Assessment

Lab 12 Assessment

Question 1: 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)

I rate my self at a 3 because we had done some volume calculations with Pix4D in the past, but I had never calculated volume using Arcmap.  

Question 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)

I rate myself at a 4

Question 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)

5.  Because I had to figure out on my own which tools to use in the project, I had to research their functions using Archelp online.  This, in combination with trial and error, gave me a good understanding of how the tools are used.  

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

Nothing

Lab 11 Assessment

Question 1: 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)

I rate myself at a 1

Question 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)

4, I was able explain to people what ground control points during my presentation of this Lab at ArcGIS day. 

Question 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)

5, the lab this week was especially important to my understanding of the importance of ground control points.

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

none

Lab 10 Assessment

Question 1: 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)

I rate my self at a 1

Question 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)

4, the material in this lab was not very difficult to learn, just time consuming to complete

Question 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)

5, because this lab dealt with software use, there is no other way to learn except for using it.

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

It would have been nice to process the data before hand while we were doing something else.  Processing this data took 3 to 4 hours, and there was nothing I could do during lab time.  I then had to complete more processing, and the actual lab outside of class when professor Hupy was not available to answer questions.  

Lab 9 Assessment

Question 1: 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)

I rate myself at a 3

Question 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)

3, I can repeat what I did, but do not have enough knowledge to proceed with the rest of the plane building. 

Question 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)

5, when learning how to build a plane, you have to build the plane

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

There was a large portion of time in which I was just sitting there, waiting for my turn to receive help from Doc P.  The fact that nobody in the class knew how to build a plane on their own, and everyone was at a different place in the build process, meant that we all needed Doc P's help every step of the way.  

Lab 8 Assessment

Question 1: 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)

I rank myself at a 3, I took an electronics class in high school.  

Question 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)

I rank myself a 4.  Electronics is so vast, that it would take years of schooling to become an expert in it. 

Question 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)

4, a lot of the concepts are hard to visualize unless you actually see them at work.  

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

nothing, I just find electronics boring

Lab 7 Assessment

Question 1: 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)

I rate myself at a 1

Question 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)

4, pretty easy software

Question 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)

The only way to learn software is to actually use it yourself.  

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

 not much, this was my least favorite lab though.  

Lab 6 Assessment

Question 1: 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)

I rate myself a 1

Question 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)

4, I think that taking oblique imagery is relatively simple, as long as one makes sure that the area is covered thoroughly from multiple angles. 

Question 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)

4, I was able to take my turn controlling the drone and practice moving the camera position and taking photos.  

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

I wish there was an emphasis on what oblique imagery can be used for.  Can it be used for more than just making a cool 3D model to look at?

Lab 5 Assessment:

Question 1: 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)

I rate myself at a 1

Question 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)

I rate myself at a 4

Question 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)

5, the field portion of this lab helped me understand why GCP's are important, and what aspects must be considered when placing them properly.  

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

Nothing

Lab 4 Assessment:

Question 1: 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)

I would rank myself at a 2, for the only knowledge I had on establishing control points came from the reading done before the lab exercise.

Question 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)

I rank myself at a 4.  The exercise was quite thorough about setting ground control points and the reasons behind selecting certain locations over others.  Furthermore, each person was able to get experience taking the GPS data using different devices.

Question 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)

I would give this exercise a rank of 4

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

none

Lab 3 - Excused

Lab 2 Assessment:

Question 1: 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)

I would rank myself at a 1, no knowledge at all.  I have never owned a drone or had any experience with mission planning.

Question 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)

I would rank myself at a 3.  Due to time constraints, I have not yet received hands on experience inspecting the drone during the pre-flight checklist but could definitely repeat the process for the base station position.

Question 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)

Yes (rank 5), I do not think there is any other way to learn the pre-flight checklist without learning what each point on the list means, and why it is on the list without seeing it in person.

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

During the lab, there was a lot of standing around, waiting for others to take their turn completing the check list.  I think it would be easier to train two people at a time on each position so that there was not so much standing around, and so that everyone could learn all the positions. 

Lab 1 Assessment:

Question 1: 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)

Prior to this activity, I rank myself level 1.  As a geology major, I have only taken GIS I, and do not know a substantial amount on spatial systems let alone unmanned aerial systems.

Question 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)

Following this activity, I rank my self at level 3.  I could easily do this experiment again, but do not have enough knowledge to teach other people answer more advanced questions about the experiment

Question 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)

I agree, I was able to visualize the concept better than simply learning about it in the book, and was able to help set up the activity.  One of the best ways to learn is to mess up, and you can't mess up if you don't actually do the hands on experience.

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

It would be cool to purposely do something wrong, such as take images every 15 seconds, so that we can see what happens to the data if it is not properly taken.