kellar instructional handheld data system (kihd system

Kellar Instructional Handheld data System (KIHd System)

2nd Advisory Board Members Meeting

Date: December 13th, 2006

George Mason University Team Members

• Co-PI: Shuangbao Wang, PhD• Co-PI: Yoosun Chung, PhD• Senior Researcher: Michael Behrmann, EdD • Project Coordinator: Heidi Graff• Research Assistants: YouRi Shim,

Kavita Mittapalli

Advisory Board MembersTom Scruggs tscruggs@gmu.eduMaureen Schepis mschepis@bellsouth.netMargo Mastropieri mmastrop@gmu.eduTed Hasselbring t.hasselbring@vanderbilt.eduMartha Snell snell@virginia.eduBarry Romich bromich@aol.comCherie Takemoto takemoto@peatc.orgRobert Zuckerman dcwz@kent.edu

Patent Flow Chart

University Technology Issues

• GMU Server issues from new IP address to domain names

• ITU changed network infrastructure• Transition period lasted one month

– Changed segment at Krug– Changed segment at Thompson

Site Technology Issues

• Site programmatic changes with prompt levels and data types

• PDA configurations which are not standard to get around firewalls at site

Information Update

• Our PC Interactive graph has been down since November 8th (8 days / 43 days * 100) - less than 20 % graph up

• Data collection system has back up consistently since December 2nd

Reliability • Since December 2nd

– 100% reliability of researchers and teachers for data collection

• Formula calculation – Agreement / Disagreement * 100

Fidelity

• Formula calculation – Number of days we collected fidelity check

list/ how many possible days * 100– October: 2/2 = 100 %– November: 12/15 = 80%– December: 6/7 = 86%

System Modifications

• Ability to change labels• Ability to change prompts• Add multiple treatment phases• Interactive graph to better meet single

subject design standards

Sites to visit

• http://kihdsystem.gmu.edu/stepstone/index.html/

• http://kihdsystem.gmu.edu/

Date to Remember

• Next Advisory Board Meeting– February 14th at 10:00am

Contact Information

Helen A. Kellar Institute for Human disAbilities

(703) 993-3670 (voice/TTY)(703) 993-3681 (fax)

http://kihd.gse.gmu.edu