Please find attached a survey that asks about your use of the Internet and World Wide Web-based (WWW) activities as an educator. Participants for this project should be educators who are currently using the Internet/WWW in their professional and educational activities. The purpose of this survey is to:

Your responses will assist the researchers in understanding educators' decision-making processes regarding the use of WWW-based resources in their professional activities. This understanding will be used to inform the development of faculty support and training activities.

This survey is composed of 2 parts. It should take about 15-30 minutes of your time to complete.
Part 1 Gathers demographic and descriptive information of the respondents.

Part 2 has three sections related to

(a.) the type of access you currently have to the Internet/WWW and your patterns of use of the Internet/WWW;

(b.) using search engines when using the Internet/WWW; and

(c.) using the Internet/WWW as an instructional tool.

 There are several terms in this survey that may have multiple meanings for each of you. Thus, we have linked a list with the definitions of the specific terms used in this survey.

Your participation is completely voluntary and involves the completion of this survey. Your responses will be anonymous. The researchers prior to having your responses coded and analyzed will remove identifying information.

Thank you for your time in completing this survey. Should you have questions about this project or the survey, please contact the primary researcher at the address below. If you would like information about the results of this survey, please add your name and return address in the spaces provided below. 

Sincerely,
 
 
Cheryl Wissick, Ph. D.,  
Primary Researcher		 Debra  Gohagan, M.S.W., Ph. D. Candidate
Department of Education College of Social Work
University of South Carolina,  
Columbia, South Carolina 29208		 University of South Carolina,  
Columbia, South Carolina 29208
803-777-8859; cwissick@sc.edu  803-777-4313; debrah@cosw.cosw.sc.edu


If you would like to be informed of the results of the survey please complete the form below. If not, please go directly to the survey . Thank you for your participation.

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THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO:
Internet Survey


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This page was last updated by Dr. Cheryl Wissick on 7/15/98.