The Voice of ALTResults of the Membership

Survey 2012/13#altc2013

Overview

• Background to the survey• About the survey• Summary of response rates• Key results

• Summary of other responses• Undertakings/actions• New surveys?

Acknowledgements

• ALT members and others for filling it in.• Liz Wyatt for all her hard work on the survey• Maren Deepwell for advice and old versions• Software for doing most of the work

Background to the survey

• ALT aims to carry out a survey of members every 2 or 3 years

• Continuity of some questions• This survey was not only targeted at members

but also more generally• In order to reflect ALT’s role within the

learning technology community• Online between 17/10/12 and 31/1/13• No longer than last time

About the survey

• Four sections, 38 questions (2010 43)• ALT and current work section• Individual membership section• The other members (Org, Sponsor) section• How to develop ALT’s work and membership

Median completion time 11 mins 28 secs.(2010 11 mins 46 secs.)

Response Rates 1

• There were 129 responses (2010, 312)• Of these, 99 “completed” (2010, 234)• Non response bias likely to be significant• ALT supporters maybe prominent• Likert questions got better response than text

Key results 1

Item % aware % (4+5) LikertDisc list 91 74 4.1Conf 97 72 3.7Journal 94 78 4.1Resources 92 55 3.7Digest 96 66 3.9Policy 69 70 3.8

Key results 2

Item % aware % (4+5) LikertCMALT 95 65 3.7SIGs 83 63 3.7Newsletter 92 67 3.9Events 94 77 4.0Research 90 68 3.7Awards 89 74 3.6

Summary of other responses 1Website

• New website has got a good set of ratings• Unused relatively ( casual not heavy

predominates)• Needs social network interfaces and mobile

interfaces. Thus it should continue to develop primarily as a site for casual usage rather than one for heavy repeat usage.

• Compact and easy to use should stay.

Summary of other responses 2Events

• Conference still viewed as central by many• HE vs rest still an issue for some• Issue of cost growing• Call for more localised events but there are

cost implications.

Summary of other responses 3Networking

• ALT members list widely valued• Quarterly update electronic only seems a no

brainer. • Unexpected interest in better access to

research results.• ALT support for internal SD maybe of interest

as a membership benefit.

Undertakings/ actions

• Detail: will be acted on• Response on website and other key

“messages”• ALT will look at changing events• CMALT will change in line with the input• October strategy revision

New Surveys

• Sooner and shorter• More focussed• Ubiquitous?• Targetted response rates for various

categories to make deductions more valid• Supported by other data