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Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 CS 3.4.12 The institution’s use of technology enhances student learning and is appropriate for meeting the objectives of its programs. Students have access to and training in the use of technology. (Technology use) Compliance Judgment: X In compliance Partially compliant Non-compliant The following narrative provides evidence that the use of technology at FMU: Enhances student learning Is appropriate for meeting the objectives of its programs Ensures that students have access to technology resources Ensures that students have training in the use of technology. Rationale: As the following sections show, all University departments and schools integrate technology with teaching and learning throughout their curricula and in several facilities, effectively providing “new technology” within a traditional liberal arts education” (“Purpose – Mission Statement,” p. 7).1 Student Access to Technological Resources To ensure that students have ample access to technological resources, Francis Marion University provides the following campus-wide resources and services. Academic Computing Center The computer center provides: 6 classroom labs designated for student instruction An open student computer lab Information technology resources and services for instruction and research Technology workshops for students and faculty A campus-wide network Campus-wide email. 341 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 Cauthen Educational Media Center The media center provides: Non-print resources Technology support Media-equipped classrooms Computer carts for instruction and student presentations. In addition, FMU’s Media Center houses and maintains the following for student and faculty use: Cauthen Educational Media Center Equipment 16mm Movie Projectors Amplifiers Audio Boards Audio Cassette Players & Recorders DVD Players DVD/VHS Combination Units Filmstrip Projectors Laminating Machine ($.50 per foot) Mini-DV Camcorders Opaque Projectors Overhead Projectors Portable Screens Record Players Reel-To-Reels Satellite Receivers Slide Projectors & Viewers Speakers Stereos with CD, Cassette, and Tuner S-VHS Players/Recorders Televisions Tripods VHS Camcorders VHS Players/Recorders Video Projectors Table 1: Media Center Equipment James A. Rogers Library The library provides: Numerous electronic databases to access information and sources Two student computer laboratories. 342 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 University Writing Center The Writing Center provides: A computer lab for student use Web-based diagnostic exercises that can help students identify specific problems in grammar and writing mechanics Computer-based instructional software programs for student use, including specific software for second-language speakers. Students’ Training in the Use of Technology Student’s orientation to technology begins in their General Education courses and extends throughout their academic experience. According to the 2006-2007 Catalog, all FMU students are required to complete Computer Science 150 as a general education requirement (p. 64).2 The course provides students with an introduction to microcomputer hardware and software. Topics include: Computer fundamentals Word processing with MS Word Electronic spreadsheets with MS Excel. Using computer software, logic, and long-term planning, students in this course develop data presentations that are well-organized and designed for ongoing updates. Examples include creating sortable data tables; using mail merge functions for mass mailings; developing long documents with tables of contents, headers and footers, and section breaks; and using spreadsheets for payment tables and linear regressions (“CS 150 Information,” p. 77).3 In addition, the University’s broad-scale technology initiatives include using: The Internet Wireless Routers LAN server and switcher On-Line registration Campus E-mail accounts Blackboard Departmental Computer Labs SMART® Board technologies in classrooms Microsoft Office Suite, especially Word PowerPoint 343 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 Excel Publisher Adobe Suite Multimedia carts equipped with PC computers Scanners Printers Digital Cameras DVD/VHS players Tape Recorders Televisions Ceiling Projectors Overhead Transparency Projectors CD Players Library Databases Departmental and faculty web pages to access additional course information. Discipline-Specific Technologies In addition to the campus-wide technologies mentioned above, many departments have specific facilities, equipment, and software for student use. Department of Biology The laboratory classrooms are equipped with additional technologies allowing students to digitally record data of physiological and environmental conditions and regularly use a host of software and equipment. This equipment, technology, and software includes: Audio recording Cell culture Computer simulations Chemiluminescence Digital data recording of physiological and environmental conditions Electrophoresis Fluorescence microscopy Gene cloning GIS GPS Histology Immunoassays Light microscopy PCR Rapid identification of bacteria 344 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 Recombinant DNA Statistical analysis Spectroflourometry Spectrophotometry Video recording Computer Simulations Digital data recording GIS software GPS Image analysis Spreadsheets Statistical analysis and presentation software Word processing. Department of Chemistry Each chemistry classroom is equipped with a ceiling-mounted LCD