[3665] in North American Network Operators' Group
Survey on Continuing Education for Network Computing Professionals
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Network Education Center)
Tue Aug 6 06:43:04 1996
From: feedback@decisive.com (Network Education Center)
To: "'nanog@merit.edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Mon, 5 Aug 1996 18:35:15 -0700
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 =
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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.
[ ] 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.
