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Question 5: (continued)
In what specific ways can De Anza make better use of technology to support learning and teaching?
Responses
De Anza needs a modern, functional website. We should be using the site to provide
instructional resources for specific classes, and many of these resources should be visible to
prospective students -- not only to those enrolled in a class. Students should be able to see
what a course entails before they enroll, and a syllabus doesn’t give a good preview. A good
course site can serve as an advertisement, pulling students in. It can help build a program’s
reputation. Building a truly useful course website is a big job, but it should be a shared
responsibility for faculty members and support staff. Unfortunately, the web tools provided by De
Anza do not seem to support the development of good sites. Aside from the course information,
which is generally lacking, De Anza’s current site is a morass of recursive clicking. Each page
seems to consist mainly of menus and links, with only isolated bits of useful information. It’s not
a satisfying experience, and it doesn’t make De Anza look good.
Again, start moving stuff completely online.
De Anza needs to figure out a way to prevent someone else (other than the registered student)
from submitting another's work on line but under the name of the registered student, i.e.
plagiarism and cheating.
Don't employ systems that move the students away from the human interaction with the faculty
and administration
Emphasize and/or more training in Universal Design.
Examine greater incorporation of social media and messaging tools to connect with students
and communicate course content and assignments
Have more cables available in the classroom or on loan at the bookstore or division office to
have better connection with equipment. Have more players that work better with captioned
videos, etc....
Have more people on hand to help answer questions when technology doesn't work or people
are confused
Having Javier in the PSME division to help immediately was great (PSME uses a lot of non-
district-standard software). This support position for PSME needs to be filled ASAP. Smart
classrooms with 2 screens and 2 document cameras.
Having more instructional courses for use of specific program.
having similar platforms. I now have around $300 of dongles to attach my laptop & iPad Pro to
various systems.
HDMI ports in every classroom. :) The new blu-ray players do not automatically show captions
on discs that DHHS has already captioned. More print kiosks for students, and an easier way to
upload money or more print stations that accept cash.
how about having division TI experts that are focused on the hardware and software needs of
their assigned division?
If the portal would allow teachers to email students from their phone, that would be the single
greatest thing that could happen for world peace. When an instructor is running late, to be able
to stop for two minutes and fire off an email to warn students...that would be friggin' awesome.
Instructors should have access to previous courses.
invest not only in the technology but also the need for championing, supporting and
troubleshooting the technology in an ongoing way
Is there a way to have the student body card have more features available so we can use it to
have students check in to areas they're looking to receive services from? I'm hoping that our
new phone system will have texting capabilities attached to it as more and more students are
asking for that.
Keep things up to date.
Methods for understanding what materials exist and easy ways to share.
More access to in class computers or computer labs to help teach students research
techniques.
More distance learning instead of classes to times when nobody can take classes.
more faculty support for training in new software more classified professionals to meet
instructional media needs
More features on Catalyst (the moodle version we are using is so stripped down and doesnt
provide instructors with options to provide more engaging experience for students). More
reliable and faster wifi (internet connection). Get rid of chalk board in S34/35 etc and provide
white boards (not a technology suggestion, but a useful one). More training for faculty to use
interactive, engaging teaching tools in classroom. Oppourtunities for faculty/staff to showcase
what they are doing in the classroom, through technology workshops.
More Ipad Carts for students to use in specific LINC programs.
More support.
More videos for troubleshooting audio-visual issues in the classrooms; videos that help you
learn about HDMI, DVI and different types of equipment. A kit one can purchase at the
bookstore (discount for teachers!) with all the cables and connectors one might need to avoid
calls to ets when a classroom emergency arises. More clearly written knowledge base that are
easy to access by staff to avoid calls to ets. Support for using mobile devices in catalyst.
Marketing PDF files one can email to prospective students, family and friends that showcase
benefits of De Anza. An easier process for faculty to create their own De Anza hosted websites
so they won't all use disparate methods for putting up sites.
More ways to embed video in our website, in our departmental webpages.
My opinion is that Ipads could be used in classrooms if all student's and instructors had them
and were taught how to use hem efficiently.
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