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  • Allan Gyorke 11:03 am on December 13, 2011 Permalink |
    Tags: December 2011   

    Paperless University 

    Looking ahead to 2012, I can see ETS exploring ways to help faculty and students transition into more of a paperless environment. Aside from environmental concerns, the paper that we use in academia can be expensive for students considering the cost of textbooks and the paper-based workflow that on-campus students use to print materials, take notes, share drafts, and submit assignments. Many students quickly run through their printing allotment and then have to pay per page.

    This isn’t new to many of you. As Ann Taylor pointed out, in an online class, electronic submissions are the norm. I’m not sure what your faculty do with those submissions though – do they like to print them out and grade by hand? Do they stay completely electronic? And are they using electronic textbooks themselves, or do they prefer print? Can students order electronic textbooks – and do they take advantage of the extra features such as self-quizzing? What about trends in libraries lending out electronic books?

    I don’t want to preach to the university about the virtues of going paperless. I’d like to hear what this group sees going on in this space and then talk to faculty about theory versus reality. I can see us creating some models and best practices that can guide other faculty who would like to give this a try.

     
  • Chris Millet 10:37 am on December 6, 2011 Permalink |
    Tags: December 2011, echo360, , panopto   

    I thought this group might be interested in a preview of the lecture capture pilot for this Spring semester. We’ll be testing two LC solutions – Echo360 (which we used in the Fall), and Panopto (new). Panopto is an entirely software-based solution, and will be hosted in the cloud. In general it has many similar features to Echo360, and actually came in a close second in our initial evaluations. We hope the comparison will help us assess both the relative technical stability of the product as well as any differences in student/faculty perceptions and learning outcomes.

    The rooms we’re in will be:

    Forum 102: Echo360 (software)
    Forum 111: Panopto
    Kern 112: Echo360 (software)
    Sparks 10: Echo360 (appliance)
    Business 104: Panopto

    Also, I am conducting my post-semester assessment for Fall right now, which includes student surveys, and student and faculty focus groups. We had conducted surveys pre-semester as well. The data already is very interesting, and I look forward to discussing with all of you as soon as it’s ready.

     
  • Cole Camplese 10:37 am on December 5, 2011 Permalink |
    Tags: , December 2011   

    Looks like we will be able to fit one more eEducation Council meetings in prior to the break. I think given the strain of the last month or so we will all be happy to find time to get away and reflect. There are so many things happening in and around PSU that it is never hard to fill 90 minutes, but I wanted to solicit ideas for the next meeting … we can do some updates if that is needed, but we can also take the time to continue our discussion of eLearning tools and approaches. Leave a comment below or email me ideas … I will be assembling them into an agenda by the end of the week.

    Remember, any updates you share should be tagged with “December 2011” … see you soon!

    The December meeting will be held in 118 Wagner on 12/14/2011 from 3:00-4:30.

     
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