Feedback form for 3-Day ChemCollective Virtual Lab

Dear Participant,
We thank you for attending the 3 Day workshop on Chemistry Laboratory Experiments using ChemCollective Virtual Lab from 25-27 February 2021. We would like to have your valuable feedback about the workshop and the learning experience as it will help us enhance the quality of our work. Kindly select the best option that describes your views. You can also provide your comments in the spaces provided in the form. Your response will be kept confidential. Thank you for your time!Please use your registered email ID only.

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Questions marked with are mandatory



1. Your age





2A. Your background:

  Faculty in a College
  School Teacher
  Research Scholar/PhD Student
  Student (B.Sc/B.Tech/B.E/Any other bachelor's degree)
  Student (M.Sc/M.Tech/M.E/Any other Master's degree)
  Working Professional
  Other




2B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





3. Please mention the name of your School/College/Institute, or the company you work for, etc.





4. Generally, how comfortable are you in learning a BRAND NEW software? Please select one.

  Extremely comfortable (or fast) in learning a new software
  Somewhat comfortable (or fast) in learning a new software
  Neither comfortable nor uncomfortable (neither fast nor slow) in learning a new software
  Somewhat uncomfortable (or slow) in learning a new software
  Extremely uncomfortable (or slow) in learning a new software




Questions related to the ChemCollective Vlabs background

5A. Do you use any chemistry virtual lab in your School/College/Institute/Organisation?

  Yes            No         



5B. If the answer to the above question is Yes, please let us know the name of the software used in your School/College/Institute/Organization.





6. For how long have you been using the above-mentioned software?

  less than 1 year
  less than 3 years
  less than 5 years
  more than 5 years




7A. For what purpose do you use this software? Please select all the relevant options.

  Course work - class or lab
  Research
  Other




7B. If your answer to the above question is OTHER, then please specify:





8. Why would you like to learn ChemCollective Virtual Lab?





9. Before this workshop, have you attended any other chemistry virtual lab workshop? Please enter the total number of days of the workshop/training you have undergone before. If you have not gone through any such workshop/training before, please choose 0 days.

  0 days
  1 day
  2-4 days
  5-7 days
  Above 7 days




Questions related to learning in the workshop

10. Rate your experience in using Spoken Tutorial to learn ChemCollective Virtual Lab. (Kindly provide the response using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Tutorials are well made and self-explanatory
Tutorials need improvement
Various aspects are unclear and need further explanation
I learnt a lot using Spoken Tutorials





11. The tutorials were useful in learning the following concepts. (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)

  1 (totally useless)     2     3     4     5 (extremely useful)  
Preparation of Standard Solutions
Dilutions and pH Measurements
Density of Solids and Liquids
Solubility of Salts
Heat of Reaction
Metal Displacement Reactions
Buffer Solutions
Determination of Equilibrium Constant
Determination of Solubility Product
Gravimetric Analysis
Determination of pKa





12. Were the spoken tutorials used during the workshop helpful in solving practice problems?

  Yes
  No
  Somewhat




13. Will the ChemCollective Virtual Labs help you to improve your laboratory skills?

  Yes            No            Not sure         



14. Were the 9:30am-10:00am optional sessions to discuss the practice problems useful?

  Yes            No         



15. How will you rate the difficulty of the practice problems? Please choose 1 for difficult and 5 for easy







16. Rate the Live Sessions: (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Serial Dilution Problem
Alcohol Density Problem
Standardization of NaOH
Thermochemistry Coolant Problem
DNA Binding Problem
Reactivity of Halogens





17A. Determination of pKa of acetic acid was covered through live session, but with observation only. If all of you have to simultaneously practice as well, which of the following will be applicable?

  Live sessions give a personal touch; and so I prefer live classes
  Even if a lot of people will have doubts with a consequent slow progress; I would still prefer the live sessions to Spoken Tutorial based learning
  Had the topics of live sessions been converted to Spoken Tutorials; I could have used them for self learning; to teach others; etc.
  Live lecturing with simultaneous practice would be chaotic; and I would prefer to see these topics in the form of Spoken Tutorials
  Live sessions are impersonal in very large classes; of say; 100 people or more
  The efficacy of Spoken Tutorials approach is the same whether the class size is small or very large
  Even if the slowest enthusiastic person in the group will decide the pace of lecturing; I would still prefer the live sessions to Spoken Tutorial based learning
  Other




17B. If you chose "Other" to the previous question, please explain





18. Rate the Introductory Talks / Invited Talks / Guest Lectures: (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "totally useless" and 5 implies "extremely useful".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
FOSSEE and Spoken Tutorial Projects by Prof. Kannan
Comparison of Real Chemistry Lab and Virtual Labs by Prof. Lakshmy Ravishankar
Common Ion Effect and Applications by Prof. Padmavathy
Determination of pKa of acetic acid by Dr. Gomathi Sridhar
Acid-Base mixtures by Dr. Rama Kanwar
Determination of Unknown Concentration by Dr. Sivaranjana





