Survey+Questions

Learning Goals-


 * Study effectiveness technology in work place
 * Identify most successful tools
 * Study most successful training when dealing with technology
 * How to work with employees resistant to technology use

Questions for Survey:

General: 1) What excites you about social learning and/or what worries you about it?

2) Is your current means of communicating and learning from your peers as efficient as you expect and/or need to succeed in your position/career? If not, how is it lacking?

What tools are used regularly in your work environment? (check all that apply)
 * Online Community (ie. Facebook, LinkedIn)
 * Video Blogs
 * Blogs
 * MicroSharing (ie. Twitter)
 * Other (please specify):

From Book: __**Chap. 1 - The 36,000-Foot View**__

__**Chap. 2 - Paving Online Community Roads**__

//--May want to add a description of what an online community is -- some might not understand what exactly that term means.// What kind of online communities currently exist in your organization? Are you satisfied with the information on the site? If not, what improvements would you like to see? Identify most successful tools If you currently don’t have an online community, would you like to see your organization have one? If so, why? If not, why?

-Does your company allow employees to post video blogs at a common site for all employees to access and view? -If you answered no to the above question, would you like your company to allow this type of technology capability for all employees?
 * Chap. 3 - Share Stories Around, Up and Out**
 * Study effectiveness technology in work place
 * Identify most successful tools


 * Chap. 4 - Microsharing for a Healthy Culture**
 * 1) What do you use microsharing tools for (ex. Twitter)? (Pick Multiple Choices)
 * 2) Work
 * 3) Personal/Social
 * 4) School/Education
 * 5) Hobby
 * 6) Community Organization
 * 7) I don't use a microsharing tool
 * 8) I don't use a microsharing tool, and I'm in a community that regularly uses microsharing
 * 9) __Study effectiveness technology in work place__
 * 10) What are the benefits you've experience from using a microsharing tool?
 * 11) Networking
 * 12) Connected to community
 * 13) Less time spent finding answers
 * 14) Gather opinions
 * 15) Can use it anytime/anywhere
 * 16) Other (please specify)
 * 17) Do not use microsharing
 * 18) __Study effectiveness technology in work place__
 * 19) __Identify most successful tools__
 * 20) What are the drawbacks you've experienced from using a microsharing tool?
 * 21) Time wasted on the application
 * 22) Only network with people by using the tool
 * 23) Compelled to be constantly 'plugged in'
 * 24) Information shared not valuable
 * 25) Other (please specify)
 * 26) Do not use microsharing
 * 27) If "no" to the above, why don't you use microsharing? (pick all that apply)
 * 28) Not compelled to learn how to use
 * 29) Do not see the value
 * 30) None of my communities use one
 * 31) I don't have anything useful to share
 * 32) Not enough time
 * 33) Do not have adequate tools to use microsharing (ex. do not have regular access to the internet.)
 * 34) Other (please specify)
 * 35) __How to work with employees resistant to technology use__

Are there plans for your organization to institute a sharing tool (wiki or social networking site)? If yes, please describe any cultural/organizational shifts in sharing information. If no, please describe any barriers that may be preventing this.
 * Chap. 5 - Growing Collective Intelligence**


 * Chap. 6 - Immersive Environments Refine Learning**

1. On a scale of 1 to 5, please rate how often your team is not together when a crisis is happening. 1 being Never and 5 being Always Comments:
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2. On a scale of 1 to 5, please rate the usefulness/benefit to your team of a system that clearly and quickly communicates instructions to the team handling the crisis. 1 being Not Useful and 5 being Very Useful Comments:
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3. On a scale of 1 to 5, please rate the benefit to your team in having communications centralized into one location. (For use in training or to prepare for future crisis situations.) 1 being Not Useful and 5 being Very Beneficial Comments:
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 * Chap. 7 - Connecting the Dots at In-Person Events**

There are conferences that encourage social media interaction during speeches, as a way of engaging the audience. Which tools are used at your workplace for real-time updates and interaction? (check all that apply)
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Online Community (ie. Facebook, LinkedIn)
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Video Streams
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Blogs
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">MicroSharing (ie. Twitter)
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Other (please specify):
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Do not use tools like this
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How do people in your workplace learn how to use social media tools? (check all that apply)
 * Classroom Training
 * Online Training Module
 * Help Features on the Tool itself
 * Self-Directed training created specifically for your workplace (ie. Training Handbook, Wiki pages)
 * Ask someone who already knows how to use it
 * Trial and Error
 * Other (please specify)
 * No one in my workplace uses social media to do their work
 * __Study most successful training when dealing with technology__

What is the MOST USEFUL way of learning social media tools in your workplace? (Select only 1)
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Classroom Training
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Online Training Module
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Help Features on the Tool itself
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Self-Directed training created specifically for your workplace (ie. Training Handbook, Wiki pages)
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Ask someone who already knows how to use it
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Trial and Error
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Other (please specify)
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">No one in my workplace uses social media to do their work
 * <span style="margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 3em; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__Study most successful training when dealing with technology__