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Instructional Technology Coordinating Committee

Report to ITPC

5-17-07

Committee members

Chair: Gail Rathbun, Director, Center for the Enhancement of Learning and Teaching

ITS: Joseph McCormick, Manager, User Technology Support

Continuing Studies: Eric Vitz, Interim Director, Distance Learning

Learning Resource Center (Media Production Services): Lee Peitzman, Associate

Director

Faculty representatives

Academic Computing and Information Technology Advisory Subcommittee (ACITAS):

Jeffrey Nowak, Assistant Professor, Education

Steven Carr, Associate Professor, Communication

Michael Columbia, Associate Professor, Chemistry

Sue Mau, Associate Professor, Mathematical Sciences

Stuart Blythe, Associate Professor/Director of Writing, English and Linguistics (Suzanne

Rumsey,)

Helmke Library: Judith Garrison, Reference Librarian

Student representatives

William (Brandon) Smits

Richard Strong

Activities

1. The committee met three times, in February, April and May. Members of the

committee drew up inventories of the instructional technologies in various

buildings on campus.

2. These inventories included the equipment found in the general and distance

classrooms, teaching labs, student computing labs, and the technologies

used/owned by students and teachers. Inventories are not yet completed for

Music, VPA, and Gates.

3. The committee also compiled a list of institution-wide pilot projects/instructional

technology initiatives.

Next steps

1. Complete the inventory and list of projects/initiatives

2. Revise the Teaching and Learning with Technology pamphlet

3. Develop a multi-phase process for choosing, implementing, and evaluating

instructional technologies that can be followed across the institution

4. Develop and put in place a mechanism allowing for continuous feedback on

instructional technologies from students and faculty

Attachments

1. ITCO’s charge; ITCO Principles (p. 2)

2. Building and department inventories (p. 3-25)

3. Institution-wide pilot projects and instructional technology initiatives (p. 26)

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1. ITCO’s charge: “responsibility to develop and implement plans for the use, support,

and evaluation of instructional technologies at IPFW…”

ITCO’s Principles

The principles that will guide ITCO’s work (from SPIT) include:

1. Promotion of reliability, accessibility, flexibility, and security as critical measures

at every level of operation, maintaining a balance among them.

2. Provision of multiple avenues for continuous input into the visioning and

planning process and for the exchange and dissemination of innovative uses of

instructional technologies in teaching and learning.

3. Establishing faculty-defined needs, economies of scale, and sustainability as

criteria for adopting new instructional technologies, and implement their use in

planning.

4. Continuous evaluation of instructional technologies.

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Learning Technology Inventory--Helmke Library

Notes about the inventory

! Mishmash of ownership; thus indicated on the technology list provided

! wireless connectivity is found throughout the facility

! The inventory excludes the basement, which includes the television studio,

graphics artists etc.

! 2 events per month used for satellite.

! The EITC cannot be scheduled for ongoing classes. Faculty can schedule for

development events, online training etc.

24/7 ITS lab 7 computers 1 b/w printer ITS computer lab with b/w printers, library hours 31 computers 1 scanning station 2 b/w printers Library computers, (10--no IPFW log in required) Laptops (3--staff use for mobile reference services) Microfilm reader-printers Microfiche reader Condenser Microphone, pre-amp, headphones (staff use) Photocopiers Electronic Information Training Center (EITC) 23 student computers 1 teacher consol ELMO Projector Panasonic overhead data projector Panasonic AG1330 videocassette player Shure wireless microphone system Whiteboard with markers Turntables with amplifier, for use with headphones Audio-cassette players with amplifiers for use with headphones VCR players with small TV DVD players with small TV Initiatives using Learning Technologies at the Library

! Online "mini" tutorials on using library resources supplementing online courses ! Librarians visiting online classes via Breeze ! Instant Messaging Reference service (pilot planned for summer 2007) ! Podcasting (projects in planning stages)

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Media Technical Support Services (Formerly LRC)

! Maintain schedule (place and time) for special AV events

! Deliver classroom technology to classrooms not yet equipped with permanent devices

! Provide backup technology to equipped classrooms where the technology is not working

! Provide 1st level of computer support in classrooms not equipped with full-time PCs

! Provide A-V technical support for special events

! Loan A-V equipment to faculty for off-campus events

! Loan laptop computers to faculty for off-campus events (currently)

! Operate Scantron machine for scoring tests and evaluations (currently)

Media Production Services (Formerly LRC)

! Produce and direct TV classes for distribution via 2-way, Comcast and DVD (TV studio)

! Act as technical support for distance 2-way classes in self-service rooms

! Act as technical support for 2-way meetings and workshop events in self-service rooms

! Act as technical support for satellite-based events.

