To:
All registered participants in the AVS 6 course: "Hypermedia: a tool for humanities studies?"
Fall 1996 Bologna, 31.07.1996
Hello!
I am writing this to you from Bologna in Italy, where I am staying at the moment, in order to make a short request from all of you who are registered for the AVS 6 course this coming Fall.
I will be teaching this course in the Fall semester, and in order to make the curriculum as functional as possible, and to ensure it will be adapted to your different needs and presuppositions in advance, I would like to put to you some questions now at the end of the summer.
Since we plan to carry out part of the course in the Fall through active use of the Internet for teaching and discussions, it would be very useful in advance - for both me and for you - to find out what kind of knowledge and experience you have of this kind of technology.
I am doing this to begin with in the form of a short questionnaire which you will find below.
When you have read through and answered the questions below, I would be very greatful of you can send it to the following address before the beginning of the semester on August 26th:
Research Fellow Patrick J. Coppock
Department of Applied Linguistics
NTNU
Faculty of Arts and Science
N-7055 Dragvoll
If you have access to e-mail you can of course send the answers directly to me (just use the numbers of the questions to indicate which one you are answering in each case) at the following e-mail address:
patcop@bo.nettuno.it
Those of you who have access to the World Wide Web will find the questions (unfortunately not as an interactive form this time) in electronic form at the following http address:
http://anvpc.avh.unit.no/AVS6SS.html
If you answer bu e-mail, it will not be necessary to send me the paper version as well.
In advance, thanks for your co-operation, and looking forward to meeting you all at the orientation meeting on August 26th!
With best wishes
Patrick J. Coppock
Research Fellow
Name____________________________________________
Date_____________
a) Have you used a computer before? yes __ no __
b) If the answer to a) is yes, which type(s)?
IBM/ Windows __
Macintosh __
Unix __
Other __
(Specify____)
c) What have you mainly used computers for?
(cross off several if necessary)
Word-Processing __
Desktop Publishing __
Image Processing __
Multimedia __
E-mail/ Internet __
Games __
Programming __
(Specify_________)
Other __
(Specify_________)
a) Have you used:
Electronic mail? __
World Wide Web? __
Internet Relay Chat? __
Multi-user dimensions
(e.g. MUDD/MUSH/MOO?) __
Video-conferencing via Internet?
(eg. CSeeMeCU) __
Other __
(Specify_________)
a) How would you rate your own skills and understandings of modern computer technology more generally speaking?
have none __
poor __
average __
quite good __
very good __
b) How would you rate your own skills and understandings of Internet-based communication technologies?
have none __
poor __
average __
quite good __
very good __
c) How would you rate your own skills and understandings of network-based hypermedia technologies (eg. the World Wide Web)?
have none __
poor __
average __
quite good __
very good __
Now could you please write briefly (say a maximum of 1-2 pages) about why you have chosen to follow this particular course in the Fall semester, and about some of your personal and academic expectations and hopes in relation to this course. You might also relate your description to your previous academic background at school or university, previous employment, or both of these. You are encouraged to use a personal form of writing, eg. forming your answer as a letter from you to me.
Thanks again for your co-operation so far
Patrick
