Recipient Project Abstracts
Spring 2006
Technology-based
Research Category:
Education and
Information Access of Clinical Nursing Students: Impact of PDAs
PI: Loretta White, Co PI: Dianne E. Nelson, Baccalaureate & Higher Degree Nursing
Student
nurses are taught to seek accurate and up-to-date information in
order to provide safe and effective nursing care. However, access
to this information is often a problem on a busy clinical unit. The
purpose of this pilot study is to examine the effect of having a PDA
loaded with reference materials at the bedside so that the students
can use clinical information at the point of care. Impact of PDAs
on the students' information seeking behaviors, clinical planning
and decision-making, as well as perceived learning experiences will
be evaluated. A repeated measures design will be used to compare
students’ experiences with and without PDA access.
Intercultural
Research Project across Continents: Indiana State University and
Hassan II University, Mohammedia, Morocco
PI: Ronald W. Dunbar, Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Co PI: Leslie Barratt, Languages, Literatures, and
Linguistics
Faculty in the ISU Department of Languages, Literatures and
Linguistics and the American Studies Department at Hassan II
University - Mohammedia in Morocco have designed a project to use
Adobe Connect (Breeze) videoconferencing technology to allow ISU and Moroccan
students to directly interact with each other on joint research
topics. Students enrolled in Professor Leslie Barratt's LLL 400
senior capstone course on languages and cultures will be teamed this
April with students in the American Studies classes of Professors
Karim Bejjit and Abdelmajid Bouziane in Morocco. The students will
work in pairs using one-on-one videoconferencing to study common
misconceptions of American and Moroccan cultures. The project is the
pilot phase of a larger project between the 2 departments to connect
ISU and Moroccan students studying languages and cultures.
Tablets: Assessing
Student Interactions in Special Education
PI: Robin Burden, Elementary, Early, & Special Education
A documented
area of need in the field of special education is the ability to use
assessment to drive decision making. Teaching, Assessing & Building
Learning Experiences with Technology (TABLET) will define and expand
the use of the Tablet PC in this area. Tablets will be used as tools
to actively engage student practitioners in field experiences to
efficiently gather assessment data and effectively manipulate that
data to drive decision making. Tablets will be used as innovative
pedagogical tools to dynamically impact teacher-learner interactions
in the classroom.
Teaching,
Assessing, and Building Learning Experiences with Technology
(TABLET)
PI: Vanessa L. Coonrod, Communication Disorders
Speech-language pathologists must develop the ability to use
assessment to drive practice and to establish practices that provide
efficacious treatment (i.e., evidenced based practice). Teaching,
Assessing & Building Learning Experiences with Technology (TABLET)
will define and pilot the use of the Tablet PC as a pedagogical
tool, clinical tool, and student learning tool in the field of
speech-language pathology. Specifically, use of the Tablet pc will
allow a comprehensive course delivery format, allow for a pilot
study into use in the clinical rehabilitation setting, and allow for
student feedback into the usefulness of the Tablet pc in both
clinical and classroom settings
Using Technology
to Research Assessment Driven Decision Making
PI: Melissa Nail, Elementary, Early, & Special Education
A documented
area of need in the field of education is the ability to use
assessment to drive decision making. Teaching, Assessing & Building
Learning Experiences with Technology (TABLET) will define and expand
the use of the Tablet PC in this area. Tablets will be used as tools
to actively engage practitioners in field experiences in efficiently
gathering assessment data and effectively manipulating that data to
drive decision making. Tablets will be used as innovative
pedagogical tools to dynamically impact teacher-learner interactions
in the classroom.
Emerging
Technologies
Developing a
Virtual Mentoring Program for Career and Technical Education
PI: Davison Mupinga, Industrial Technology Education
Mentoring is
when experienced teachers act as guides, role models, counselors,
and friends to beginning teachers. Lately, face-to-face mentoring
has been hampered by costs and the national shortage of qualified
and skilled teachers. In career and technical education, mentors can
be a critical factor in the decision by many teachers who are
recruited direct from industry and have no teacher education
backgrounds, to leave the profession within their first few years.
