Assessing Interests and Experiences with Digital Survey Tools Maria Tackett, a professor of statistical science, uses digital surveys in Qualtrics at the beginning of her statistics course to assess student experience and interests. These survey responses inform both course subject matter, for example types of data sets they might look at, as well as how Dr. Tackett groups students into project groups based on relevant experiences and interests. Digital Resources Qualtrics Survey Tool PDF Download Dr. Tackett’s example survey below. Download the Example Digital Enablement Using digital survey tools at the beginning and throughout a course can help students co-design a curriculum and increase relevance. Using a digital medium allows for a number of features not available otherwise, such as anonymous responses, easily organized voting, small-group responses, and data analysis. Have an Example of Your Own? Help us build our Instructional Example Library! We are looking for contributions from higher education instructors across disciplines who use technology to enable evidence-based teaching practices. To learn more and to submit an example, please visit the form page linked below. Thank you for helping us support the field. Submit an Example
