Interview Questions

Interview Questions

  • What was the assignment?
  • What were students asked to do?
  • Do you have the assignment description?

  • How was the assignment assessed?
  • What did you expect students to learn?
  • How were you planning to assess that learning? Challenges? Issues?
  • Which came first: the assignment or the decision to use the wiki?
  • What were the questions you wanted to answer?
  • What compelled you to do the work? Intentions? Inspiration?

  • How did you prepare students to use the wiki? Did you?
  • How much did students know about the wiki?
  • what were their reactions? (start, middle end of project)
  • Did you ask for feedback about the process?
  • What were the “incidental learnings” for you and your students?
  • What other skills did you and your students acquire?
  • Rate the 6 skills
    • Writing Skills Development
    • Media and Information Literacy
    • Critical Thinking and Research Skills
    • Collaboration
    • Wiki Technical and Communication Skills

  • Would you do this again?
  • was it a worthwhile endeavor?
  • were there any deal breakers?
  • what would you change?

  • Can you envision any sort of support programs that would make you or other instructors more inclined to try this type of assignment?
ZackLee (talk)23:37, 9 January 2013

Question Themes (initial email to instructors re interview):

  1. Inspiration
  2. Nature of the wiki work
  3. Orientation for student to wiki
  4. Student Feedback (will they have answers)
  5. Learning (expected and unexpected)
  6. Assessment of students
  7. Future plans (again? dealbreakers?)
IanNagel (talk)00:03, 10 January 2013