The proposed Virtual Mentoring Program, or E-Mentoring, will locate
experts in career and technical education disciplines, train them as
e-mentors, and set up a support system and an electronic exchange of
information between new teachers and the experts.
Incorporating
“Multisim” Simulation into Introductory Circuit Courses
PI: Yuetong Lin, Electronics and Computer Technology
CoPI: David Beach, Electronics and Computer Technology
The project
intends to introduce a popular computer-aided simulation program, “Multisim,”
into circuit classes in the ECT curriculum. The following objectives
will be achieved: first, to expose students to this state-of-the-art
simulation tool for educational purposes; secondly, to enhance
student understanding of fundamental concepts and theory in circuit
analysis using hands-on experiments; thirdly, to develop a lab
manual that can be used for future offerings of the class; and
finally, to teach students a systematic approach to problem-solving
with modern tools and technology.
Innovative Technology in Teaching
Geography and Geology
PI: James H. Speer, Geography, Geology & Anthropology
CoPI: Sandra Brake, Geography, Geology & Anthropology
The
Geography and Geology programs will implement new technology
teaching equipment to improve the education in our programs. Many
of our upper division courses and seminar series are taught in rooms
without built-in means for PowerPoint lectures. This minigrant will
convert one of the main classrooms to enable the projection of
microscopic images from petrographic and dissecting microscopes by
purchasing a microscope camera that connects through the computer
for screen projection. Students will also be able to capture images
from the microscopes for the purpose of class projects and students
research.
The Use of Adobe Connect
(Breeze) & Videoconferencing
Technology for Educational Foundations Delivery
PI: Bradley Balch, Educational Leadership, Administration, &
Foundations
CoPI: Susan Macke, Educational Leadership, Administration, &
Foundations
The purpose
of this project is to pilot the use of Adobe Connect (Breeze) technology in an
Educational Foundations Web course, EDLR 608 - School and Society.
To overcome some of the barriers of traditional Web courses and to
enrich the distance learning experience, Adobe Connect (Breeze) technology will 1)
provide technology for face-to-face interaction in three “class
meetings,” 2) enable students to do group projects and
presentations, and 3) allow the instructor to share instructional
materials using voice-over PowerPoint presentations. The project
will provide 22 Adobe Connect (Breeze) peripheral kits that will be loaned to
students and returned so that they can be used for the next class.
The project will also support a national study of Foundations
programs that utilize technology for course delivery.
The Use of Current
Technology to Support Hands-On Experiences for Music Education
Students in Conducting Classes and Marching Band
PI: Doug Keiser, Music
This grant
would allow for the acquisition of digital video cameras and
marching band show design software that would impact our programs
and music education students by: 1) Implementing a conducting
curriculum which gives students an unprecedented amount of
conducting experience with live musicians and the ability to
immediately view and evaluate their performances on individual
DVD's; 2) Allowing for the opportunity for students to design
marching band shows using the most current software, teach their
drills to our marching band, and immediately view and evaluate their
drills and their rehearsals; and 3) Digitally recording marching
band performances and uploading the video to a Web site for viewing
by current students as well as prospective students.
Use of
Adobe Connect (Breeze) to Create a Classroom without Walls
PI: Kimberly Fredericks, Political
Science
The purpose
of this project is to demonstrate the feasibility of using
Adobe Connect (Breeze) as a vehicle for incorporating Distance Education
Students within the on-campus classroom environment. Through the use
of Adobe Connect (Breeze), a digitizer, and a technology enhanced
classroom, distance education students can participate alongside
on-campus students in real time. Evaluation of the project will
consist of the assessment of the use of the technology itself by
both on-campus and distance-based students, as well as the close
monitoring of student achievement in the course. It is hoped that
once the feasibility for this type of classroom format has been
established, it can be used in other courses as a method of
instruction and delivery.
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