External Needs Assessment Question Bank

NOAA Education Council Multimedia/Distance Learning Working Group

External Needs Assessment Question Bank – Draft

1. What type of teaching is your primary focus?

___ Formal (Classroom-based, provided by certified teachers)

___ Informal (Outside of a classroom, e.g. Museum, Aquarium, Nature Center, etc.)

2. What educational level do you primarily teach? Select all that apply.

___ Elementary School

___ Middle School

___ High School

___ College

___ Adult Learners

___ Professional Development (Classroom, Preservice Teachers, Informal Educators)

3. What subject(s) do you teach? Select all that apply.

___ Life Science

___ Physical Science

___ Oceanography/Marine Science

___ Earth Science

___ Integrated/All Sciences

___ Mathematics

___ Technology

___ Liberal Arts (Reading, Literature, History, Art, etc.)

___ Other

4. Do you incorporate multimedia as part of your educational activities?

___ Yes

___ No

___ No, but plan to in the future.

If you answered Yes, go to question 5 and continue.

If you answered No, but may in the future, go to question 8 and continue.

5. What type of multimedia do you incorporate as part of your curriculum? Select all that apply.

___ Images (2D or 3D)

___ Audio, e.g. podcasts

___ Graphic animation or data visualization

___ Video

___ Virtual Reality

___ Telepresence/Webinar/Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts (e.g. scientist interacting live with a classroom or group)

6. How often do your students/audiences engage in multimedia usage as part of your educational activities?

___ Seldom (A few times a year)

___ Sometimes (Monthly)

___ Often (Several times a month)

___ Frequently (Weekly)

___ Daily

7. When using multimedia, what is the average length of time your students/audiences engage in multimedia usage? Select the best answer.

___ Less than three minutes

___ Three to five minutes

___ Five to 15 minutes

___ 15 to 30 minutes

___ 30 minutes or more

8. How important is it for multimedia content to be aligned with the Next Generation Science Standards? (https://www.nextgenscience.org/)

___ Not Important

___ Somewhat Important

___ Very Important

9. For use with your students/audiences, what type of multimedia product would you like NOAA to produce? (Make no more than three selections.).)

___ Images (2D or 3D)

___ Audio, e.g. podcasts

___ Graphic animation or data visualization

___ Video

___ Virtual Reality

___ Telepresence/Webinar/Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts (e.g. scientist interacting live with a classroom or group)

10. For use with your students/audiences, what topic(s) would you like for NOAA to cover when producing multimedia products? (Make no more than three selections.)

___ Life Science

___ Physical Science

___ Oceanography/Marine Science

___ Earth Science

___ Integrated/All Sciences

___ Mathematics

___ Technology

___ Liberal Arts (Reading, Literature, History, Art, etc.

___ Other

11. What is the ideal length of video content for use with your students/audiences? (Make no more than three selections.) Videos:

___ One minute or less

___ One to three minutes

___ Three to five minutes

___ Five to ten minutes

___ Ten to 15 minutes

___ 15 to 30 minutes

___ 30 to 45 minutes

___ One hour or more

12. What is the ideal length of interactive video content for use with your students/audiences? (Telepresence/Webinar/Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts - e.g. scientist interacting live with a classroom or group) (Choose top three)

___ Ten to 15 minutes

___ 15 to 30 minutes

___ 30 to 45 minutes

___ One hour or more

13. What is the ideal length of audio content for use with your students/audiences? (Make no more than three selections.)

Audio/Podcasts:

___ One minute or less

___ One to three minutes

___ Three to five minutes

___ Five to ten minutes

___ Ten to 15 minutes

___ Fifteen to 30 minutes

___ Thirty to 45 minutes

___ One hour or more

14. Do you view multimedia content for your own professional development?

___ Yes

___ No

15. What type of multimedia content do you use, or would like to use, for your professional development? Check all that apply.

___ Images (2D or 3D)

___ Audio, e.g. podcasts

___ Graphic animation or data visualization

___ Video

___ Virtual Reality

___ Telepresence/Webinar/Skype, FaceTime, Google Hangouts (e.g. scientist interacting live with a classroom or group)

16. What topics would you like for NOAA to cover when producing multimedia products for your professional development?

___ Life Science

___ Physical Science

___ Oceanography/Marine Science

___ Earth Science

___ Integrated/All Sciences

___ Mathematics

___ Technology

___ Liberal Arts (Reading, Literature, History, Art, etc.)

___ Other

17. Which of the following would be beneficial to your professional development?

___General science background information related to topics in question 16 above.

___Science pedagogy (e.g. best practices in teaching science)

___Hands-on-activity demonstrations of science principles for classrooms/audiences

___Demonstrations of online resources for use in the classroom/by audiences (i.e. data/content websites)

___ Other