EDUCAUSE Technology Research in the Academic Communities

Dear Virginia Tech Faculty Member,

Thank you for your interest in the 2023 EDUCAUSE Faculty survey. Your response will help us learn how to provide you with better instructional technology services at Virginia Tech. By completing this survey, you will have the option to earn one (1) PDN credit; however, PDN credit will not be issued without submitting a screenshot of the completion page of the survey (instructions below). Your response will inform Virginia Tech how instructional modalities and technology impact your teaching experience. Your participation in the study is voluntary, and your responses will be completely confidential.

The primary benefit of participating in this study is that Virginia Tech will receive information about how our faculty members view and use instructional technology, and this information can help inform decisions about instructional technology support.

To earn one PDN credit for your participation in this survey:

1. Take and complete the 2023 Educause Faculty Survey (link below Conditions and Stipulations).
2. Before leaving the survey, take a screenshot of the completion page for your records and remember where that screenshot was saved.
3. Register for the TLOS PDN 2023 Educause Faculty Survey course at https://profdev.tlos.vt.edu/browse/teachingandlearning/courses/tlos-pdn89-080123
4. Once registered, enter the course at https://profdev-lms.tlos.vt.edu/courses/3628
5. Inside the course, go to Assignments and open the "Educause Survey Completion" assignment.
6. Upload the screenshot you saved in Step 2.  Submit the assignment.

We encourage you to participate, and the web-based survey will take up to 15 minutes to complete.

Conditions and Stipulations

1. This online survey is being conducted for research purposes. The data resulting from this confidential survey will be made available to researchers at EDUCAUSE. You cannot be identified by your non-written survey responses. Data will be available as individual responses and in aggregate formats. Data will be available to the general public in the form of public presentations, reports, journal or newspaper articles, and/or in books.
2. There are several open-ended questions in this survey. It is best not to include personally identifiable information in these responses.
3. The online survey involves questions about your teaching experiences, preferences, and student learning outcomes in higher education. Beyond demographics, all questions will only address teaching and technology-related issues.
4. This survey is expected to take approximately 15 minutes to complete. Taking the research survey is voluntary. If you do not participate, it will not affect your faculty status in any way. If you choose, you may stop your participation at any time. If you choose to participate, you may skip any question you do not wish to answer, with the exception of the required screening question at the beginning of the survey.
5. By completing this survey, you will have the option to earn one (1) PDN credit. PDN credit will not be issued if you exit the survey before reaching the completion page.
6. If you have any questions about the research survey and your rights as a participant, you can contact the research team at nmuscanell@educause.edu. Your responses will provide data to inform higher education institutions on how instructional modalities and technology impact the teaching and learning experience for both faculty and students.
7. EDUCAUSE owns and maintains the data collected for the project. De-identified individual response data are stored on EDUCAUSE computers and/or in cloud-based storage systems. The data are stored indefinitely for use in analysis and benchmarking. Data are password-protected and accessible only by authorized individuals.

By selecting the survey link below, you are agreeing to participate in the research study, according to your rights as a voluntary research participant, as outlined above, and you provide consent to EDUCAUSE to use your survey responses as outlined above.

Please go here to complete the survey: 

https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/7217583/2023-Faculty-Survey?eid=60009350&us=y

EDUCAUSE Technology Research in the Academic Communities. This is a Virginia Tech research study (IRB # 16-178). For more information contact David Ryan (ryand1@vt.edu). This research has been reviewed by the Virginia Tech Institutional Review Board (IRB). You may communicate with them at 540-231-3732 or irb@vt.edu if you have questions or concerns about your rights as a research subject.

Thank you very much for your participation!