{"title":"Collecting students' degree of comprehension with mobile phones","authors":"Naomi Fujimura, M. Doi","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181244","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181244","url":null,"abstract":"It is important for teachers to know how well students understand course content. It is possible for teachers to collect such data with a web interface in computer-equipped classrooms, but this is difficult for teachers in traditional classrooms. Mobile phones with Internet capability are very popular among students in Japan, so we implemented a classroom support system to collect students' degree of comprehension of course content using mobile phones. We devised this system to offer better ease of use for both students and teachers. Teachers who use this system can prepare a questionnaire with a web interface and edit the contents and structure very comfortably. The system uses the unique subscriber ID of mobile phones assigned by the communication vendor. After the lecture, teachers can get the summarized and detailed results of the questionnaire through a web interface. Teachers can now get feedback on student comprehension of lectures and use this information to improve future lectures. We are using this system in several classrooms. In this paper, we share our system design, user interface, and our experiences implementing this system in our classrooms.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121739672","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"What trainers can learn from consulting","authors":"Alan Bilansky","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181221","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181221","url":null,"abstract":"I argue in this paper that trainers can learn a lot from consulting experience even if they don't do much consulting. I will discuss some of the ways that training can benefit from our consulting and basic support experience.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134273058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"BITS based imaging process","authors":"Tim Leamy, Rob Smith, Allan Chen","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181259","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181259","url":null,"abstract":"Many universities use Symantec Ghost to image PCs in their campus computer labs. However, issues related to network traffic, multicasting, and file size create numerous difficulties when transferring image files.Tim Leamy at University of California, Davis (UC Davis) created a system using Microsoft's Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) to transfer Ghost images to PC. Allan Chen and Rob Smith have adapted the system to work at Stanford.The system uses BITS to transfer Symantec Ghost .gho and .ghs files to a FreeDOS partition on the client PC. The machine then rebuilds itself at the next reboot locally, making for extremely fast imaging times.BITS, which utilizes standard HTTP protocols, runs in the background using available network bandwidth. This leaves the workstation available for use by students. Because the file transfer is via HTTP, it works over all types of networking and is very robust. The image files themselves are stored on a standard web server. Actual downtime of the client is generally less than 10 minutes.Stanford University has adapted the UC Davis solution in a number of ways. The majority of the work has been in dealing with larger (14GB) image sizes and integrating the scripts and utilities into the Stanford environment. Scripting functionality has remained the same, though many of the actual scripts have been modified.This presentation will examine the original impetus and implementation at UC Davis, and Stanford's experiences in modifying that process to fit our needs.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114407574","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ePortfolio: expanding the educational vision (our educational saga)","authors":"Elizabeth Rugg, Wendy Pearle","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181284","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181284","url":null,"abstract":"Ithaca College, guided by our vision of student excellence and our professional certification programs, set out to use existing and supported technology to help students create and publish ePortfolios. An ePortfolio is an online multimedia-capable portfolio that showcases a student's collection of academic learning, achievements, knowledge, and skills. Depending on the viewing audience, ePortfolios can also be used by external evaluation agencies for institutional accreditation, by the Development Office for marketing, by Admissions for recruiting, by the Provost's Office for teacher evaluation, or by students applying for postgraduate opportunities.Information Technology Services (ITS) provided the ePortfolio service to the community with the belief that \"if we build it, they will come.\" Through trial and error, we developed a student-friendly easy-to-use tool. We will discuss our vision, research, initial pilot program, re-focus, additional research, second pilot program, and the subsequent creation of the Ithaca College ePortfolio Builder.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114957974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Applying constructivist principles to reinvigorate faculty training","authors":"Paul Hyde, S. Nanis","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181252","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181252","url":null,"abstract":"Traditionally, faculty training programs have used Information Technology (IT) instructor-led sessions to impart technology skills through pre-scripted exercises. The selection of topics is typically made by IT staff based on available technologies with which they are familiar. While faculty may find these learning experiences initially satisfactory, they are often challenged to make the personal connection to their specific teaching needs.The University of Delaware has reinvigorated its summer faculty institute program by applying constructivist learning principles. The process begins with a competitive application for participation in which a faculty member identifies learning goals for their students and technical skills that the applicant would like to master along with their current skills and barriers to progress. Upon acceptance, faculty learning styles are profiled. The preliminary information is used to establish objectives, identify session topics, and assign staff roles to meet individual needs drawing from a palette of varied learning situations.The participants are provided a laptop-based technology bundle to accomplish their goals. Faculty members are introduced to successful technology applications by their experienced colleagues. Participants work on a project of their choosing throughout the skill-based sessions. Faculty members have the opportunity to form a cohort for continued learning and support after the institute ends.This paper will detail the conceptual framework of the faculty institute and will describe specific tools including: participant applications, daily surveys, and companion course materials. The authors will share the strategies and challenges of applying constructivist principles to a faculty training program.