projector. A portable LCD projector is available for use in Leatherman Science Facility 303 and for off-campus presentations. The classrooms are equipped with additional technologies, including: CAChe Spartan Interfaces Instrument control or data acquisition with Logger Pro and Graphic Analysis. CAChe is used for Molecular modeling in the Honors and the 200-level courses. Spartan is used for modeling in the 400-level courses. Instruments are routinely attached to computers for instrument control or data acquisition. Computers with suitable interfaces are used for data acquisition with Logger Pro in 100-level courses. Students are required to take online quizzes and watch pre-lab videos stored on the computers in the Media Center. Several courses require that students complete PowerPoint presentations at the end of each semester. Graphing, spreadsheets and word processing are widely used. Department of English, Modern Languages and Philosophy Room 108A in Founders Hall is equipped with a SMART® Board, which is commonly used by students and faculty for instructional purposes. All professional writing courses are taught in the computer labs in the Academic Computing Center. 345 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 The first-semester composition course, English 111, includes a lab experience; in addition to three hours per week in a traditional classroom, students spend two hours per week completing writing assignments in a computer-integrated lab environment, located in Founders Hall 114-A. Many faculty host course accounts on Blackboard, a web-based course management program, used for presenting assignments, conducting discussions, answering questions via email, receiving students’ completed projects, and posting grades securely. Students in English 112, 200, and upper-level courses are required to submit assignments that are word-processed. In English 200, students learn research techniques for locating materials in the library databases and on the internet; methods for evaluating internet sources are also addressed in this course. In addition to the resources in the computer labs, the English 111 lab, and the Modern Languages lab, students have access to a suite of computers in the Writing Center, located in Founders Hall 114-C. The faculty in the Modern Languages department regularly uses the Language Lab, located in the Media Center, for instructional purposes. These computers are equipped with Sony Soloist, which allows students to practice interactive language pronunciation, recording, and comprehension exercises. Students in English, Modern Language, and Philosophy regularly use a host of software and equipment, including: Fireworks Macromedia Dreamweaver Elmo document projectors. Department of Fine Arts The classrooms and labs are equipped with additional technologies, including: Alias Maya Auralia Cakewalk Fetch Finale FontLab iMovie Macromedia Dreamweaver and Flash Protools 346 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 Quark Xpress Virtual Pose Software 1 Digital projector Mac computers 15-20 analog cameras Photo card readers Analog lighting Ceramics kilns Sound equipment 1 Film scanner. The photography lab includes 16 - 18 digital cameras of various capabilities and brands that are used for teaching photography courses. The music program makes use of software such as Auralia, Finale, Protools, and Cakewalk. In theatre production, students are taught lighting and sound design/production by using: Computerized light boards 4 digital color scollers Sound computers. The costume shop makes use of the Virtual Pose software for teaching costume design. Department of History Outside of the classroom, historians communicate with students via email, and Blackboard. History professors make assignments involving various internet sites and the Departmental web page located on the FMU website. Department of Mass Communication The classrooms are equipped with additional technologies including: Acrobat Camtasia Final Draft AV iMovie iPhoto iTunes Mac Tiger OSX Media Player Safari. 347 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 Department of Mathematics Math students regularly use a host of software and equipment, including: Calculator Emulators (TI-84, 83, 73, 89, and 92) Silverfrost Fortran Complier Derive Geometer’s Sketchpad Graphing calculator (TI-73, 83, 84, 89, or 92) Maple Matlab MyMathLab Norton’s Ghost software. To assist with daily assignments, the Department has two computer labs, each containing 25 computers. One lab is used primarily for instruction and the other is used as a student lab. During lab hours, students can access MyMathLab to complete online tests and quizzes and use other mathematical software to complete homework and projects. A Department server provides student accounts for various math courses, including Math 212 and 304. Four classrooms are equipped with SMART® Boards which are commonly used by students and faculty for instructional purposes. Notebook software from SMART® Tech and PowerPoint from Microsoft are used to create lessons. Department of Nursing Nursing students regularly use a host of software and equipment, including: ADAM software Electronic Documentation Electronic Medication Administration System Media Player PALM Held Computers Simulated patient scenarios Synergy Software. Nursing students are required to use the internet to access case studies, evidencebased practice issues, and online videos for the skills lab and legal and ethical issues. The internet is also widely used for research. PALM hand held computers allow students to retrieve information