Introduction
Index to Courses Currently Using Instructional
Technology at WSU
Last updated April 4, 1996. Please send additions, corrections,
and comments to Learning Systems Group,
lsg@mail.wsu.edu
On February 9 of 1996, the faculty were asked to supply information about their use of the Internet, the Web, and computer-based multimedia in their courses. The response was more than gratifying. We received over 100 replies within three working days. This report is a compilation of all the responses received to date. Represented in this report are nearly 50 departments, approximately 110 faculty and well over 200 courses.
Please note that this report is an inventory in progress. It is recognized as being incomplete in a number of respects. First, it is understood that this report does not yet represent all the departments, faculty and courses in which technology is being used to support learning and teaching. Nor does this report represent how technology is being used in courses to contribute to learning and teaching. For some of the courses reported, there is missing data. And while we checked our work, there is likely some incorrect data. If you have the time to review this report, we would be more than happy to add any missing data and/or make needed corrections. Also note that we are currently in the process of collecting and tabulating the course stage data, and thus this column is blank at present.
In the next few days, we will be sending a packet to each department that will include the relevant portion of this document for inspection and a form to be filled out and returned for corrections and additions.
To address our needs in a more systematic manner we are working with Don Dillman, Director of SESRC, to design a professional study. Don and a graduate student in Sociology are proposing a comprehensive baseline study. As proposed the study would commence this Spring. We would hope to replace the current course inventory with a professional comprehensive study. We will keep you posted as plans for this study unfold.
The following header is used at the beginning of the listing for each department:
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Course ID and Course Name are as they would appear in the WSU Time Schedule.
Fall, Spr, Sum are the number of students taught in the course in the Fall, Spring, and Summer terms.
When is when the course is planned to be taught. If not now, then when.
Em is whether the faculty member expects to communicate with the student via e-mail for obtaining assignments, assessments, or other discussion about the course.
Web is whether the World Wide Web is used as a part of the course, either as a repository for learning materials or for exploration.
MM is whether the instructor uses multimedia in the course.
St is the current stage of development of the course. Please note that we are in the process of collecting and tabulating the stage data, and therefore this column is currently blank. The following stages are recognized:
These stages are not intended to be viewed as mutually exclusive, but rather they indicate increasing levels of understanding and commitment to the use of advancing technology. Stage 1 typically involves an attempt by faculty to incorporate newly evolving technology into an existing course structure. As the faculty increase their understanding of how to use this evolving technology, and they begin to discover creative ways of using new technology to enhance the learning process, their courses enter the second stage of development. As the new technology begins to have an increasingly greater impact on courses, it becomes necessary to rethink the curriculum itself, a process that needs to collaboratively involve the entire community. Courses produced by this process are in the third stage of development.
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