Needs assessment surveys

[seamustuohy]

Needs Assessment will be conducted a survey of digital security trainers.

Includeing:

• Circumvention tools being trained on.
• Circumvention tools that are currently difficult to train on, or assess user understanding of.
• Circumvention tools which might benefit from hands on practice.
• Interest in using a tool like co-pilot.
• Concerns about adding training technology into their existing practice.

[seamustuohy]

Created a wiki page to place needs assessment survey.

[seamustuohy]

Making each trainer answer questions about every tool they use might make us lose some of the responses. I am thinking we should make it one set of questions about all tools that hands on training is done on.

e.g. how many people? ideal # of people? average % of time doing hands on vs. lecture.

[seamustuohy]

Currently working on a google form for this. WIll share the link internally once I get the markdown questions into the form.

[seamustuohy]

TODO still on the form:

• [x] Create paths so that people only fill out what is relevant
• [x] Create introductory text
• [x] Create explanatory co-pilot text
• [x] Add OPTIONAL demographic information
• [x] Write invitation e-mail

[megdeb]

added text here (https://github.com/OpenInternet/co-pilot/wiki/Needs-Assessment-Survey)

[megdeb]

Held a team brainstorm of trainers we would like to send the survey to (over 41 potential trainers). Will create a short-list with @elationfoundation and will begin drafting email to trainers.

[megdeb]

Completed the draft email and sent over to @elationfoundation . Will work together to determine who from the team will be emailing which trainers, in order to benefit from existing relationships certain team members have in the community.

[megdeb]

Began sending out emails to trainers asking to complete the online needs assessment survey.

[megdeb]

First three responses in!

[megdeb]

Jon Camfield:

Ditto (sending emails)

[megdeb]

Received 11 responses so far from trainers. All have agreed to be contacted for follow-up interviews.

[megdeb]

Number of trainers who agreed to be contacted for follow-up questions:

[megdeb]

The initial needs assessment survey has been completed. 20 experienced digital security trainers who are well known and trusted in the community have provided feedback for the Co-Pilot project. All trainers have agreed to follow up interviews.