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 a 1. I really had no knowledge about the equipment we were going to use or the different techniques and how to use them.
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)
Distance/Azimuth Survey
I would rank myself a 3. I have a general idea about what we did as a group, but I do now feel confident enough to be able to teach another person how to use the equipment.
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 rank this a 4. I would have not understood this material nearly as well if it was not taught in the field.
4. What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
I would recommend gaining a better understanding of how the equipment works. We were taught exactly what buttons to push, but problem solving when things did not work was difficult because I was not confident with all the different features of the equipment.
Unmanned Aerial Systems
1. Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at 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 a 2. I had an understanding of what a UAS was, but I did not know anything about the specifics involved with them.
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)
Distance/Azimuth Survey
I would rate myself a 3. I have an understanding of what took place, and I could probably repeat those steps. There is so much more out there that I do not know, which is why I only rated myself a 3.
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 hands on approach helped significantly. It was good to be able to see in the field how the UAV worked, how data was collected and finally be able to process it. Seeing the project from the very start to a final product was very helpful in understanding all the concepts.
4. What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
I would recommend working more with the processed data, or exploring different processing techniques.
Distance/Azimuth Survey
1. Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at 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 a 2. I knew how to use the instruments that we needed, but I had never surveyed an area using that particular technique.
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 a 4. I feel very confident in being able to repeat the task, but I would not consider myself an expert.
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 strongly agree that the hands on approach helped me learn this technique. If we were not able to go in the field and perform this survey technique, I'm sure I would not have understood the concepts nearly as well.
4. What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
I would recommend taking points of more than one type of object.
Terrain Interpolation (Assignment 2)
1. Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at 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 a 3. Since we performed this task the first week, I had a good understanding of how we were going to complete the task. I have had previous class experience using interpolation techniques which allowed me to have an understanding of how they worked before the start of the assignment.
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 would rank myself a 4. I grasped the interpolation concepts better than before the start of the assignment. Although I know the methods better, I would not consider myself an expert with them.
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 rank this a 5, I strongly agree that the hands-on approach helped me learn with this activity. If we would have not gone out to the field, it would have been much harder to grasp the concepts that we were trying to learn.
4. What types of learning strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
I would recommend trying to have a better understanding of interpolation methods before collecting data in the field. Knowing the interpolation methods would allow for data to be collected in a way that would be useful for a particular method.
Assignment 1
1. Prior to this activity, how would you rank yourself in knowledge about the topic. (1-No Knowledge at 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 a 2. I had an understanding of the concept that we were trying to accomplish, but had never had experience doing that beforehand.
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)
Upon completion of this activity, I would rate myself a 4. I feel very confident in being able to teach someone else how to complete the task, but would not consider myself an expert.
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 hands on approach was very helpful in this activity. I would rate it a 5 as to how much I was able to learn. When we were discussing the assignment in class I understood the concept, but I didn't fully grasp the assignment until it was completed in the field.
What types of learning
strategies would you recommend to make the activity even better?
There aren't any strategies that I would recommend in addition to this exercise. I believe it was set up in a way that allowed for the students to complete the assignment in many ways and was set up for them to learn many skills along the way.
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