! Act as 2-way room scheduler

! Videotape special events or guest speakers

! Videotape class sessions in advance when instructors will be unavailable for regular

sessions

! Manipulate non-copyrighted materials between several formats for instructors

! Spec electronic A-V devices for instructors and their departments

! Assist end users with warranty repairs for those A-V devices

Work with vendors to ensure availability for purchase of end user-specified equipment

Two-way video conference facilities

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Technology in Warsaw

1. Classrooms with technology in them, and what technology is available. For example, teacher workstations, student workstations (how many?),

two-way capability, ELMO, DVD, speakers, wireless capability, etc.

ROOM TEACH WORKST PHONE ELMO OVERHEAD PROJECTOR/PROJECTORS CD/DVD MICROPHONES

106 YES YES NO YES (1) YES NO

107 (2WAY) YES YES YES YES (2) YES 1-INSTRUCTOR/ 8-

TABLE

109 (2WAY) YES YES YES YES (2) YES 1-INSTRUCTOR/ 8-

TABLE

*111 (COMP LAB) YES YES NO YES (1) YES NO

117 (ART ROOM) YES YES NO YES (1) YES NO

*ROOM 111 IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH 22 COMPUTERS, 1 ADA COMPUTER, 2 PRINTERS AND 1 SCANNER

2. Student kiosks - are there any? YES, TWO KIOSKS IN THE FRONT LOBBY

3. Student lounge areas, wireless available? YES, THE ENTIRE BLDG.

4. Technologies you have seen students, or instructors, use - for example, iPods, cell phones, laptops, PDA's. I HAVE SEEN STUDENTS USE

LAPTOPS FOR PRESENTATIONS

5. Anything else an instructor might use as instructional support, even a chalkboard, whiteboard, or flip chart. ALL CLASSROOMS USE

WHITEBOARDS. FLIP CHARTS AND OVERHEAD PROJECTORS ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.

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Classroom Medical Building

First Floor Lounge Area

3 kiosks for student use, wireless LAN access, broken TV, copy machine in hall

ITS Supported Permanent Stations

Teacher kiosks and mounted projectors are installed in Rooms 112, 152, 159, 212, 340

Mobile teacher kiosk-carts and projectors were located in rooms 136, 226, 232

School/Department Computing Facilities (Retrieved from http://www.its.ipfw.edu/resources/facilities/dept_lab.shtml)

Facility: International Language and Culture Studies Lab

Serves: ILCS students

Equipment: 1-GP6 350 Win98; 5-GP7 450 Win2000

Contact: Dr David Oberstar, Lab Director 481-4167

Support: IT Services provides software and hardware support for this lab.

IT Services provides network connections, server, and Internet support. IT Services provides the network

infrastructure with network connections to the campus backbone and additional support as requested.

Location: CM 258

This room contains 8 computers, 11 Sony cassette decks, CD/cassette p layer, 4 VHS TVs, and a copy machine.

Facility: Medical Education

Serves: School of Medicine students

Equipment: 6 Gateway Pro V933, 6 E3600 P4-1.5GHz, 1 HP Color Business Inkjet 3000, 1 HP LaserJet

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4050

Software: Department supplied

Contact: Don Koritnik: 481-6740

Support: The Medical Education department provides initial software and hardware support for this lab. (IT Services provides

desktop server and Systems Administration.) Location: CM 312

This room appears to have been reconfigured when comparing it to the information

provided above which was retrieved from the web. It now has 16 of the newer model Dell computers, as opposed to the 12

listed above, as well as a lounge area with a mounted TV.

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Engineering and Technology Building

Instructional Technologies inventory Facility: Engineering Electronics and Computing Classrooms/Labs

Serves: School of Engineering and Technology

Equipment: various ET labs providing workstations running Windows.

Software:

Contact: Mike Pressler, Manager of Electronic/Computer Support Service, 481-6245

Support: Engineering provides workstation and server support for these lab. IT Services provides the

network infrastructure with network connections to the campus backbone and additional support as requested.

