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Laptop, e-Scholar Information

 

 

Policies on Laptop Usage and Email Etiquette

Links to the Stout policy on computer usage and to the English/Philosophy department policy on laptop usage.

 

Reports on Student and Faculty Views of the Effectiveness of Laptops

Links to many reports, over three years, that assess strengths and concerns about the laptop program.

 

Teaching and Learning Center Focus Group Report

The results of student focus groups held during spring semester 2004. Students discuss factors that influence their learning.

 

Assessment of Course Management Tools at UW-Stout

The results of focus groups held during January 2004.

 

Discussion Board Checklist

Effective Use of Discussion Boards. [Note: this file is a .doc download]
Also try:
Discussion Board Powerpoint (guidelines and tips) [Note: this file is a .ppt download]
Help for Instructors, the home page for WebBoard Assistance.

 


Information on the laptop program:

Goals of the e-Scholar Program

Goals of the program, goals of assessment, definitions of key concepts.

 

Learning Effectiveness from a Student's Perspective

This key document reports student usage of laptops in courses during the Spring 2003 semester.

 

Digital Learning

A helpful summary of various reports, prepared as part of the 2003 UW-Stout Annual Report.

 

Key Findings From Year One

A brief, complete summary of the assessment performed in 2002-2003

 

Laptop Assessment 2003

Home page of the assessment of the project. Produced by the UW-Stout Office of Budget Planning and Analysis, this page has links to four types of reports:

Assessment Plan
Process Monitoring Results
Outcome Monitoring Results
Laptop Assessment Resources

 

Assessments of Laptops and Learning

A bibliography of articles and websites containing evaluations of laptop programs.

 

Laptop Programs

Links to 164 universities with laptop or laptop-type programs.

 

Benefits of a Laptop Programs

University of Minnesota-Crookston explains the benefits it perceives for students.

 

Evaluation of a Laptop College Program

UM-Crookston's 1995 evaluation of its laptop program, including analyses of student and faculty use and effects.

 

Evaluation of Maine's Laptop Programs

An article explaining the results of assessment of the Maine state-wide laptop initiative.

 

Rockman Evaluation of Maine's Laptop Program

Entitled "Powerful Tools for Schooling," this report analyzes in depth the results of Maine's state-wide laptop initiative.

 

Laptop Use and Impact

Another Rockman report on Maine, presented on the Microsoft Anytime Anywhere Learning Site.

http://www.microsoft.com/education/?ID=AALResearch3

Comments and inquiries may be directed to Dan Riordan riordand@uwstout.edu