Appendix A

Methodology
This survey
Limitations/Challenges
See the Survey

Courses & Workshops
Nature of Training
Faculty & Graduate Students
Assessment

Conclusion
Further Study
Appendix A
Works Cited

 APPENDIX A

Technology Training Survey (see the actual survey as participants saw it)

Please take a few moments to complete the survey below. I am in the process of researching the technology training that graduate students in rhetoric and composition programs or configurations of them receive during their graduate school experiences. Your input is invaluable. Thank you for your help. This research could not proceed without your contribution. All participants and institutions involved with this survey will be anonymous.

Any question answered "Yes," "No," or "Other" should (PLEASE) be described in the textbox that follows it. For further information pertaining to this survey or its subsequent research please email Tony Atkins.

1. I am a:
A. Male
B. Female

2. I am a:
A. Tenured or Tenure-Track faculty member
B. Graduate Student
C. Adjunct/Contract Faculty member
D. Assistant Professor (non-tenure track)

3. I teach composition and rhetoric at:
A. A four year university with a Ph.D. program in rhetoric and composition
B. A four year college or university
C. Community/technical college
D. Other (please describe in the textbox below)

4. My college/university is located in:
A. The Southeast
B. The Northeast
C. The Midwest
D. The Southwest
E. The Northwest

5. I have taught in higher education for:
A. Less than five years
B. Five to ten years
C. Ten to twenty years
D. More than twenty years

6. I assess my abilities with computers and technology as it pertains to composition studies as:
A. Less than competent
B. Competent
C. Proficient
D. Very proficient

Part II (Teacher Training and Technology)

7. Does your program require courses that specifically train graduate students to teach with technology? (TABLE 1)
A. Yes
B. No
C. Other

8. Does your program offer, but not require, courses to train graduate students to teach with technology? (TABLE 1)
A. Yes
B. No
C. Other

9. Does your program require workshops to train graduate students to teach with technology? (TABLE 1)
A. Yes
B. No
C. Other

10. Does your program offer, but not require, workshops to train graduate students to teach with technology? (TABLE 1)
A. Yes
B. No
C. Other

11. Who leads voluntary workshops on technology training for graduate students?
A. Contract/Adjunct Faculty
B. Graduate students
C. Tenured or tenure-track faculty
D. University assigned instructors
E. Other (please describe in the textbox below)

12. Does your program pay graduate students to participate in additional technology training?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Other

13. Does your program assign graduate students the duty of training other faculty members to use technology when teaching?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Other

14. What is the nature of technology training in your program? (TABLE 2)
A. We train graduate students to use hardware like portable LCD projectors and zip drives
B. We train graduate students to use software like Blackboard, Blogs, Webpage building tools, email, and/or word processing software.
C. We train graduate students to help undergraduate students to use computers.
D. We do not offer technology training for graduate students in our program.
E. A, B, and C
F. Other

15. Graduate students are required to teach writing with computers?
A. Yes
B. No
C. Other

16. Does your department have a "technology consultant" experienced in teaching writing with computers? (if no, skip to question 18)
A. Yes
B. No
C. Other

17. What is the status of your "technology consultant"?
A. Tenured or tenure-track faculty
B. Contract/Adjunct faculty
C. Graduate student
D. University assigned faculty member
E. Other

18. What is your assessment of the effectiveness of your program's technology training? (TABLE 3)
A. Very effective
B. Somewhat effective
C. Not effective
D. Other

19. How does your program assess the effectiveness of technology training for graduate students? (TABLE 4)
A. Exit interviews with graduate students
B. Written reports by outside reviewers
C. Written evaluations by graduate students and/or faculty members
D. No assessment
E. Other

20. What resources would you suggest to your program that would make technology training for graduate students more effective?
A. More computers (hardware)
B. More software
C. More training for those that lead the workshops or teach the required courses
D. More wired classrooms and/or "labs."
E. All the above
F. Other

21. What percentage of tenure-track jobs obtained by your Ph.D. candidates are based on their knowledge of teaching writing with computers?
A. Higher than 90%
B. Between 75% and 89%
C. Between 50% and 74%
D. Below 50%
E. Other

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