Evals
Rubric
- Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at all, 2-Very Little Knowledge, 3-Some knowledge, 4-A good amount of knowledge, 5-I knew all about this)
- 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)
- 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)
- What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
Chute Folding
- I would say I had no knowledge on this topic whatsoever. Fortunately the resources I had used to effectively understand how to fold a parachute specifically for the Bramor proved to be insightful, placing:
- at a higher level - I’d say I know enough to walk someone else through folding their own parachute, given the amount of times I re-did the steps to make sure they were done properly.
- The hands-on approach was imperative. I can sit down, read, and ingest the gist of anything, but it requires my actually folding a parachute per say to understand the nuances and why steps are the way steps are.
- I would continue compiling walkthrough steps to afford the students useful content to reference and build their knowledge from.
C3P
- I had no experience; I’d give myself a 1.
- I’d say it was enough for me to be rougly conversational on the Bramor PPX; I’d say it boosted me to a 2.
- The hands-on and tactile approach was imperative for me to learn. Without walking through the steps I would not have learned anything. 5
- I’d recommend having all the students run through it. Muscle memory is highly under-utilized I’ve come to realize, and everyone suggests cracking open a textbook or following general orders. Within the scope of exploration and exploitation, it’s useful to combine the two methods of learning to further improve the general understanding for a student.
Cartographics
- I had brief experience the semester prior. I’d put myself at a 2.
- I appreciated running through the cartographic topics and what needs to be known. According to the feedback I received later in the semester, it appears I had been basing my education off of incorrect factors (not accounting for a few very poor answers on my end). Seeing as how this was fudnamental, it makes sense I was confused later in the semester. I hadn’t had anybody to tell me I was wrong about things until its close. I wouldn’t consider myself an expert by any means. 2
- Tactile is imperative. 5
- ArcPro takes time to work with, and it likely takes multiple exercises further than simply having students run through it once. I feel we can maange if that’s the case, but routinely running through the same thing – a lot like the parachute folding assignment – is an amazing way to reinforce the education.
ArcPro
- I had brief experience the semester prior. I’d put myself at a 2.
- I appreciated running through it, and it was good to identify what I needed to know and revisit things I only brushed past the semester prior. I wouldn’t consider myself an expert by any means. 2
- Tactile is imperative. 5
- ArcPro takes time to work with, and it likely takes multiple exercises further than simply having students run through it once. I feel we can maange if that’s the case, but routinely running through the same thing – a lot like the parachute folding assignment – is an amazing way to reinforce the education.
MGC Familiarization
- This was a relatively intuitive app to use, and it was good to re-run through the motions. I’d put myself at a 3 starting out on this.
- Re-running thorugh it and being able ot ask questions about things I was not confident about really helped. 4
- Tactile is imperative. 5
- Have students set up a mission in the classroom, then take them out to execute it would be useful – essentially the exact way it’d be done in the field would really work wonders. Setting up in the field feels a tad hasty and I feel I could have benefit appreciate a dry-run within the class and the immediately going out in the field to execute it the same day/the day after.
Volumetrics
- I had no clue what volumetrics were before class. 1
- I thought I had, but if the feedback is correct, it has to be a 1. Had my submission acquired a grade it’d likely be a 2 to validate I learned things and waas right about what I wrote submitted something of value. A lot to learn!
- It should have. Tactile is imperative.
- I’d appreciate specific feedback on this assignment in a timely fashion where I could reference it before continuing on with the class thinking I was up to par. The feedback was useful but it would have been nicer to discover earlier in the semester.
Wk12-15 Deliverables
- Compiling everything we learned in class to execute the deliverables was something I am comfortable with, even if at least generally. I’d put myself at a 2.
- It was really nice to run through everything and see the result. 3.
- Tactile is imperative!!!
- This was an absolute blast to work on. Seeing everything come to fruition was something I had looked forward to, and I’m grateful I got the opportunity to put all of what I’d learned together. I’d love to see this take place way earlier in the semester!