Continuing Education Provincial Survey

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Continuing EducationProvincial Survey
Fall 2005
Survey Results
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INTRODUCTION
The CE Provincial Survey Project was conducted
bi-annually in Ontario until 2002 and then again
in 2005. The goals of this project have been
defined as follows

• To provide a province-wide picture of Continuing
  Education in terms of it's programs and
  students.
• To create a database for Ontario to examine
  issues (either individually or collectively)
  or importance at various levels in the college
  system.
• To benefit from the efficiency of a single,
  large project, a common survey, and a
  consistent process.
• To acquire comparative information so that each
  college can assess its performance and the
  trends in relation to other colleges (regionally
  and provincially as appropriate).
• To provide a prototype case demonstrating the
  benefits of cooperative research among the
  colleges, and to identify future research
  requirements and opportunities.

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INTRODUCTION

• This report is based on the Fall 2005
  Provincial Continuing Education Survey
  conducted at 24 colleges in Ontario.
• This analysis focuses on the results of those
  students who are part-time CE students and
  therefore not registered in a full-time
  program.
• The numbers in this report are accurate to
  within /-1 at the College level, at the
  95 confidence level. Accuracy for the
  Provincial and Large Colleges is /-0.3
• Overall Comparison (2005 vs 2002)

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MARKET SHARE
Market Share - Conestoga 2005
Note The areas noted in the graph are those
which are most relevant to Conestoga College.
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CAMPUS BREAKDOWNS

• Note 2002
• Doon 52
• Waterloo 31
• Guelph 14

This chart shows the percentage of completed
surveys from part-time students at each campus
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REGISTRATION
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REGISTRATION
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TELEPHONE REGISTRATION
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TELEPHONE REGISTRATION
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METHODS OF REGISTRATION
2002 Results Web 2 In Person 27 Fax 44 Mail
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PREFER TO REGISTER
24 in 2002
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PREFER TO REGISTER
87 in 2002
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WORKING TOWARDS
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SOURCES OF INFORMATION
75 in 2002
15 in 2002
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SATISFACTION WITH INSTRUCTION
Note All areas increased in the Very Satisfied
(from 2002)
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INSTRUCTORS KNOWLEDGE
74/23 in 2002
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INSTRUCTORS PRESENTATION
56/35 in 2002
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COURSE CONTENT
51/42 in 2002
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OVERALL, THE INSTRUCTOR
67/27 in 2002
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COURSE MATERIALS
Note All areas increased in the Very Useful and
somewhat useful (from 2002)
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THE INSTRUCTOR
Note All areas increased in both measures(from
2002)
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HOMEWORK
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CONTENT VS. CATALOGUE
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OVERALL, THE COURSE
30/61 in 2002
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RECOMMENDING THE COURSE
84 in 2002
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SAFETY
46 in 2002
48 in 2002
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SAFETY BY CAMPUS (females)
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FACILITIES SERVICES
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FACILITIES SERVICES
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FACILITIES SERVICES
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DEMOGRAPHICS
Survey results indicate that the majority of
Continuing Education students surveyed at
Conestoga College in 2005

• were female (61)
• were 25 to 44 years old (61)
• spoke English as their first language (81)
• were employed (86 73 full-time and 13
  part-time)
• already have post-secondary education (62 12
  certificate, 24 diploma, 26 degree)
• completed their highest level of education in
  Canada (85)
• had taken two or more courses at Conestoga
  College prior to their current course (56,
  10 - two, 8 - three, 38 - four or more.)
• were currently taking only one course at
  Conestoga (71)
• had not taken a continuing education course at
  another institution (65)
• had no problem in their course due to English
  skills (96)

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ALTERNATIVE METHODS
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ALTERNATIVE METHODS
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ACCESS TO COMPUTERS
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COMPUTER ACCESSORIES
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BARRIERS
Note that 72 of students did not indicate that
they had any barriers to success
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OVERALL
30/61 in 2002
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OVERALL
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OVERALL
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