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Faculty Survey Reveals Academic Technology Needs, Patterns of Use

As a service organization, it's critical that ATUS hears directly from faculty members regarding both academic technology needs and satisfaction with technology services. For that reason, ATUS conducted a qualitative survey of Western's faculty last spring to learn more about preferred teaching styles of faculty, current and planned use of academic technologies, and faculty experience with ATUS support. Highlights of the survey are summarized below ...

Survey Methodology

The purpose of the survey was to help answer the following questions about

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Student Survey

The latest Western Educational Longitudinal Study (WELS) report provides valuable information on student use of academic technology...

 
Classrooms Enhanced

Relief is on the way for those faculty members who have been unable to obtain the type of mediated classroom they prefer for teaching...

 
Classroom Design

In the spring of 2006, work will begin anew on renovation and mediation of up to thirty existing classrooms on the 4-Year Classroom Renovation Plan...

Wireless Availability

Big improvements are in store for Western's wireless computer network thanks to another Student Technology Fee grant. This year's grant funded twenty new laptop computers...

 
Harden those soft passwords

ATUS is working with faculty to research and evaluate Digital Asset Management Systems (DAMS) for use at Western. The possibilities of digital asset repositories for Western...

Office 2003 Software

In one sense, the concept of online portfolios of faculty and student work is nothing new. Writing programs and Art departments have been using them...

Student Survey

During the last few years, there has been a growing movement around the world to find alternatives to using often expensive mainstream computer software...

 
Classrooms Enhanced

ATUS has the pleasure of introducing four new staff members in the area of multimedia services and the Help Desk...


About ATUS News Online

This is Fall 2005

Academic Technology News is a production of Academic Technology & User Services, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington 98225-9094.

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Larry Gilbert
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Susan Brown, Nancy Grayum
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Fred Robson, Terry Dayton, John Farquhar, Patricia LeClaire, Larry Gilbert, Nancy Grayum, Linc Nesheim
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Personal Data Backup

Shared P:drives United

Access Your Network Files from Anywhere

Student Tech Center Responsive and Growing

Print Release Stations Installed
Blackboard Upgraded

Image Projection into the Future

 

 

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