Location: ET Building

Updated: 09-21-06

Laboratories' Schedules- Spring 2007 (http:/www.ecet.ipfw.edu/labschedule07.php) Unless otherwise indicated the following laboratories are open for use by all the students of the school of ETCS :

! ET 315 (schedule) This is a computer lab. Software available: ANSYS, EES, LabView, Maple, Multisim, MathCAD, Matlab

with its add-on packages (simulink, control systems, data acquisition, dsp blockset, fuzzy logic, instrument control, image processing, system identification, filter design, robust control, signal processing, and others), Visual Studio, etc.

! ET 307 (schedule) This is NOT an open computer lab. It is an electrical and electronics lab. It is used by the following

engineering laboratory courses: ECE 208, and ECE 465. The Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology (ECET) department also uses this laboratory.

! ET 215 (schedule) This is a computer lab.

! ET 111 (schedule) This is NOT a open computer lab. It is a lab to support several Computer Science courses and ECE 469.

! ET 109 (schedule) This is a computer lab.

! ET 104 (schedule) This is a computer lab. It has the same software as ET 315.

ET Lobby ! Wireless is available in the lobby. Saw 2 laptops connected to internet being used. ! Audiocassette player on a cart for a student group-Soceity of Mfr. Engineers

! Kiosk hooked up to internet ! Copying machine ! TV-closed circuit? It was off.

ET Classrooms and Labs used for Teaching

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Room Lab?

# ws

OH Data Proj

(cart, installed)

Teach station

(cart, installed)

Speakers Other

104 (CADD Lab) Yes, 20

107 No ! ! installed ! installed, Crestron

! Has Chalkboard – Dust Problem?

109 Yes, 21

No ! installed ! installed No Open and Teaching Lab; printer available

111 Yes,

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! cart ! installed Teaching Lab

115 No ! ! installed cart !

131 No ! ! installed ! installed, Crestron

! Has Chalkboard – Dust Problem?

137 No Center for Industrial

Innovation and Design. VCD teacher has asking for funding for his students to

be able to use the prototyper.

143 No cart cart Teachers use own laptops

but need floater because they do not have a network cable and wireless does not

work in this room. One teacher brings his own speakers—no way to easily

hook up with room speakers. Cart and projector were still in the room the

next day, no class going on.

145 No ! ! (3-gun, installed)

cart !

146 ! ! installed cart !

211 No ! No No No

215 Yes, 9

No No No Controls Lab;has scopes and test equipment; printer

226 No No cart No No Elmo on a cart

235 No ! Cart cart ? Audiocassette player

241 Yes,

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! Cart Cart No CAD Lab

244 Yes, 20

! Cart Teacher has WS like the students’

No Digital Systems Lab; overhead on floor and books

on its cart

305 Yes Electrical Engineering

307 Yes,

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No cart cart ! Microprocessor Lab: scopes

and test equipment; Looks like a projector was removed; AV panels built in

311 Yes, 8

!installed ? one of the 8? ? Software engineering lab classroom (Scott Moor’s project)

315 Yes, 24

! ! installed ! installed, Crestron

Teaching and Open Lab; printer

346 Yes, 24

No cart cart No Printer; floater and projector there-no class

349 Yes,

4

! cart Teacher has WS

like the students’ ! CAE; printer

351 No No ! installed No ! Collaboratory; wireless??; 2 desktop computers;

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Instructional Technology Inventory

Kettler Hall

NOTE: Kettler 123, which the Math department outfitted with

classroom technologies, is missing from this report. Also, the Math

department has a “classroom on a cart”, at least 10 laptops that can be

brought into a classroom for students to use. The Math department

also has a TI system that allows simultaneous display of multiple

graphing calculators to be shown to the teacher and other students.

Kettler 227 is outfitted with Media Site live (allowing classes to be

recorded on DVD for storage and distribution), 2-way capability,

Elmo, computer, ceiling projector, audio amplification and multiple

screens

Description of Instructional Technology Location Comments

PC workstation, audio mixer and power amp w/speakers, LCD

Projector & VHS player 116 Operated by Distance Ed/CASA

Rack-mounted mixer and power amp w/speakers

Ceiling-mounted LCD projector, VHS/DVD combo

Overhead transparency projector 117 Room requires LRC computer cart request

Complete Crestron touch panel controlled A/V system


Teaching computer installed in new Spectrum lectern

Overhead transparency 118

Classroom technology installed 01/07,

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Projector & VHS player 216 Math department

Multiple lab workstations

Networked printers 217 Open Lab














Ceiling-mounted LCD projector

Multiple lab workstations 234 CELT lab

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Overhead transparency 239 Classroom technology installed 01/23




























