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. This is our third and final
request. 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 or 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 all questions
are open-ended. Some can be answered with
a word or a number; others may require
most 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 Monday, September 13, 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 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
E-mail your response to mnmk-lws@nich-
nsunet.nich.edu
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