Unesco e-learning course: Feedback from participants/March-April 2010

e-learning course: Renewable energy policy and planning for sustainable

development
Dear participant: This will require only about 15 minutes of your time. Please complete and send the
completed questionnaire to kumar@ait.ac.th. The results will be kept confidential, and will be used only
to improve the quality of the course in the future. Thank you very much for your attention.

S. Kumar/A. Salam/C. Marpaung, Asian Institute of Technology

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A. General

1. (a) What is your country of residence:

Indonesia Thailand Bangladesh Myanmar Others (please specify)

(b) Gender: Male Female

(c) Occupation:
undergraduate student post-graduate student policy maker
industry personnel others (please specify

2. How did you find out about this course?

Faculty Friends Unesco Other sources (please specify)

3. Please list your expectations regarding the course (tick all that applies):
General information on renewable energy/energy efficiency promotion
Policies to promote renewable energy/energy efficiency
Case studies Others (please specify)

4. How did the course correspond to your expectations?

Exceeded expectations More than expected as expected needs improvement
If your answer to question 4 was “needs improvement”, please write down where, in your
opinion, improvement is needed?

5. Did you receive copy of the presentation/materials before the course? Yes No

6. How many lectures did you attend? <3 4 to 7 All 8.

7. Was the timing convenient? Yes No

If no, what is the convenient time?
 B. Course content and delivery

1. How would you grade the quality of the course content?

Very high High Average Low Very low

2. If you have any other comments or suggestions regarding lecture content, please describe
them below:

3. The technical quality of lecture delivery (audio) was?

Very high High Average Low Very low

4. The technical quality of lecture delivery (video) was?

Very high High Average Low Very low

5. If you have any other comments or suggestions regarding technical aspects of lecture
delivery, please describe them below:

6. The length of the course(s) in your opinion was ?

Too short Appropriate Too long

7. If you have any other comments or suggestions related to the schedule, please describe
them below:

8. Did you experience any language issues or difficulties? Yes No

If Yes, please describe them:

9. Are there any other subjects/topics, including non-energy related ones, which you would
like to see as e-learning course?
Yes No
If Yes, what subjects/topics (list maximum 3)?

(a)
(b)
(c)

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 C. Related Matters

1. (a) Have you attended other e-learning courses by another organization or institution?
Yes No. If yes, how many? less than 2 2 to 5 more than 5

(b) If the answer to question 1 is yes, was this course offering better than the other course(s).
Yes No. If yes, in what way: Contents Q/A sessions Topics Clarity

(c )If no, how was the other course(s) better?

2. What, in your opinion, is the unique feature of this e-learning course?

Overall contents Q/A sessions Topics None Others (please specify)

3. How would like this program to be expanded?

Offer this course to other audiences
Focus of specified topics (please give example)
Develop course material and disseminate in CD ROM
Offer as a series of modular courses
Others (please specify)

4. The quality of the complete broadcast – whether you could see the slides and presenter at
the same time Yes No

5. Would you prefer to receive a certificate or credit for attending the course?
Certificate Credit None Others (please specify)

6. Any other comments and/or suggestions:

Thank you very much for taking time to complete this questionnaire survey, which is an
important feedback for us. Please send this completed questionnaire to kumar@ait.ac.th.

S. Kumar/A. Salam/C. Marpaung/AIT/17 March 2010