Re: Survey on Continuing Education for Network Computing Professionals

[Jamshid Mahdavi <[e-mail]>]

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Network Education Center) writes:

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> Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 18:35:46 -0700
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> This survey is on behalf of an education center dedicated to the needs =
> of network computing professionals. We are asking your input to help us =
> create better education/training programs for you and your company. Your =
> responses will be completely confidential.
> 
> If we receive your completed survey by Monday, August 12, 1996, we'll =
> automatically enter you in a contest for a prize of $1,000; one winner =
> will be chosen from among those who complete the survey.  Thank you in =
> advance for your help.=20
> 
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> To respond, create a reply e-mail message that contains the survey.  =
> Some e-mail systems require you to manually copy and paste the survey =
> into your reply.  Make sure the reply contains the *entire* =
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> 
> To answer a question, type an x between the brackets, like this:  [ x ]. =
>  For fill-in-the-blanks, type between the brackets like this:  [ your =
> response ].  Please make no other changes to this survey.
> 
>  1.  If for any reason you do NOT want to be contacted in the future via =
> e-mail, please indicate after the first question by placing an "x" =
> within the brackets. You will be omitted from future e-mail surveys.
> 
>    [ XXXXX ]   a)  Please omit me from future e-mail surveys.
> 
>  2.  What is your company's PRIMARY industry or business?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Aerospace
>    [  ]   b)  Communications carrier (telco, broadband, internet)
>    [  ]   c)  Financial services
>    [  ]   d)  Healthcare
>    [  ]   e)  Manufacturing: computer/software
>    [  ]   f)  Manufacturing: non-computer
>    [  ]   g)  Government/military
>    [  ]   h)  Publishing/media/advertising/public relations
>    [  ]   i)  Transportation/utilities
>    [  ]   j)  Wholesale/retail: non-computer
>    [  ]   k)  Education
>    [  ]   l)  Entertainment
>    [  ]   m)  Computer reseller/retailer/VAR
>    [  ]   n)  Systems integration/consulting
>    [  ]   o)  Other, please specify... [    ]
> 
>  3.  What is your job function?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  IS/MIS/Data processing
>    [  ]   b)  LAN/network systems
>    [  ]   c)  Internet/Web
>    [  ]   d)  Intranet (in-TRA-net)
>    [  ]   e)  Data communications/telecommunications
>    [  ]   f)  PC/microcomputer/information center
>    [  ]   g)  Systems analyst/applications development
>    [  ]   h)  Systems engineer/integration
>    [  ]   i)  Other computer-related, please specify... [    ]
>    [  ]   j)  Executive/corporate office
>    [  ]   k)  Financial/accounting
>    [  ]   l)  Engineering/R&D
>    [  ]   m)  Sales/marketing
>    [  ]   n)  Other administrative, please specify... [    ]
>    [  ]   o)  Consulting (computer related)
>    [  ]   p)  Training/education
>    [  ]   q)  Other professional, please specify... [    ]
> 
>  4.  Please check the statements below that describe your involvement =
> with networks.
> 
>    Choose all that apply:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  I manage networks.
>    [  ]   b)  I design networks.
>    [  ]   c)  I install networks.
>    [  ]   d)  I troubleshoot/fix networks.
>    [  ]   e)  I train or support network users.
>    [  ]   f)  I initiate the evaluation of new network technologies.
>    [  ]   g)  I evaluate or specify brands of network products.
>    [  ]   h)  I ensure that networks meet specific business or =
> organizational objectives.
> 
>  5.  What is the scope of your involvement with networking in your =
> organization?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Entire organization or enterprise
>    [  ]   b)  Entire work location
>    [  ]   c)  Multiple departments at more than one location
>    [  ]   d)  For a single department only
>    [  ]   e)  Other
> 
>  6.  How many servers do you have installed in your organization?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Over 50
>    [  ]   b)  10 to 49
>    [  ]   c)  1 to 9
>    [  ]   d)  None
> 
>  7.  How many LANS do you have installed in your organization?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Over 25
>    [  ]   b)  5 to 24
>    [  ]   c)  1 to 4
>    [  ]   d)  None
> 
>  8.  How many microcomputers/workstations are connected to LANS in your =
> organization?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  500 or more
>    [  ]   b)  25 to 499
>    [  ]   c)  1 to 24
>    [  ]   d)  None
> 
>  9.  How many employees do you supervise?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Up to 3 people
>    [  ]   b)  4 to 10 people
>    [  ]   c)  More than 10 people
>    [  ]   d)  None
> 
>  10.  Do you yourself have responsibility for networking =
> education/training provided to employees in your company?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Yes
>    [  ]   b)  No
>    [  ]   c)  Don't know
> 
>  11.  What is the annual budget for education/training for yourself and =
> those you supervise?
> 
>    Please enter the amount within the following brackets. [    ]
> 
>  12.  During the last 12 months, where did you or those you supervise =
> receive education/training for networking?
> 
>    Choose all that apply:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  In-house
>    [  ]   b)  University/college
>    [  ]   c)  Seminars
>    [  ]   d)  Internet
>    [  ]   e)  Other
>    [  ]   f)  No education/training on networking was received
> 
> 
> NOW WE WANT YOUR OPINIONS ABOUT A POSSIBLE EDUCATION CURRICULUM ON =
> NETWORKING TECHNOLOGIES. For each of the following 10 course =
> descriptions, please indicate your level of interest.
> 
>  13.  A Network Technologies course covering circuits and fibers; =
> modulation and modems; LANs; WANs; frames; cell switching; wireless; =
> satellites; connection-oriented and connectionless service; =
