Questionnaire Results

Access to the internet
1. What access to the internet do you have from the place where you live during term time?
None = 19%
Dial-up = 6%
Broadband = 75%

Use of the internet
2. How often do you use the internet?
More than once a day = 44%
About once per day = 38%
A few times each week = 19%
Once a week or less = 0%

3. What sort of things do you use the internet for? (all that apply)
Email = 100%
Surfing the web = 94%
Contributing to forums = 3%
Blogging = 3%
Live chat = 6%
Shopping = 69%

4. How important to you is the internet as a medium for communication?
Not very important = 6%
Quite important = 47%
Essential = 47%

5. How important do you think it is to have your own website?
Not very important – I don’t need one = 22%
I’d like a website but don’t know how to get one = 69%
I already have my own website = 9%

6. How much do you know about blogs (weblogs)?
I have no idea what a blog is = 56%
I’ve heard about them but I’ve never seen one = 28%
I have looked at/read other peoples blogs = 13%
I have my own blog = 3%

Design Courses
7. Do you think the internet could be used to improve communication between tutors and students and between students on design courses?
Definitely = 78%
I don’t know = 16%
I don’t think so = 6%

8. How much feedback do you receive from tutors?
More than I need = 0%
About right = 50%
Not enough = 50%

9. How much feedback you receive from other students?
More than I need = 0%
About right = 66%
Not enough = 34%

10. How useful do you think the internet could be for receiving feedback?
Not very – I think face-to-face is the only way = 9%
I think it might but I don’t know how = 44%
It could be very useful = 47%

11. How would you feel about having your project work on the web?
I think project work should be private = 9%
OK as long as access could be restricted = 22%
I have no problems with that = 69%

12. If you keep a design diary, how much time do you spend on it each week?
I don’t keep one = 50%
Less that half an hour = 31%
More than half an hour = 19%

A total of 32 questionnaires were completed.

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