Novell Developer Education Survey

Thank you for taking a few minutes to complete this survey.  Novell Education is very interested
in your responses and feedback.  Your input will provide us with key information to help us
determine the direction Novell Education will take in providing you with the type of programming
education you prefer.  


Your Training Preferences:    
When you are beginning a new programming specialty (such as network programming or GUI
programming), what kinds of programmer training do you prefer?  (Number each of the following
items in order of preference, with 1 being the most preferred and 12 the least.)
__   Technical documentation only
__   Instructor-led classroom courses with lots of hands-on labs
__   Short informational seminars with no labs
__   Group-paced correspondence courses (you submit assignments to us)
__   Self-paced (we provide solution code and you validate your own work)
__   Paper-based workbook explaining concepts and containing labs
__   CD-ROM containing voice-narrated/animated lectures and paper workbook containing labs
__   BBS (e.g., America On-Line  text only)
__   Internet (text only)
__   Video tapes containing lectures and paper workbook containing labs
__   Real-time satellite lectures (TelCo interactive) and paper workbook containing labs
__   Other __________________________________________________

Once you are familiar with a programming specialty, such as, NetWare NLM programming, how
would you prefer to be trained on updates and new releases?  (Number each of the following
items in order of preference, with 1 being the most preferred and 12 the least.)
__   Technical documentation only
__   Instructor-led classroom course with lots of hands-on labs
__   Short informational seminars with no labs
__   Group-paced correspondence courses (you submit assignments to us)
__   Self-paced (we provide solution code and you validate your own work)
__   Paper-based workbook explaining concepts and containing labs
__   CD-ROM containing voice-narrated/animated lectures and paper workbook containing labs
__   BBS (such as, America On-Line  text only)
__   Internet (text only)
__   Video tapes containing lectures and paper workbook containing labs
__   Real-time satellite lectures (TelCo interactive) and paper workbook containing labs
__   Other __________________________________________________
Your Training Preferences:   (continued)
Assume that you  are familiar with one vendor's implementation of a programming specialty (such
as Windows GUI programming) and that you are moving to another vendor's implementation of
that same programming specialty (such as Macintosh GUI programming), what kinds of
programmer training would you prefer? (Number each of the following items in order of
preference, with 1 being the most preferred and 12 the least.)
__   Technical documentation only
__   Instructor-led classroom course with lots of hands-on labs
__   Short informational seminars with no labs
__   Group-paced correspondence courses (you submit assignments to us)
__   Self-paced (we provide solution code and you validate your own work)
__   Paper-based workbook explaining concepts and containing labs
__   CD-ROM containing voice-narrated/animated lectures and paper workbook containing labs
__   BBS (such as, America On-Line  text only)
__   Internet (text only)
__   Video tapes containing lectures and paper workbook containing labs
__   Real-time satellite lectures (TelCo interactive) and paper workbook containing labs
__   Other __________________________________________________


What aspects of programmer training are most important to you?
(Number each of the following items in the order of their importance to you with 1 being the most
important and 10 the least.)
__     Usable technical documentation
__     Training on demand when you need it
__     Cost of training
__     Personal interaction with an instructor
__     Labs that let you implement coding features
__     Informative lectures
__     Sample source code
__     Ease of navigation (the ability to find specific training topics fast!)
__     On site or locally accessible training
__     Length of training
__     Certification
Your Programming Environment:

How many years have you been programming with object-oriented, third generation, and/or
assembly languages? 
__     Less than 1 year.
__     More than 1 year but less that 5 years
__     More than 5 years

How many lines of object-oriented, third generation, and/or assembly language code do you write
in an average month? 
__     Less than 100
__     More than 100 but less than 1000
__     More than 1000

For which OS's do you most frequently program? (Number each of the following items as
appropriate, with 1 being the most frequent and 7 the least.)
__     DOS
__     Windows
__     UNIX
__     NetWare
__     Macintosh
__     Mainframe
__     Other  ________________________________

What programming environment do you most frequently use?
__     Borland
__     MicroSoft Visual C
__     Symantec
__     Turbo C
__     MPW
__     Other  ________________________________

Please include any comments you feel would help us in determining the direction we should take
with Novell developer education. (Use additional pages if necessary)

        
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Please fax this completed form to:
  Vivian Jackson, Novell Education
  1-(801)429-3900
  
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  VJACKSON@NOVELL.COM