Assessment

GPS Navigation

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)

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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)

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3.       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)

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4.       What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?

 Using the GPS helped me realize how much I preferred the map and compass. The GPS stopped working half way through the course and we had to wait for a good 10 minutes to get it working again. But that's just technology problems I guess. I think it would be a good idea to have the traditional navigation activity coupled with an into to the GPS navigation activity. That way for the final navigation, groups could use all the tools or whichever tools they wanted to complete the whole course. Also have better starting locations figured out, flag 10 was a bummer to start at.




Traditional Navigation

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)

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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)

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3.       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)

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4.       What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?

No real recommendations. Thought it was all explained well and straight forward.





Aerial Imagery Collection and Processing

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)

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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)

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3.       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)

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4.       What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?

This activity was probably the smoothest of the semester. Drew did a wonderful thing by figuring out PhotoScan and Geosetter for the class which I feel is a large factor into why it went so well. More and better imagery for different platforms would be cool, but I do realize problems happen. I am interested in remote sensing and aerial imagery and I enjoyed this activity quite a bit. I would recommend keeping the activity and possibly expanding on it or adding more activities like it.



Campus Mall Survey

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)

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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)

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3.       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)

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4.       What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?

Slightly better instructions, though only slightly. Just add a little about Bluetooth and it would be good. I would have liked a slightly more interesting landscape, though to be fair it could have been if we had included the walls near the old library and stream. I liked this one the best so far, taking data and making a model from it was more than rewarding.

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)

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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)

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3.       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)

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4.       What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?

 

Making sure all the GPS units were working and had full battery would be nice. The GPS we used had re-occurring screen problems and eventually died before all our points were taken. The data we collected was not as good as it could have been due to technological failure, since we were fully prepared with a proper geodatabase.

Microclimate Geodatabase Construction

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)

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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)

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3.       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)

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4.       What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?

 

Enough direction was given for students to create a proper geodatabase and the class discussion was very useful. Again the same issue as the last assignment, it would be nice to use the goedatabase the next week and again I know that weather was the issue. Basically, I hope this class becomes a fall semester class soon, to avoid the winter weather problems.

Learning Distance Bearing Navigation and Development of a Field Navigation Map

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)

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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)

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3.       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)

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4.       What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?

 

Using the navigation methods and maps the next week would be nice, though I know this would be the way it would have happened with better weather. I found the directions and examples helpful and felt the assignment was reasonable.

Conducting a Distance Azimuth Survey

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)

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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)

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3.       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)

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4.       What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better

 

Giving a better idea of why an attribute was needed for features and how to display or utilize said data would be appreciated. The discussion on magnetic declination and overview of equipment/terminology was a little brief for someone with no prior knowledge of survey techniques.

Unmanned Aerial System Mission Planning

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)

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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)

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3. 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)

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4. What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?

 

       I understand the purpose of the exercise was to get students thinking and to find solutions themselves by not giving very much direction. However, with little direction or knowledge of the subject I often found myself bogged down with too much information relating to too many fields of study. It was hard to find relevent information and most of what I found for available UAVs and sensors were dead links with no information.