Overhead transparency 249 Classroom technology installed 01/25




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Multiple lab workstations

Networked printers 204A Open Lab

LCD projector & Teaching Workstation G13 Banner training room



Overhead transparency projector G29 Room requires LRC computer cart request




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Overhead transparency G50 Classroom technology installed 01/15









Observed student technologies:

Cell phone, PDA, laptop computers, iPod, iPod equivalent device,

math calculators Open

Open areas for student study

First floor, Second floor, Third floor

KT178 Smartboard, audioconference telephone

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MEMORANDUM

TO: ITCO Committee

FROM: Suzanne Rumsey

DATE: April 18, 2007

RE: Neff Hall Technology Inventory

I volunteered at the ITCO meeting on April 10, 2007 to inventory Neff Hall’s uses of technology. The following table lists the

location and a corresponding description of observed technology uses. I toured the building in the later afternoon of April 10.

Generally, the list includes all “open” classrooms that are not department specific. I did get a tour of 233, the Education Department

Teaching Lab, and 34, an open Nursing lab. However, I was unable to tour the rest of the Nursing Labs/Rooms, the Dental Labs, or

the Business Department. Further inventory might need to be done of the technologies used in these departments.

Neff Location Description

370 LCD Projector on cart, Computer on Cart

369 Psych Labs: contact department for details

366 Business Management Student Center: Contact department for

details

355 Conference Room; Overhead Projector but no screen

333 2 overhead projectors, LCD projector, podium computer station,

VCR, DVD, Laserdisk, Audio Mixer, Speakers

3rd

Floor Hallway Copy Machine



274 Audiology and Speech Library: 6 computers

257 Conference room… overhead projector

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251 Overhead Projector

237 Education Curriculum Computer Lab 4 computers in first room, all

macs

*233 Education Curriculum Computer Lab and Teaching room 24 Mac

computers, TV, Teacher desk, overhead projector, printer

2nd

Floor Hallway Copy Machine, Scantron Grading Machine,

149 Overhead Projector









133 LCD projector on cart, Computer on cart

1st Floor Student

Lounge

Broken TV, Copy Machine, 2 computer kiasks, vending machines

1st Floor Lounge

Hall

1 computer kiask

Lecture/Recital

Hall

Class in session…couldn’t see


VCR, DVD, Laserdisk, Audio Mixer, Speakers, Computer Lab with

28 PCs

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76 TV Cart, LCD cart, Computer Cart, Overhead Projector

74 LCD projector on cart, Computer on cart



27 PCs, 2 printers

71 Open Lab with student help center, 24 PCs, 2 Imacs, 2 printers


VCR, DVD, Laserdisk, Audio Mixer, Speakers, cart with Slide

Projector

41 Locked???



22 PCs, 2 regular printers and 1 "special printer" for design class

*34 and 34A Nursing Computer Lab 11 PCs, 3 TV carts, headphones

30 DocuCam, TV, LCD projector, podium computer station, VCR,

DVD, Laserdisk, Audio Mixer, Speakers, Nursing Stuff



24 PCs, 2 printers

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Science Building

NOTE: There are at least 3 classrooms on the ground floor of SB that have installed classroom technologies, including ceiling

mounted projectors. GR

The two big lecture halls in the building (rooms SB185 and SB168) have computers, computer projectors, slide projectors, overhead

projectors and sound systems. The other rooms in the building are supplied with equipment on an as-needed basis by LRC. We tend

to get year round loans of overhead projectors for use in our labs, but any other equipment must be brought in daily on an as needed

basis.

The rooms in the Science Building were all built with AV kiosks in the back of the room. The kiosks are fully wired and

connected to controls in the front of the rooms. There just was never any equipment purchased to go in the kiosks to actually

use. As a result, the AV kiosks either sit empty or have been turned into storage cabinets for extraneous material.

It would be wonderful to have computers and projectors in each lab room on a daily basis. Such items as SMART Boards would also

be great. SMART Boards ( http://smarttech.com/ ) are becoming common in the local primary and secondary schools, but we have

never experienced them here. We cannot even play DVD's or VHS tapes without having to schedule projectors that are hauled in.

Such things as small flexible video cameras to show small items, demonstrations on the instructor's desk, papers, etc. on an overhead

video screen have never even been seen on campus.

Yes, there is a student computer lab on the ground floor of the Science Building. This is strictly for student use. It is nearly

impossible to take even a small group in there to work. As a result, this facility should not be considered an available Science

Building teaching technology.

