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Conference Session
Computer Education Innovations I
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Alisa Gilmore, University of Nebraska, Lincoln; Herbert Detloff, University of Nebraska, Lincoln at Omaha
Tagged Divisions
Computers in Education
the Introduction to Robotics students conducted by Dr. NealGrandgenett, Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Nebraska-Omaha (UNO),and Dr. Elliot Ostler, Professor of Education at UNO. The course instructor was not presentduring the focus group session. It was conducted with 2 weeks remaining in the course.Analysis of Assessment DataThe pre and post survey results revealed an increase in the students’ perceived technical abilitiesand measures of self-efficacy in the overall group of seniors at the end of the semester (questions11 – 14) compared to the subset of Introduction to Robotics students surveyed earlier in thesemester, prior to CEENBoT™ exposure. However, additional studies are needed todifferentiate the specific
Conference Session
Tablet and Portable PCs for Education
Collection
2010 Annual Conference & Exposition
Authors
Julia Williams, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; M. Hossein Hariri, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Sudipa Mitra-Kirtley, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Shannon Sexton, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Tagged Divisions
Computers in Education
ability. In addition, eachinstructor developed a set of learning outcomes specific to the course, and students weresurveyed on their self-efficacy with the outcomes both pre- and post course. The mid-coursesurvey contained 6 items identical to the pre-course survey. These items included comfort withvarious hardware devices, enjoyment of the tablet PC, and note preference and reference. Thepost-survey consisted of 14 items. Eight of the items were identical to the pre-course surveyaddressing comfort with various hardware devices, enjoyment of the tablet PC, note preferenceand reference, and confidence in learning objective ability. Additional items on the post-coursesurvey included those assessing technology used by both the instructor and student