Presenter Technologies Location Time
Demaree Macbook student stations, Starboards Weniger 212 9:00 - 9:50 AM
Kayes Student laptops, digital camera, integrated AV and large LCD displays Weniger 112 10:00 - 10:50 AM
Lavery All-in-one iMacs, various AV equipment, large LCD displays Weniger 129 11:00 - 11:50 AM
Quick Apple iPads, microscope cameras Cordley 1021 1:00 - 1:50 PM
Mason Sympodium presentation tablet Cordley 1109 2:00 - 2:50 PM
Wheeler Computer lab management software/td> Cordley 3003 3:00 - 3:50 PM

 

Project Summaries

 

  • Technologies: Macbook student stations, Starboards Department: Physics
  • Department: Physics
  • Location: Weniger 212
  • Presenter: Dedra Demaree
  • Monday, 12/17, 9:00 AM – 9:50 AM

When students walk into the new physics studio in Weniger Hall, they immediately know they’re not in a typical classroom. The room is filled with a series of round tables surrounded by brightly colored chairs. The walls are covered in Starboards, which are like whiteboards that double as giant touch screens. There’s no “front” to this classroom, no teacher-centric orientation. Dedra Demaree is an assistant professor of physics at Oregon State University and the driving force behind the physics studio classroom, modeled after an innovative project out of North Carolina State University called SCALE-UP. The name stands for “Student-centered active learning environment for undergraduate programs,” and it is based on years of research about ways to approach student-centered learning for large groups of students. The OSU space is the only SCALE-UP classroom in Oregon, and is one of the most state-of-the-art SCALE-UP classrooms in the nation.

 

  • Technologies: Student laptops, digital camera, integrated AV and large LCD displays
  • Department: Biology
  • Location: Weniger 112
  • Presenter: Lori Kayes
  • Monday, 12/17, 10:00 AM – 10:50 AM

Multiple cycles of TRF fundings have been used to purchase the technology used in the BI21x laboratories. In our first round of funding, TRF funds were used to purchase laptops for use at the student stations. In our second and third round of funding, we purchased an advanced audio-visual display system that includes high resolution displays, digital projectors, a document camera, microscope cameras and more. Our laboratory is a very wide room and we installed the LED screens on both sides of the room. This increase the image quality and allowed for better viewing at all angles in the room. The system was designed to be user-friendly and meet the needs of over 1150 students and 28 TAs per term that use these spaces.

 

  • Technologies: All-in-one iMacs, various AV equipment, large LCD displays
  • Department: Biology
  • Location: Weniger 129
  • Presenter: Mark Lavery
  • Monday, 12/17, 11:00 AM – 11:50 AM

Using 27” iMacs to enable students to interact with microscopic organisms and specimens individually, in small groups, and with their GTAs. 27” iMacs are interfaced with full motion USB cameras attached to stereo and compound microscopes presenting a large clear image that students can easily interact with. TRF funds were also used to move from overhead projectors to digital teaching stations which include; 27” iMacs, DVD/VCR, Wolfvision, microscopes, HD-LCD displays and Projectors. The goal with both the digital imagery and the teaching stations was to keep things as simple, intuitive, clean, and robust as possible for the end users (960+ students, 12 GTAs, and Instructors each term).

 

  • Technologies: Apple iPads, microscope cameras
  • Department: Zoology
  • Location: Cordley 1021
  • Presenter: Devon Quick
  • Monday, 12/17, 1:00 PM – 1:50 PM

The funded TRF for 2012-2013 was used to upgrade and enhance the Human Anatomy and Physiology teaching laboratories in Cordley Hall. With our funds, we were able to purchase 26 iPad tablets for use by the students and instructors as well as more routine equipment (new computers, monitors, projectors and microscope cameras). Students have found the iPads and their 3D anatomical applications helpful (and dare we say fun?), while the instructors have used them in novel ways (asked students to make videos of joint movements, constructed in class activities using devices) to encourage student engagement with course content. Technically, we manage the iPads using a secure cart that charges the iPads while also allowing us to mass install applications. Additionally, we acquired a document camera that allows the user to write on the projected image. Using this device and a special application for the iPad/teaching desktop, lab instructors have been able to directly annotate projected images during lab instructions while also moving freely through the lab space.

 

  • Technologies: Sympodium presentation tablet
  • Department: Biology
  • Location: Cordley 1109
  • Presenter: Bob Mason
  • Monday, 12/17, 2:00 PM – 2:50 PM

We have been using a SMART Sympodium in my Z371 lecture course. This is called a tablet, but it is really meant to be set up in a lecture hall. Basically, the Sympodium allows you to overwrite “on top” of Power Point presentations. We use it to encourage attendance at lectures because we only publish “skeleton” lectures beforehand. If students don’t attend class, they can get the notes from someone who attended the class. We write definitions, answers to sample questions, draw graphs etc right in the powerpoint lecture. You can also use different colors to circle things, draw arrows, etc. to highlight what you are presenting. I believe that it helps to greatly pace the class and it is definitely helping us to promote active learning on the part of the students. It’s worth seeing what it can do.

 

  • Technologies: Computer lab management software
  • Department: CoSINe
  • Location: Cordley 3003
  • Presenter: Andrew Wheeler
  • Monday, 12/17, 3:00 PM – 3:50 PM

Maximizing the instructional value of computers in a classroom lab while assuring the computers are not distractions can be a daunting challenge. Net Support School is a software package that allows the instructor to fully control how the student computers are used. Here is an abbreviated list of what this software can do:

  • Mirror the instructor computer on any and/or all student computers; bringing the presentation screen to the students.
  • Blank student screens to gain attention.
  • Lock the student’s mouse and keyboard when instructing.
  • Use individual teacher profiles to deliver the features needed by each teacher.
  • One click “request assistance” option for teacher needing tech support.
  • Mirror any student screen to any other monitor in the room
  • Monitor what is on the screen of any computer in the room Restrict access to any application