The bottom line is that in the Biology department's standard teaching areas there is essentially nothing available other than activated

network drops and an empty, non-functional, AV kiosk. Any improvement to the equation would be greatly appreciated. I'll be glad

to provide a tour of the "facilities" if you would like to view the situation for yourself. I have approached ITS about this situation in

the past, and was told that the Science Building would have to wait and that other areas, i.e. Kettler Hall, were being upgraded first.

Other Science Building instructional technologies

228 (Student center): 2 Workstations and 1 laser printer.

227 Mineralogy Lab: 1 Workstation w/dual monitor

1 Video camera connected to microscope w/monitor.

270 Astronomy/GIS lab: 7 Workstations w/ArcGIS 9.0

Roaming: 1 laptop and 1 projector on a cart.

This setup is used for many purposes including showing power

point presentations, playing DVD movies, and accessing the Internet.

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Chemistry Department:

• Atomic Absorption Spetrophotometer: Perkin Elmer 107

• Chemistry Stockroom

• Computational Chemistry: Silicon GraphicsOrigin 200, IBM RS6000.

• Dry Box: Vacuum Atmospheres

• Fluorimeter: SPEX Fluorolog 3

• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrophotometer: Nicolet Magna 550

• Gas Chromatograph: Shimadzu GC-8 and Gow Mac

• Gas Chromatograph Mass Spectrometer: Finnigan GCQ

• High Performance Liquid Chromatograph: Spectra Physics

• Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometer: Leeman Labs Plasma Spec

• Magnetic Susceptibility Balance: Johnson Matthey

• Mole Hole

• Nanosecond Laser Flash Photolysis Laboratory: Surelite Continuum Nd-YAG laser

• Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer: 200 MHz Varian Mercury 5 Nuclei System

• Protein Electrophoresis: PHAST Pharmacia Amershan

• Refrigerated Microcentrifuge: Eppendorf

• Scanning Tunneling Microscope: Burleigh Instructional

• Thermogravimetric Analysis: Dupont Instruments 951 Thermogravimetric Analyzer

• Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometer: Hewlet Packard 8453, Cary 1

• Undergraduate Analytical Chemistry Laboratory

• Undergraduate General Chemistry Laboratory

• Undergraduate Inorganic/Physical Chemistry Laboratory

• Undergraduate Organic Laboratory

• X-Ray Diffractometer (Geosciences Department): Philips APD3520

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COM and ILCS Departments – One committee member surveyed the faculty of COM and ILCS

1) What technologies do you use for instruction in the classroom?

! Web

! PC station, mac laptop, projector, DVD, VCR

! computer, Internet - including playing music and video files, DVD/VCR, projector

! Mostly, Chalkboard and chalk - Occasionally, computer w/ projector (to show how to do research on web) and speakers

(to play audio clips for students to analyze)

! dvd/vhs, video projector, computer, webct, internet, various video production technologies, Macintosh computers, Apple

Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack, After Effects, ipfw web page, power point, Windows moviemaker

! DVD, projector, internet, youtube, WEBct

! WebCT Powerpoint

! lcd with dvd, groupwise, powerpoint, word documents, overhead projector

! computer with internet and lcd, web ct, powerpoint, blogs

! computer, LDC projector, word processor (Microsoft Workd), PowerPoint Presentations, Microsoft Media Player (audio &

videos), Internet connection (essential). Online Textbook through QUIA website ("Mosaicos" Spanish online textbook).

2) What technologies do you use for instructional purposes outside of the classroom?

! Web and email

! laptop, wifi, adobe connect, webct

! email, blog

! "users.ipfw.edu" (p-drive) web site - e-mail - *NOT* WebCT - it's too clunky to be practical

! All of the above plus Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Windows office software, DVD copying software, video

compression software

! internet word powerpoint publisher

! WebCT Word Oasis

! groupwise

! web ct, blogs, email, etc

! computer, internet connection and web research, all Microsoft Office (e.i Excell for grades and record keeping), I-tunes

(music & podcasts for information, audio, & video resources). Online Textbook through QUIA website ("Mosaicos"

Spanish online textbook). E-mail.

3) What instructional technologies do your students use in the classroom?

! None

! PC station, projector, DVD, VCR

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! computer, Internet - including playing music and video files, DVD/VCR, projector

! Mostly pen and paper

! All of the above


! PowerPoint Word Video

! lcd with dvd, groupwise, powerpoint, word documents, overhead projector

! powerpoint

! Everything that can imply from first question.

4) What technologies do you know that your students are using for learning outside the classroom?

