Dear listserv subscriber:
Are you an educator using an electronic whiteboard in your
classroom (the tangible electronic whiteboard, not the
virtual whiteboard found in conferencing software)? If so,
we solicit your comments on how you are using this
technological device. We are seeking narrative evidence of
how the electronic whiteboard is used in the classrooms of
higher education. This is bona fide research. We have
absolutely no affiliation with manufacturers of these
devices. The researchers have published extensively on the
subject of instructional technology and learning for
several years.
Here???s how to participate: copy and paste the questions
below into a new e-mail directed to
mnmk-lws@nich-nsunet.nich.edu
(PLEASE DO NOT ???REPLY??? TO YOUR LISTSERV.) Please answer as
many of the questions below as are appropriate for your
classroom. Please note that most questions are open-ended.
Some can be answered with a word or a number; others may
require more extensive response. Some questions call for a
"yes-no" response, but feel free to elaborate on any answers.
We are interested in your explanations.
To ensure that your comments are included in our analysis,
please e-mail your answers by July 16, 1999. We respect
your anonymity as a participant and will not associate your
e-mail name with your responses and will not contact you in
any other way.
1. Do you use an electronic whiteboard--a tangible one, not a
virtual one--in your classrooms in any way?
2. What is the teaching discipline of the class in which you
most use the electronic whiteboard?
3. What is the title of this course?
4. What is the class size?
5. What is the class level (freshman, sophomore, etc.)
6. Is your electronic whiteboard a copy board, a digital board,
or an interactive board?
7. Is it used in isolation in the classroom, not connected to other sites?
8. Is it connected to other sites in any distance learning initiatives?
9. Is it connected to a projection device?
10. Is it connected to a printer?
11. For what specific classroom activities do you use the whiteboard?
12. Is it used to provide students with notes of class sessions?
13. Do students participate on the whiteboard? Or faculty only?
14. Do you save screens and replay for lecture summary?
15. Do you transmit any results---fax, e-mail, or LAN?
16. Do you use the touch-sensitive feature, if available?
17. Is it used in support of student discussion? Or team activities?
18. How has your depth of coverage in this class been altered?
19. How has your breadth of coverage in this class been altered?
20. Do you perceive that student levels of learning have been altered?
21. Is there one topic where it worked especially well (there???s no substitute
for it)?
22. Do you plan to continue using the electronic whiteboard technology?
23. Is there any particular concept/topic of coverage where you would not use
the board again?
24. What kind of student feedback have you gathered concerning use of
the whiteboard (do they like it, etc.)?
25. Are you a full-time faculty member in higher education?
26. How many years teaching experience do you have?
Thank you for participating in this valuable project.
Betty A. Kleen & L. Wayne Shell
Nicholls State University
Thibodaux, Louisiana
If you have any questions or concerns about this research, feel free
to contact the authors at the email address provided.
E-mail your response to
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