Hi Francesco, I agree with Jonas and Björn that the number of questions could become an issue to for the response rate. Specifically, in the matrix, there is some potential to remove questions that look at the same aspect from a different angle. e.g.: "The learning platform was easy to use" and "I found the learning platform unnecessarily complex"-> a similar and could be one question "I felt very confident using the platform"-> not sure if the confidence of the reader is relevant for us There are also some formatting issues where there seems automated hyphenation (line breaks within one word) happening which does not help ease of reading. I don't know if it will be possible, but maybe you can also reduce the questions for the different units of the course? A help could also be to add the number of the unit so it's a bit clearer. Best,Sivan On Tue, 2019-06-18 at 18:15 +0200, Francesco Agresta wrote:
Dear Jonas and Bjorn, thank you for your prompt and valuable feedback.
Il 18 giugno 2019 alle 17.33 Jonas Gamalielsson < jonas.gamalielsson@his.se> ha scritto: We have checked the three surveys and notice that the text for questions are right justified, and we think they should be left justified. Several questions have formatting issues which may significantly inhibit respondents from filling in the survey.
I see, I didn't select a right justification so I guess that the Limesurvey system did it automatically. I have started to use it only recently, so I can try to fix it.
We don't understand how the questions on the survey page "FOSS4SMEs Impact" relate to impact. In general, few questions actually address the purpose of the survey, as stated on the first page of the survey(s): "This survey has been developed to assess the impact of the FOSS4SMEs main outputs on participating SMEs.". Most questions are at the level of the individual experiences rather than at the organisational (SME) level.
I get your point, which is all the way reasonable. However, I believe that we have to keep in mind the scope of this project and our present status. Do you believe it would be possible to report on an impact at organisational level over the remaining implementation time, also given the fact that the course has still not be released? I can't see this happening right now, but please give me input if I'm wrong. This is why I thought the easiest way to get away with this task would be to keep an individual approach.
Further, we fear that the large number of questions may reduce the response rate.
I could take out some of the questions in the two matrixes, but I'm afraid the free-text questions at the end of the survey have to stay because they are specifically asked in the proposal.
We also find that there is a significant risk for low response rate, in particular for SMEs, when using an online survey tool. Hence, it would be appropriate to also provide an offline alternative (e.g. in the form of an ODS template that is provided to potential respondents so that respondents can fill it in, print it, and sent it back via post (landmail/airmail) to address privacy concerns).
I developed an online survey because we thought with Katerina it would have made easier the dissemination of the questionnaire and the collection/analysis of responses. However, if you think you'll need an .odt version of it for the SMEs, that's not going to be an issue. Best, Francesco
On 2019-06-14 18:44, francesco.agresta@dlearn.eu wrote:
Dear partners, I’m sending here the links for three impact surveys we are supposed to send out and have filled in during these final months until the end of the project. They relate to three different target groups:
- SMEs https://foss4smes.limequery.com/1?lang=en
- VET Centres, Trainers and Coaches7
https://foss4smes.limequery.com/2?lang=en
- Project partners (i.e. ourselves)
https://foss4smes.limequery.com/3?lang=en
The fourth target group to be surveyed will be “Other stakeholders” (e.g. policy makers in digital education). They will be part of a “formal consultation based on Intellectual Output 3”, which is still under development. However, this fourth group will be most probably approached exploiting the occasion of the final conference in Brussels. In addition, please find attached a template for the collection of SMEs case studies showcasing the participants experience and improved performance. We are supposed to collect 5 case studies per partner, 30 in total. These activities relate to the “Impact” strategy described at page 62-63 of the proposal. I have started updating the Quality Plan accordingly with all the necessary information (you will find it in keybase), and it will be finalised as soon as we are done also with the 4^th target group and the self-diagnostic tool (which is supposed to depict the “before” situation about participants). Please have a look at the surveys and we will discuss them during our monthly call coming next Tuesday. Wish you a nice weekend, Descrizione: Descrizione: dlearn http://www.dlearn.eu/ Francesco Agresta European Project Manager European Digital Learning Network Via Domenico Scarlatti, 30 20124 Milano Mob. +39 3496027623 Email francesco.agresta@dlearn.eu mailto: francesco.agresta@dlearn.eu www.dlearn.eu http://www.dlearn.eu/
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