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["Lawrence A. Rowe" <>]

BERKELEY MIG SEMINAR (http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/mig)

Seminar: "An Analysis of Technology Enhancements in a Large Lecture
          Course at UC Berkeley: Costs, Culture, and Complexity"
Speaker: Diane Harley (CSHE, U.C. Berkeley)
Date/Time: Wed October 16, 2002 12:00-1:30 PDT (8-9:30 PM GMT)
Place: 405 Soda Hall, UC Berkeley
Webcast Info:
   http://bmrc.berkeley.edu/bibs/instance?prog=1&group=25&inst=853

ABSTRACT

This research project analyzed economic and pedagogical questions
related to the use of on-line lecture and laboratory material in a
large introductory Chemistry course at UC Berkeley. The technology
enhancements in this course included: 
  1. deployment of on-line quizzes and pre-laboratory assignments; 
  2. conversion of the lecture chalkboard content to PowerPoint 
     slides; and, 
  3. broadcast of video lectures, with synchronized and indexed 
     slides, over the Internet for on-demand replay. 
We undertook a quasi-experimental two-year study (September 2000 
to June 2002) to determine: 
  1. if the utilization of on-line teaching materials results in 
     significant restructuring of staff time in laboratories and 
     lectures, 
  2. if teaching facilities can be used by more students, and 
  3. if the technology enhancements affect student performance 
     and/or attitudes. 

A primary goal of this study was to place our findings within the 
larger context of the institution. Therefore we used a wide range of 
data collection techniques to track student and staff behavior, 
economic costs, and campus culture. What emerged is a rich, yet 
complicated, profile of the effects that technology enhancements 
have on the individuals and organizations involved in implementation 
and testing.

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or other technologies.  For more details see
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