VEGASPHERE

The questionnaires arrived safely and the results have been processed.  Here is an outline of the results.

• Majority of the respondents accessed the web everyday
• The respondents accessed the web mostly at Vega
• The majority of the respondents knew what a weblog is
• The majority of respondents described a weblog as an online journal/diary
• The majority of respondents did not publish any form of CGM, but it was interesting to note that more respondents from Vega Cape Town published CGM when compared to those at Vega Durban.
• Not surprisingly, Myspace and Youtube are the most frequented and popular social networking sites that the respondents utilized.
• The majorities of the respondents were interested in new internet trends and didn’t really know what what blogging was really about but where interested to find out.
• The majority of the respondents were interested to know what is going on ay the other Vega campuses and would like to connect with students and staff around the country.

After processing the questionnaires filled out a Vega Durban, I decided that it was important to gain insights into the perspectives of other students around the country.

The opportunity was seized when I heard Patrick was heading down to Cape Town, and I sent down 40 questionnaires for the students at Vega Cape Town to fill out. Why 40 I hear you saying? ….Well my thinking was that in order to have a representative sample of all the students I would need at least ten stundents from each year to fill out a questionniare.

After speaking to Gail (realtionship navigator) I found out that Vega Cape Town doesnt have any third year students, but this inst a huge problem as my research is primarily focused on the 1st and 2nd year students (as they are hopefully still going to be at Vega in 2007).

As I type this the questionnaires should be somewhere between C-Town and Durbs travelling safely in the hands of a courrier service.

I wait patiently for my precious questionnaires to return home…………………….