Evaluation

Exercise 1: Survey of Terrain Surface

  • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 3

  • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

  • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree 5

  • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
    • I thought that this exercise worked very well. Maybe the option of different tools or supplies to use might expand the creativity of the students when developing there own survey method.
Excerise 2: Visualizing and Refining Terrain Survey

  • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 2

  • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

  • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

  • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
    • To make this activity better, I would include more time into discussing the different visualizing methods and the different settings withing ArcGIS to change visualizations.
Excerise 3: Navigation Mapping

  • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 4

  • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

  • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

  • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
    • Don't provide all of the data. The exercise seemed to be pretty easy since it only consisted of constructing a map, which I believe most of us have mastered in other courses.


Exercise 4: UAS Mission Planning

  • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 1

  • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

  • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

  • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
    • To make this activity better, I would include more time into discussing the different sensors and application use. I think the simulator is a huge learning bonus for this activity.
Exercise 5: Geodatabase

  • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 3

  • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

  • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

  • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
    • To make this activity better, I would include more time into discussing the different strategies to preparing geodatabases for different uses and data types. Although overall, this activity did a nice job explain for our weather purposes as a beginning exercise.
Exercise 6: ArcPad Data Collection 1

  • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 2

  • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

  • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

  • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
    • I think that this activity worked very well how it is set up. It allows someone to work through the deployment and learn how setting up the geodatabase is vital to field collection. Maybe have students discuss after the activity was done how there geodatabase could have improved before assigning one person to make the class geodatabase for the following week.  
Exercise 7: ArcPad II

  • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 3

  • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

  • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

    • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
      • I thought this exercise was good in itself. It re-enforced the ideas from last week, but on a much bigger level with more points and data.
Exercise 9: Distance Azimuth
    • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 3

    • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

    • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

    • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
      • I think time was a factor in this exercise. It was hard to check-out the equipment during a time that worked for both partners, and I felt the ArcMap importation was also a little time consuming.

Exercise 10: Topographic Survey Techniques
    • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 2

    • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

    • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

    • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
      • Provide or require the same areas to be surveyed, then the results can be compared for accuracy and differences.
Exercise 11: Traditional Navigation
    • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 3

    • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

    • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

    • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
      • I thought this exercise was great. It definitely showed the error that can occur with traditional compasses and navigation. I would suggest giving students an overview of the Priory before hand since many have never been there and it might help in the creation of their maps.  
Exercise 12: GPS Navigation
    • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 3

    • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

    • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

    • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
      • Better requirements of what is expected before hand when setting up the GPS and potentially pre-plotting points.

Exercise 13: UAS Flights
    • Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at atll, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this) 3

    • Following this activity, how would you rate the amount of knowledge you have on the topic (1- I don’t really know enough to talk about the topic, 2- I know enough to explain what I did, 3-I know enough to repeat what I did, 4-I know enough to teach someone else, 5- I am an expert) 4

    • Did the hands-on approach to this activity add to how much you were able to learn (1-Strongly Disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-No real opinion, 4-Agree, 5-Strongly Agree) 5

    • What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
      • This activity was awesome overall. Some work or reading before on the pre-flight protocol might be helpful.