Over the past year, CDTL has been busy conducting
several surveys. For your information, below are selected key data extracted
from two of these surveys. For detailed information about either survey,
please contact
at 6516 3052.
Survey on Skills that Employers Desire in Their Graduate
EmployeesDuration of survey: September-December 1999
| Total number of questionnaires sent out |
: |
1000 |
| Total number of responses |
: |
201
(90 foreign private firms,
32 government/statutory board organisations,
52 local private organisations,
27 private firms of mixed local and foreign ownership) |
:
:
85% of employers are happy with our graduates.
15% of employers are unhappy with our graduates.
Overall Ranking of Shortcomings Mentioned by Unhappy Employers
- Lacking in initiative
- Poor attitude/lacking in humility
- Poor interpersonal skills
- Lack of practical knowledge (i.e. not street smart)
- Materialistic
- Lacking in problem-solving skills
- Lacking in flexibility/creativity/innovation
- Inability to work independently
- Unrealistic expectations
- Lacking in job commitment
Survey on Level of Utilisation of IT Tools by NUS Academic
Staff
| Duration of survey |
: |
September-November 1999 |
| Number of responses from NUS teaching staff |
: |
159
(or 10.8% of NUS teaching staff) |
- 78% of teaching staff receive fewer than 5 emails/day during a typical
semester week. But more emails from students are received when assignment
deadlines and examinations draw near.
- 94% of teaching staff send fewer than 10 emails/day to their students
during a typical semester week.
- 30% of teaching staff have accessed an NUS online discussion forum.
- 10% of teaching staff have accessed an NUS online chat.
- 52% of teaching staff have accessed an NUS online bulletin board.
- 69% of teaching staff have set up a course website or personal webpage
on an NUS server. 36% of teaching staff do not update information on
their webpages.
- 71% of teaching staff indicate that using email to communicate with
students will improve the teaching and learning process in their courses.
- 43% of teaching staff think that participating in discussion forums
will improve the teaching and learning process in their courses.
- 35% of teaching staff think that participating in online chats will
improve the teaching and learning process in their courses.
- 78% of teaching staff think that having a course website will improve
the teaching and learning process in their courses.
- 41% of teaching staff think that using online bulletin boards will
improve the teaching and learning process in their courses; 37% are
uncertain.
- 35% of teaching staff think that using web conferencing will improve
the teaching and learning process in their courses; 36% are uncertain.
- 40% of teaching staff think that the on-demand provision of online
lecture presentations will improve the teaching and learning process
in their courses; 30% are uncertain.
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