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122096263","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"IT in the ETD puzzle: making the pieces fit","authors":"G. Hanek, Anita Z. Schwartz, K. Fletcher","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181247","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181247","url":null,"abstract":"While some universities moved to an ETD (Electronic Theses and Dissertations) program in the previous century, many have still not fully embraced this method. Perhaps it is a lack of awareness or coordination of services among students, departments, colleges, Graduate School, Library and IT (Information Technology). However all who have moved agree the effort spent to develop an ETD program can save money for the institution and for the students as well.This panel session by staff from Indiana University Bloomington, University of Delaware, and West Virginia University will present their perspective on ETD at their institutions, the ETD development process and life cycle, and provide specific resources and recommendations for growing an ETD program. The primary focus of the discussion will be on the role IT support may play during the creation and publishing of an ETD, and IT support before, during and after an ETD program has been established, and how to grow that support effectively. Audience participation will be strongly encouraged.The ETD programs of these three institutions represent different levels of program maturity and IT support in ETD programs.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"65 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129107542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Reactive to proactive support: a corn dance","authors":"Michael Blanco, Kay White","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181223","url":null,"abstract":"The Linfield College support desk was disorganized and inefficient. The number of Integrated Technologies (IT) department personnel had remained static while the staff, faculty, and student populations grew. We could not keep up with the growing demand for service, our work queues grew longer, and we could not stay on top of viruses and malware. Our mission was to reinvent the support desk to meet the growing needs of the campus community but we were technicians, not managers, and this project was outside of our experience.The resources available for our reinvention project were limited. The IT staff was few in number with only a couple of student workers for assistance. Money for IT infrastructure upgrades was scarce. We spent our time in crisis management rather than preventative maintenance.The Fall 2005 Special Interest Group on University and College Computing Services (SIGUCCS) conference presented a variety of new ideas that gave us the direction we needed to make our support desk project succeed. Returning to campus, we had a fresh perspective for our IT support desk. We automated our network security with Cisco Clean Access and developed an assembly line for repair work with increased student worker technicians. TheBrain™ software centralized support desk management and helped us develop an \"on demand\" phone support. The campus support desk now offers increased network security, a wider range of services and faster repair times.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"29 6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132684827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Expanding communication mechanisms: they're not just e-mailing anymore","authors":"Cynthia A. Murnan","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181275","url":null,"abstract":"Students are walking around with cell phones, making calls and text-messaging. For many, this has now become their main communication mechanism with friends and family. College faculty and staff still count on e-mail as the main communication tool, amongst themselves and with students. Student demand for e-mail accounts from new students before they even arrive on campus has increased exponentially in the past couple of years. Web pages are used to provide information to the outside community and internally, across campus. Web pages have often become the main mechanism for providing step-by-step documentation. Meanwhile, wikis, blogs and MySpace® have entered the online communication world. Students look at our web pages, but how often? They all have college-provided e-mail accounts, but do they use them? What is the best mechanism these days to get the word out, and what will be the mechanism in the future? This paper will explore the mechanisms and approaches that students, and others on campus, are using to communicate now, and will present thoughts on where we're going in the future and the impact that will have on user services.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132161901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Outside the boundaries of printing: not just your 8.5 x 11 standard sheet anymore","authors":"Kristina A. Cunningham, Tammy Browning","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181233","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181233","url":null,"abstract":"Who needs more than 8.5 x 11 black and white printing? That is the question we are asked a lot here at the University of Missouri (MU). More and more printing done by students is for assignments and projects that do not use standard 8.5 x 11 paper. Even if students are using standard size paper, they want to print using color. For example, advertising classes at the School of Journalism and the Environmental Sciences department require assignments with intense graphics that are normally out of the scope of standard size black and white printing. How can a university meet these needs with limited resources.This paper will talk about the history of the Print Smart services offered to students at the University of Missouri; discuss different printing options available to students (such as color printing, plotter printing, and wireless printing); explain how we set pricing for different printing options; and list other options students have as far as printing out of the typical printing boundaries both on and off campus.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131730739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Moving beyond the boundaries: student, staff and faculty technology education","authors":"Michelle Eccles","doi":"10.1145/1181216.1181239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1145/1181216.1181239","url":null,"abstract":"How do you offer technology education to 2000+ students, staff and faculty in a timely and resource-saving way and maintain quality and relevance? WSU Vancouver Information Services (VIS) began offering free technology workshops to small groups of students more than 10 years ago. The challenges of offering relevant technology training to increasing numbers of students, staff and faculty include finding instructors, providing good documentation and scheduling the large number of offerings. VIS has met these challenges in interesting ways. VIS is moving beyond the boundaries of traditional technology education to expand opportunity, skill and experience to the students, staff and faculty of WSU Vancouver.","PeriodicalId":131408,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of the 34th annual ACM SIGUCCS fall conference: expanding the boundaries","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2006-11-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125455231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}