Name:
AH 105 e-classroom technology
FiscalYear:
2013
Audience:
Arts & Letters, College of
Submitter:
Lowe, Ben
Budget Manager:
Dimaggio, Kathleen M.
Project Manager:
Lowe, Benno P
Dept. Chair:
Lowe, Benno P
Local IT:
Topple, Gregory L.
Dean:
Johnson, Linda K.
Facilities:
N/A
OIT:
Campbell, Glen R.
Year 1:
$ 26,176.21
Year 2:
$ 0.00
Year 3:
$ 0.00
Total:
$ 26,176.21
This technology fee proposal is requesting to upgrade
classroom AH 105 (room 105 in the Arts and Humanities building, #52) for
instructional purposes by installing a Digital Media Presentation System 300
that will include a multimedia projector, receiver and room controller with
scaler, DVD player, document camera, 109” D wall mount screen with black window
shade, 18”-wide screen sympodium, a Dell computer with monitor, and all
hardware and electrical upgrades needed to operate it properly. This is the university standard developed by
OIT for e-classrooms.
The Department of History serves nearly 300 undergraduate
majors and a sizeable Master of Arts program.
This classroom space is used to deliver several of our seminar courses,
including the capstone course HIS 4935: Senior Seminar, as well as all graduate
history classes. Each semester the
faculty member(s) assigned classes in AH 105 must request a projector cart from
Audio-Visual Services because the room is not equipped for media
presentations. The AV cart is limited in
what can be presented as it does not allow for the use of online instructional
materials.
It is proposed that the instructional media be presented
through a mounted ceiling projector that will project onto a screen that can be
pulled down in front of the window. The
black shade will keep light from interfering with the quality of the
projection. This projector and the
hardware connected to it would be operated from a module on a small podium
connected to a computer, thereby allowing instructors to connect to the
internet and FAU hard drives.
The history department seeks to provide its students with the
best possible learning environment available.
Access to smart classroom technology that meets university standards
should be available in this classroom space.
E-classrooms are the tool for more effective and efficient
teaching. Technology enhances the
ability to teach courses using digitally-generated lecture materials, access to
internet resources, and digital media (CDs, DVDs, flash drives, etc.). History is often grasped through audio and
visual content, whether it is in historical photographs, maps, films, music,
original documents, art works, archaeological diagrams, or paleography, either
studied separately or in combination with each other.
Having an e-classroom in AH 105 will also further specific
department assessment goals regarding student learning. Instructors need to evaluate visual, oral,
and critical thinking skills, and by presenting research through appropriate
media (PowerPoint, CDs, DVDs, website projects, YouTube videos, etc.), these
kinds of assessments can be done much more effectively, and students are better
prepared for the technology requirements that come with whatever future
endeavors they undertake, whether they continue their education or enter the
job market upon graduation.
In addition, there are many ways turning AH 105 into an
e-classroom fulfills the goals of the university’s 2012-17 Strategic Plan. The strategies recommended for reaching Goal 1: Enrich the educational experience,
include to “increase use of social learning technologies” (A.5.) and “increase
support services and technologies that promote e-learning initiatives”
(D.9.). Even more directly and broadly, Goal 4: Leverage momentum toward achieving
FAU's strategic goals by being good stewards of its human, technological,
physical and financial resources, would be met by refitting the classroom,
especially strategy D.4: “Increase the number of ‘next generation’ classrooms,
video conferencing and open instructional labs and increase the use of
commercially available software products for all to utilize new technologies to
their fullest potential.”
It is therefore critical to the fulfillment of the history
department’s academic goals to have even its small classrooms upgraded so that
the last educational technology can be utilized to both facilitate and enhance
instruction.
There are no personnel costs.
There are one- to three-year warranties on all equipment. The department will pay for replacements of parts that wear out..
There are no matching resources available for this project.
Fiscal Year 1 | Fiscal Year 2 | Fiscal Year 3 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Hardware One-Time | $ 26,176.21 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 26,176.21 |
Hardware Recurring | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Software One-time | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Software Recurring | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Personnel One-time | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Personnel Recurring | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Other One-time | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Other Recurring | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 |
Totals | $ 26,176.21 | $ 0.00 | $ 0.00 | $ 26,176.21 |
Filename | Size | Description |
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FAU AH 105 Classroom.pdf | 26,939b | AVI SPL itemized estimate |
MPR Electrical.pdf | 4,007,633b | Minor Project Request for electrical upgrades with itemized costs |
MPR for network ports.pdf | 2,912,417b | Minor Project Request for network ports with itemized costs |