Pilot Survey

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Pilot Survey into a Passworded Area for the
School Website Sunday 7th Friday 12th May 2006
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Personal Invitations sent to

• 8 Board Members
• 15 PTA Committee Members
• 12 Class Teachers

Saturday 6th May 2006 Survey starts 7th May 2006
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Why a Self-Completion Online Survey?

• easily accessible to respondents
• in keeping with the online theme of my Action
  Enquiry
• gives thinking time can return to complete
  later

• For me easy to
• set up.
• edit
• access results

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Design
Accessibility

• Mixed answer format
• Closed
• Multiple choice
• Open
• Plain design

• By Invitation
• Dedicated Webpage address on School Website
• Quick upload time
• Sunday 7th Friday 12th May 2006

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Introduction of Online Survey
History
Ref Pilot Study - Action Enquiry   As part of my
ongoing online studies towards a BA (Learning
technology Research,) with Ultralab, ARU (Anglia
Ruskin University), Chelmsford , UK. I am
planning an Action Enquiry to start in September.
  An Action Enquiry into the introduction of a
passworded community area to a Primary School
Website   In connection with this I am shortly
to implement an online survey, on the School
Website, as a Pilot Study, to evaluate         
the use of an online survey as a data collection
method          interest, and needs, related to
a passworded community area within the School
Website http//www.jebelalischool.com I am
writing to ask if you, and your family, would
access, and take part in, the online survey. By
submitting answers I am presuming permission to
analyse the data collected for my Study. It is
your right to withdraw this consent at any
time. As per ethical guidelines I will ensure
confidentiality and anonymity, no one will be
named or identified, only roles, ie. PTA
Committee member, within my final report. The
survey will be available online from Sunday 7th
Friday 12th May at http//www.jebelalischool.com/
survey.asp If you, at any time, have any
concerns about my ethical practice or require any
further information on this Pilot Study or my
planned Action Research, I can be contacted at
asouter_at_gmail.com (Subject Action Research) or
in the Key Stage 2 ICT Suite at the beginning or
end of the school day.   Many thanks for your
help.
AE Title
Why
Ethics
When?
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Many people who will respond to an e-mail
invitation to take a Web survey will do so the
first day, and most will do so within a few
days.
http//survey.pearsonncs.com/implementation/rates.
htm
Pearson Education, Inc.
Staff
PTA Committee
Board Member
Day after email invitation sent out
Weekend
Invitations sent 7th May 2006
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First Impressions
Disappointing 4 responses only 1 Board
Member 1 PTA committee member and parent of
child at school 2 Staff members
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Approx 10 response
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Online Introduction to Online Survey
Context
Passive consent
Social Responsibility
A whole school community issue
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Question 1
What is the Relationship with the
school? Why? I wanted to find out if this
influenced website needs.
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Question 2
Climate?
We get many hits on the school Website. Is it
members of the school community who are accessing
the site or outsiders?
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Question 3
How is the present School Website used? Which
areas could we build on?
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Question 4
Will the new area be used?
Is the Action Enquiry worthwhile?
Are the school community interested in this
potential development?
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Question 5
In Action Enquiry reword - Adults
(Improve clarity of questioning)
Multiple answers for multiple choice
What would parents like to see in a passworded
Website area?
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Question 6
What would children like to see within a
passworded area? Do their answers reflect the
views of parents?
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Question 7
Open-ended question. Opening the arena to ANY
idea for consideration/website related concerns.
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Thank you. In hindsight I should have written
when the Pilot Study Exhibition would be, rather
than the publication of AE results.
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Analysis of Results
Response
Majority response
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S2
P1
1
S1
B1
This result does not reflect my assumption, that
the School Website is well used. Is this because
of the small sample of responses? Is my
assumption wrong?
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Those that do visit the School Website are
inclined to browse generally.
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Responses to open- ended question

• facilty to download school letters
• I would like to propose that a webcam feature
  be considered as part of the secure environment .
  Many parents travel and relatives live abroad.
  The webcam will allow one to vist the classroom,
  see your childs class and see the internaction
  and action throughout a normal day. Some consider
  this a Big Brother approach. It is considered in
  the developed world as interactive and a
  development of communication. There is nothing to
  hide in a classroom. There are no security issues
  to consider if placed through a passworded
  community.
• I believe a general 'satisfaction' survey would
  be useful indicating the responsiveness of the
  school administration and the general customer
  satisfaction that parents are getting 'value for
  money'.

In contrast to weekly calendar of events
Ethical Issues?
Organisational Learning
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Considerations for September Action Enquiry

• School newsletter - announcement of online
  survey
• school wide enquiry

• Passive letter of consent within newsletter,
  (my signature scanned)

• Clarity of questions Adults to be
  substituted for Parents (Question 5) present
  question did not take account of Staff/Board
  members

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• Points to follow up
• Can I find any online survey response statistics
  to compare my response rate with?
• Of the Staff, Board and PTA committee invited to
  take part many have children. My letter of
  orientation and invitation invited all family
  members to take part. No responses from children
  were received.
• Why Did I not make my meaning clear?
• Did parents have some objection to children
  taking part?
• Did children not wish to take part?
• Would it be ethical to negotiate for children to
  answer the main survey in school in September, if
  (passive) consent was gained via the school
  newsletter?
• Should I have included the children in my
  original count of invitations sent?
• Would an reminder email have constituted
  coercion?
• The ethical considerations on the use of a
  WebCam if not all parents give consent how can
  the WebCam be used? Search for research papers
  on this issue.

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Thank You your comments on the implementation
and results of this Pilot Survey would be
appreciated.
To facilitate anonymous response please use the
Survey Response form at http//www.jebelalischool
.com/survey.asp