! Web and email

! adobe connect, webct

! email, Internet

! Internet, particularly, my users.ipfw.edu site, e-mails I send w/ links, and Ebsco and other databases via Helmke Library

! internet, web pages


! groupwise, Helmke Library tools such as EBSCOhost

! internet, blogs

! Internet, all the facilities at IPFW Language Lab (audio, video, online assignments or practice software).

5) What virtual environments such as virtual office hours or videoconferencing do you or your colleagues use for

instructional purposes?

! none

! adobe connect for live video/audio/text meetings

! students can always contact me via our class blog or through email

! E-mail works well enough for those purposes for me

! virtual office hours

! ?

! I've used virtual office hours but only in my online class. I've never done videoconferencing, but hope to soon.

! Just frequent e-mail messaging with students to address their concerns or questions.

6) What instructional technologies get used for your courses outside of the classroom, but in a physical setting,

such as a lab?

! no idea

! Depends on the student. Some use Connect and Webct in the labs

! n/a

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! N/A

! Video production and post-production technologies at CATV5

! ?

! cds, dvds, internet exercises,

! Internet, all the facilities at IPFW Language Lab (audio, video, online assignments or practice software).

7) Please include any additional information that you think might be helpful to long range planning efforts to

improve instructional technology at IPFW

! ITS refuses to provide ANY assistance to students using computers off of campus. If we are going to require more

advanced programs for our online courses, this has to be rectified. Make Quicktime easily available on all lab computers

(put on desktop. Make Firefox the default browser. Have hheadphones available in the labs.

! My students and I have had trouble using WebCT, and I've had trouble each semester with my IPFW email. That is

partly why I've chosen to do a class blog - so they can access it from anywhere - and use a different email account - so I

know my emails go through and that I receive emails from them. It might help to make sure all classroom computers

are equipped with Real Time, Quick Time, etc. so that all video and audio clips will play from the Internet. When we've

tried to download the programs needed, we can only go so far before we need an administrator to log on and give

permission.

! The new stations that were installed in classrooms over the winter holidays are excellent! - WebCT is now too

cumbersome to be practical (older versions weren't) so I use other tech to work around it - There will always be a need

for on-the-fly presentation mechanisms like chalkboards and whiteboards

! We need more smart classrooms for multimedia-based classes (e.g. media and film studies classes).

! It is sometimes difficult to play video from certain sites. ie youtube.com

! we need more (and more reliable)smart classrooms on campus.

! Because LRC and Campus Switchboard is not available past 6pm, it's REALLY difficult to have technical assistance during

an evening class (e.i. a computer/LCD projector is not working). More than once I've needed to change the format of my

class at the last minute because of technical problems. Another issue for me has been that students need to miss my

class time (evening) because they're having a simultaneous chat/forum for another class. Finally, this is a comment I

received from a student this semester. In general, for a lecture, students prefer powerpoint presentations to

transparencies. Also, they can tell when a powerpoint presentation has been used in the past and has not been up-

dated. So, it's important that faculty use instructional technology with professional standards because many students

are very technologically proficient already.

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4. Institution-wide pilot projects/instructional technology initiatives

! IM Library Reference Service (planned for summer 2007) Library

! Mobile Teaching Environment program (CELT, ITS, LRC)

! LEAD grant program, which aims to foster the exploration of innovative instructional technologies OAA, CELT. ITS

! Podcasting (Library and CELT)

! Streaming video server (CELT, CS, ITS)

! Studio M (CELT and ITS)

! Adobe Connect (CELT, ITS, Library)

! e-Instruction (clickers) CELT and ITS

! Blogs/Wikis CELT and ITS

! Classroom technologies ITS

! Digitizing media CELT and Media Production Services (LRC)

! Turnitin CELT, Writing Center, ITS

! Media site live (located in KT 227) CS and MPS

! Apreso CS and ITS

! Learning commons Library, CELT, ITS

! IPFW Share server (Jeff Nowak’s) LEAD Project CELT and ITS

! Institutional Assessment software project, since the use of the software depends on the articulation of learning

objectives/outcomes at the course level (which impacts instruction) OAA, Office of Assessment, ITS

! ePortfolios (inside WebCT, inside the Inst. Assessment software, TaskStream, the general idea of and how we would want to

support this assessment tool?)

! test scoring technology CELT

! re-consideration of the technologies facilitating student evaluation (both on paper and online) CELT, CS, ITS

instructional technology coordinating committee … technology coordinating committee report to itpc...

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