1. Austrian English Teachers and the EFL/ESL site http://e.schule.at Walter Steinkogler walter.steinkogler@schule.at

2. e.schule.at and its users Who are the users? Teachers!? Pupils? Students? What are they looking for? (needs) Re-usable LOs for print? For interactive exercises? For LMS? For which level of the CEFR? A1, A2, B1, B2 … For which types of school?

3. e.schule.at and its users For teaching ideas? For links to other EFL/ESL-sites? (lose users) Presentations at eL meetings => thank you! My users, the unknown species! Feedback: 4 emails/year => really uncool site! => online questionnaire – limesurvey How to ask questions => questionnaire method How to get interpretable results! Discussed questions with critical friends!

4. End of school-year (final exams) Small sample IT-sceptics rather not fill in online survey Survey – 14 items 2 text boxes „Temperature-scale“ questions 1-4 to avoid the average 3

5. http://www.limesurvey.org Open Source Different types of questions Online-creation and evaluation Data-export in Excel

6. Male or female? Language Teachers are female!

7. Where do you teach?

8. I have been teaching for so many … years 15 to 30 years of experience

9. How did you find e.schule.at ??

10. How often do you visit e.schule.at?

11. Learning Management System Which LMS do you use?

12. In the platform I am looking for (1) applies totally does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no QU: I am looking for (teaching) ideas …95% … Material for print 92%.... interactive LOs for use in class 71%.... LOs for the LMS 41%.... interactive LOs for use at home 52%.... LOs for private coaching/tutoring 24%.... didactics & methodology 61%

13. In the platform I am looking for (1) applies totally does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no LOs in addition to topics of coursebook 92% ***** of LOs by users would be useful 78% I would be ready to do that myself 80% I use the search-box of the platform 75% the tree (of categories) is ok for me 80% thematic link collections very valuable 83%

14. In the platform I am looking for (1) applies totally does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no I would like … more pictures & images 73% … more listening & podcasts 88% … more videoclips 76% I would register for a regular newsletter 54,5%

15. In the platform I am looking for (1) applies totally does not apply at all (4) Yes /rather yes : Rather no/ no I want to get in touch with colleagues via social software tools => 34% I am ready to share my digital ressources with colleagues in a password-protected area => 63% !!! All in all I am satisfied with e.schule.at 80,5%

16. Money, money, money... Public funding is dwindling. I can imagine other forms of financing free educational content of high quality. Sponsoring => 80,5% Ads of edu-related companies like publishers etc. => 86% Schools should pay => 41,5% Teachers should pay => 21%

17. Myschule.at I would like a personalized starting page into schule.at => 45% Verbal feedback: very positive CEFR has to be implemented Bench marks (A2, B2) Film reviews More material for (academically) weak children Criticizing e-learning resistant teachers

18. Conclusions Biggest usergroups: Sec.Modern + Higher Voc. Majority are middle-aged teachers Majority does not use LMS (62%)... looks for print material (92%)... material in addition to coursebooks (92%)... appreciates special thematic link collections 83%... willing to rate LOs (80%)

19. Conclusions More than half would like a newsletter (54,5%) 2 thirds would be ready to exchange digital ressources in a pw-protected platform (63%) Search engine of the platform has to be improved (used by 75%) More media (podcasts, videos, images) Sponsoring and advertising is ok (80,5 – 86%) Majority of users appreciates platform (80,5%) How do we address those who don't come?