on disease processes, medications, and laboratory results. Simulated patient scenarios allow students to see and hear abnormalities in a real human. ADAM software helps to enhance the visual aspects of learning. To help 348 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 develop study habits as well as test-taking strategies, Synergy software is used to identify individual learning styles. Outside the classroom, many students communicate through Blackboard by posting comments on the discussion board. The Digital Drop Box is used to submit journals and papers. All nursing students are required to take the HESI ASSESSMENT Exam at the end of the second semester of their junior year. As seniors, they must take the HESI Exit Exam, which is also computerized. Department of Physics and Astronomy Within the department, three classrooms contain multimedia projection systems with permanently mounted LCD projectors. Instructors use the Dooley Planetarium star projector and auxiliary projectors for both lectures and laboratories. Physics and astronomy students regularly use a host of software and equipment including: Dooley Planetarium’s star projector and auxiliary projector Geiger Counters High-Purity Germanium Dectors Maple Starboard Interactive Pen Display TLD readers Van de Graff Generator Web simulations/video Voyager IDL. In addition students often use C/C++ and FORTRAN computer languages. The department houses a computer laboratory equipped with software needed for the Physics and Astronomy laboratory assignments and the Computational Physics classes. FMU also houses an Observatory on campus that is extensively used by the Astronomy faculty and classes. Computers at the Observatory are equipped with Starry Night Pro for student and public use. In addition, The Observatory is equipped with various telescopes which include: 4 additional 8-inch telescopes A 5-inch refractor telescope A 12-inch Dobsonian telescope A 14-inch permanently mounted Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. 349 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 Department of Political Science and Geography Students regularly use a host of software and equipment including: ArcView GIS mapping software SPSS statistical software. Instructors and students access and utilize the internet for email exchange, on-line library and web searches, collection of internet documents, access to faculty web pages and specialized web pages, and other activities. Department of Psychology Students regularly use a host of software and equipment including: 3 eClicker system portable stations I-clicker clicker system PRS Interwrite clicker system Psych Info QLocal software SPSS StatPlus with data analysis software Two-field tachistoscope. The computer classroom contains an instructor’s machine and 20 additional machines for student use, all connected to the web. The computer lab contains 13 desktops to assist students with daily assignments. To grade psychological tests, faculty and students both use QLocal software. Department of Sociology Students regularly use a host of software and equipment including: Random number calculators Citation Machine(s) Ethnograph Online data sites (U.S Census, Bureau of Justice, Scorecard) SPSS. The internet is used for gathering random samples of populations and providing references for student generated papers. 350 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 School of Business Students regularly use a host of software and equipment including: SPSS Web based interactive software. Students use the various technologies for their students in Accounting, Economics, Information Systems, Quantitative Methods, and Business Writing. The School of Business has an agreement with Microsoft that allows students to use specialized software, such as Microsoft Project, for no additional charge. School of Education Students in the School of Education regularly use a host of software and equipment including: AlphaSmart text processors GPS handheld units Palm handheld units Science probe ware. In June 2000, Francis Marion University’s School of Education was awarded a $1.2 million PT3 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to train future teachers to use technology in the classroom (Thayer).4 In addition, a subsequent state grant was awarded to improve the range of technological resources available to South Carolina students. Action Plan: Implement the following improvements: X Maintain our ongoing practice, as is. None required. Evidence: The supporting documents that verify this compliance judgment include: 1 “The University: Purpose – Mission Statement.” Francis Marion University Catalog 20072008. Florence, SC: Francis Marion University 2007-2008, p. 7. Available online at: http://images.acswebnetworks.com/2017/614/0708Catalog.pdf. 351 Comprehensive Standard 3.4.12 2 “General Education Requirements.” Francis Marion University Catalog 2006-2007. Florence, SC: Francis Marion University 2006-2007, p. 64. Available online at: http://alpha1.fmarion.edu/~catalog/Cat0607/ZundergradAcadPrgms.htm#genlEdRqmts. 3 Covington, Margie (Assistant Professor of Computer Science/Mathematics & Coordinator of Computer Science Program). “CS 150 Information.” Florence, SC: Francis Marion University, p. 77. Available online at: http://images.acswebnetworks.com/2017/614/CS150InfoMCovington.doc. 4 Thayer, Barbara (Director, Teaching Materials Center). “RE: Questions about SACS Draft CS 3.4.14.” Email to Lynn Hanson. 01 November 2006. p. 1. Available online at: http://images.acswebnetworks.com/2017/614/ThayerREQuestionsaboutSACSDraftCS3414 .pdf. 352