19. Rate the following aspects of the workshop:(Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Extremely bad ", 2 implies "Bad", 3 implies "Acceptable", 4 implies "Good", and 5 implies "Excellent".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Quality of instructional material presented to you
Learning through Spoken Tutorials
Interaction with the ChemCollective Vlabs team
Learning through live sessions
Overall quality of the online workshop





20. Comment regarding the pace of the workshop -

  Very slow
  Slow
  Neither slow nor fast
  Fast
  Very fast




21. Select the response that describes your overall view of the workshop: (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
I did not learn much from this workshop
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to use ChemCollective Virtual Labs
I will recommend my friends and colleagues to attend similar workshops based on Spoken Tutorials





22. How would you rate your level of knowledge in using ChemCollective Virtual Lab before and after the workshop? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Beginner" and 5 implies "Expert".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
Before workshop
After workshop





23. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you like the most?





24. What aspect(s) about the workshop did you dislike the most?





25. Cost benefit analysis of this workshop: please choose one

  The cost of this workshop is too high
  The cost of this workshop is just right - neither more nor less
  It is value for money; because what I learnt is worth a lot more




Effectiveness of the current and conventional workshops

You may have undergone some other workshop on chemistry virtual lab. We want you to compare that experience with the current experience. There are only two, but important, questions in this section. Please take a few minutes to understand the questions and answer them.
26. Compare the method of learning through Spoken Tutorials with CONVENTIONAL software training workshops you may have attended

  The current workshop is WORSE than conventional workshops I attended     The current workshop is COMPARABLE to the conventional workshops I attended     The current workshop is BETTER than the conventional workshop I attended     Cannot compare. Not attended any conventional software training workshop  
Self learning of topics missed/skipped in the workshop
Conduct of a practical workshop for a large number of participants and STICKING TO THE SCHEDULE
Conduct of a practical workshop for a large number of participants while EFFECTIVELY HANDLING both FAST and SLOW LEAERNERS
Conduct of a practical workshop for a large number of participants but with ONLY A FEW TAs
ABILITY TO CONDUCT a similar practical workshop with the instructional material provided
Contributing to content generation in the software taught





27. This question has to do with the CURRENT workshop using Spoken Tutorials

  Extremely easy     Somewhat easy     Neither easy nor difficult     Somewhat difficult     Extremely difficult  
Conducting such a hands-on workshop for a large number of participants and STICKING TO THE SCHEDULE using Spoken Tutorials is
Conducting such a hands-on workshop for a large number of participants while EFFECTIVELY HANDLING both FAST and SLOW LEAERNERS using Spoken Tutorials is
Conducting such a hands-on workshop for a large number of participants NOT FLUENT IN ENGLISH using Spoken Tutorials is
Conducting such a hands-on workshop for a large number of participants WITHOUT GOOD INTERNET CONNECTION using Spoken Tutorials is
Conducting such a hands-on workshop for a large number of participants on any other open source software USING SPOKEN TUTORIALS is
Conducting a workshop on ANY OTHER SOFTWARE if Spoken Tutorials are available is
Conducting such a hands-on workshop for a large number of participants but ONLY A FEW TAs using Spoken Tutorials is
Contributing to content generation in ChemCollective Labs is





General

28. We have provided you ChemCollective Vlabs Spoken Tutorials and many other learning materials in this workshop. What else is required for you to conduct a similar workshop in your institution by yourself? (Kindly respond using the scale given below, wherein 1 implies "Strongly Disagree", 2 implies "Disagree", 3 implies "Neither Disagree Nor Agree", 4 implies "Agree", and 5 implies "Strongly Agree".)

  1     2     3     4     5  
(a) Remote help of a FOSSEE expert (b) Spoken Tutorial Forum support
Spoken Tutorial Forum support alone is enough
I don't need any help other than the learning material that I have already received





29A. What would you want the ChemCollective team to do next? (please choose all that is applicable).

  Create more Spoken Tutorials on topics in ChemCollective Vlabs
  Conduct more workshops on ChemCollective Vlabs
  Contribute to projects for the SOUL/FOSSEE website




29B. Please elaborate your response on the above question.





30A. Which of the following Free and Opensource Software (FOSS) would you like us to conduct the workshop?

  PhET Simulations
  Jmol Application (Molecular 3D visulaizer)
  Apps on Physics (2D Simulations for concepts in Physics)
  GeoGebra ( Mathematics software for algebra and geometry)
  Grace (2D Plotting Software)




30B. Would you like us to send you an email regarding this?

  Yes            No         



31. In what way you can help promote the use of ChemCollective Virtual Labs?





32. Any other overall suggestions for improvement of our work or any other feedback