2010 Sakai Multi-Institutional Survey Initiative

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Survey instruments for the "core" survey items are available here:
Instructor "Core" Survey Items
Student "Core" Survey Items

MISI, or the Multi-Institutional Survey Initiative, is an endeavor among Sakai institutions to ask similar questions of instructors and students across Sakai implementations. Through this initiative, we hope to be build on the successful 2009 effort to compare and contrast similarities and differences between institutions as well as provide feedback to improve Sakai development in the future.

In order to accurately compare institutions, it is important to use the same survey question as much as possible. To that end, the participating institutions have been working hard to arrive at a set of shared "core" survey items that will be used across institutions. The 2010 effort will build upon the survey items for the 2009 survey (see the instructor and student survey items).

Participation is voluntary. Each institution is responsible for obtaining human subjects approval (IRB) to conduct research, if required. Furthermore, institutions are encouraged, but not required or mandated to use the "core" set of survey questions or share them with the initiative. Michigan has offered to analyze the combined 2010 quantitative dataset. To limit variability, participating institutions are encouraged to administer their surveys online between April-June 2010.

(As an example, here is a copy of the Texas State IRB Request for Exemption from last year.)

If you are interested in participating, please add your information to the table below. Our first meeting will take place online in January 2010:

Institution	Contact Name(s)	Contact Email(s)	Notes
University of Michigan	Steve Lonn	slonn@umich.edu
Rice University	Angela Rabuck	adehart@rice.edu
University of Delaware	Former user (Deleted) Dick Sacher	mathieu@udel.edu dsacher@udel.edu
Indiana University	Rita Pavolka	pavolka@indiana.edu
Université Pierre et Marie Curie	Former user (Deleted)	jean-francois.leveque@upmc.fr	Survey will be done in French (Survey translation QA volunteer, Mathieu Plourde)
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale	Frédéric Dooremont	frederic.dooremont@univ-littoral.fr
Texas State	Salwa Khan	sk16@txstate.edu
Marist College	Brian Dashew	brian.dashew@marist.edu
Rutgers University	Gayle Stein	gstein@rutgers.edu
Virginia Tech	John Moore	jmoore1@vt.edu
University of Virginia	Stephanie Conley & Yitna Firdyiwek	sbs8j@virginia.edu & ybf2u@virginia.edu
Lourdes College	Susan Shelangoskie	sshelangoskie@lourdes.edu
University of Hawai'i	Kenwrick Chan	kchan@hawaii.edu
UNC - Chapel Hill	Kim Eke	kim_eke@unc.edu
Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary	Paul Gibbs	pgibbsjr@hotmail.com
Nagoya University (Japan)	Shoji Kajita	kajita@nagoya-u.jp
Daybreak School	Brian McCarthy	brian@daybreak.ie
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia	Aristóteles Cañero	acanero@asic.upv.es	Survey will be done in Spanish. UPV will do the translation
Washington and Lee University	John Blackburn	BlackBlackburnJ@wlu.edu
Johns Hopkins University	Brenda Knox , Rob Coyle & Charmaine Thompson	knox@jhu.edu, rcoyle@jhu.edu, charmaine@jhu.edu
University of Applied Sciences of Bragança (Portugal)	Paulo Alves	palves@ipb.pt	Survey will be done in Portuguese. Will work with UFP on translation.
Danubius University of Galati (Romania)	Severin Bumbaru	severin.bumbaru@univ-danubius.ro	Survey will be done in Romanian. Danubius University will do the translation
Universidad de Guadalajara	Rafael Morales	rmorales@udgvirtual.udg.mx
New York University (NYU)	Heather Stewart	heather@nyu.edu
Universidade Fernando Pessoa	Feliz Gouveia & Luis Borges Gouveia	fribeiro@ufp.edu.pt & lmbg@ufp.edu.pt	Survey will be done in Portuguese. Will work with IPB on translation.
CEIPA, Institución Universitaria (Columbia)	Diego Mauricio Mazo Cuervo	diego.mazo@ceipa.edu.co
College of the Redwoods	Maggie Lynch	maggie-lynch@redwoods.edu
University of California, Berkeley	Lisa Rothrauff	lisa@media.berkeley.edu
Sakai Foundation	Pieter Hartsook	hartsook@sakaifoundation.org	observing to keep up-to-date with MISI (will attend Wed)
Management Center Innsbruck	Wolfgang Rohregger, Teresa Zangerl	wolfgang.rohregger@mci.edu & teresa.zangerl@mci.edu
University of Dayton	Jerry Timbrook	timbroje@notes.udayton.edu

View 2010 MISI Participating Institutions in a larger map.

MISI FAQ

Q: Who Can Participate in MISI?
A: Any institution running Sakai 2.4 or higher in pilot or production. All levels, languages, and locations are invited to participate.

Q: Who Conducts the Survey?
A: Your institution will run its own online survey. In the past, institutions have used commercial applications (e.g., SurveyMonkey), home-grown systems, and self-coded surveys.

Q: Who Decides What Items Are On the Survey?
A: The collective group of participating institutions will decide on the items via email, conference calls, and Confluence wiki. Ultimately, each institution can decide to opt in/out of each "core" survey item, but are strongly encouraged to participate in order to maximize data collection.

Q: When Will Meetings Begin?
A: In mid-January 2010

Q: How is Survey Data Shared?
A: Anonymized data (not aggregated) is uploaded to a shared Sakai site. Michigan has volunteered to combine the data into one big spreadsheet and run an initial summary. Each participating institution may use the combined dataset to run their own analyses.

Q: When Should the Survey Be Administered?
A: In order to minimize variability, each participating institution is asked to administer their survey for 2-4 weeks in March, April, or May 2010.

Q: Where Can I Find Information About the 2009 MISI?
A: On this Confluence page