> characteristics of each technology; addressing; media access; =
> comparisons.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  14.  A Network Interconnection and Internetworking course covering =
> interconnection technologies; repeaters, bridges, and routers; internet =
> addressing; address binding; datagram forwarding; techniques to =
> accomodate heterogeneity (e.g. encapsulation and fragmentation).
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  15.  A Network Protocols and Protocol Design course covering protocol =
> layering; problems protocols solve; loss, reordering, corruption, =
> congestion, duplication, and replay; techniques such as framing, =
> checksumming, sliding window, and retransmission; focus on the transport =
> layer, but cover other layers.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  16.  A Routing and Routing Protocols course covering packet forwarding; =
> route propagation; vector-distance and link-state algorithms; spanning =
> tree.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  17.  A Distributed Programming and Applications course covering =
> client-server paradigm; socket API; middleware (e.g. RPC and CORBA); =
> building a server; multithread server execution; protection and =
> authorization; example applications.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  18.  A Network and Protocol Performance Evaluation course covering =
> throughput and delay; measuring and tuning protocols; instrumentation of =
> protocol stacks; traffic analysis; self-similar behavior.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  19.  A Networking and Protocol Support for Multimedia Applications =
> course covering high-speed networks; resource allocation and performance =
> guarantees; protocols for audio and video; techniques such as =
> compression and delayed playback.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  20.  An Advanced Server Design and Implementation course covering =
> implementation of concurrent, parallel servers; large-scale designs; =
> proxy servers (e.g., SLIRP); techniques such as buffering, replication, =
> caching, and application gateways.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  21.  An Advanced Routing course covering policy-based routing; =
> multicast; mobility; inter- and intra-layer encapsulation; longest =
> prefix forwarding table lookup algorithms; virtual LANS.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  22.  An Advanced Network Applications course covering EDI; electronic =
> commerce; advanced Web techniques (e.g. Java).
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
>  23.  What would your level of interest be in taking a group of these =
> courses as a coordinated curriculum?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very interesting
>    [  ]   b)  Moderately interesting
>    [  ]   c)  Somewhat interesting
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all interesting
> 
> 
> THINKING ABOUT THE CHARACTERISTICS AND BENEFITS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF =
> EDUCATION PROGRAMS that could be made available for networking =
> technologies, please indicate which of the following would be important =
> to you.
> 
>  24.  A course curriculum leads to an advanced college degree.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  25.  Each course generates a document of professional certification.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  26.  Course curriculum leads to an overall certification.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  27.  Course is available at your place of work.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  28.  Course is available at a local university or college campus.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  29.  Courses available at an industry event you already attend.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  30.  Courses conducted by an advanced educational institute staffed by =
> networking experts.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  31.  A core curriculum of a specified number of courses that would =
> follow a building educational sequence.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  32.  A concentrated face-to-face education program conducted over =
> consecutive days.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  33.  Ability to take class lessons, labs and tests over the Internet =
> from your desktop.
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Very important
>    [  ]   b)  Somewhat important
>    [  ]   c)  Not very important
>    [  ]   d)  Not at all important
>    [  ]   e)  No opinion
> 
>  34.  What other thoughts do you have concerning what could be done to =
> improve educational or training programs on networking technologies?
> 
>    Please write within the brackets. [    ]
> 
>  35.  How many years have you been professionally involved in computing?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Less than 2 years
>    [  ]   b)  2 to 4 years
>    [  ]   c)  5 to 10 years
>    [  ]   d)  More than 10 years
> 
>  36.  Which of the following ranges includes your age?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  18 to 34
>    [  ]   b)  35 to 44
>    [  ]   c)  45 to 54
>    [  ]   d)  55 and older
> 
>  37.  Which of the following represents your highest level of education?
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Attended high school
>    [  ]   b)  Graduated high school
>    [  ]   c)  Attended college
>    [  ]   d)  Bachelor's degree
>    [  ]   e)  Master's degree
>    [  ]   f)  Doctorate degree
> 
>  38.  What do you estimate your total household income was last year? =
> (Please estimate total income for everyone in your household, including =
> salaries, wages,  bonuses, interest, dividends, etc.)
> 
>    Choose one:
> 
>    [  ]   a)  Less than $15,000
>    [  ]   b)  $15,000 to $24,999
>    [  ]   c)  $25,000 to $34,999
>    [  ]   d)  $35,000 to $49,999
>    [  ]   e)  $50,000 to $74,999
>    [  ]   f)  $75,000 to $99,999
>    [  ]   g)  $100,000 to $149,999
>    [  ]   h)  $150,000 or more
>    [  ]   i)  Don't know
> 
> Thank you for participating in this survey.
> 
>