2005 Classroom Technology Survey
We asked the faculy how to improve the technology they use in classrooms so that they can focus their classroom time on quality teaching rather than on operating the equipment. Thirty-eight people answered the ninety-nine questions in the online survey. Two more answered all the questions but were unable to submit their responses, due to server failure.Thumbs Up
- 80% answered that when problems with audio-visual equipment occur they are quickly and adequately resolved ("John Squires is indispensable.")
- the new pre-clinic lab is great
- the Ortho Library seminar room is a model for the school
- 71% voted Kellogg Auditorium as the least favorite lecture hall ("a disgrace")
- some data projectors have poor resolution and odd colors
- LCD projector in most used lecture hall is appalling
HIGH PRIORITY GOALS
- upgrade equipment in G390 and G378
- identify and train students for technical support in each class
- add remote mice to classroom computers
- train faculty
- a projector in every room
- DVD/VCR ine very room
- slide projectors are decreasing in importance (28% voted to remove them)
- keep projector up-to-date (most important piece of equipment)
- retain both Macs and PCs
- ensure USB ports on front of all machines
- phase out zip disks
- make the podium laptop-friendly
- install only high resoslution document cameras (low resolution cameras are useless)
- standardize equipment
- provide better documentation
- written instructions should fit on one page (laminated or glued on cardboard to make it difficult to disappear)
- label equipment with numbers
- include basic software instructions
- training for faculty and students at the start of classes
MEDIUM PRIORITY GOALS
- create classroom websites (with functionality chart)
- renovate Kelllogg Auditorium, G378 and G390, 1033 (in this order, as funding allows)
- add videoconferencing
- DO NOT replace slide projectors when they break
- add wireless access
- add computers
- phase in Life Cycle Plan to guarantee standardized equipment, upgraded every four years
- pilot PPT files stored/accessed on central server
- a data projector in every seminar room by the end of the 2008-2009 academic year
- create a plan to upgrade the network including phasing in wireless in the classrooms