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ClassTech: A Pilot Classroom Project
In fall 2002 the division of Facilities Planning and Design, in conjunction
with many other campus units, completed new design standards for classroom
technology. These standards established five levels of classroom-technology
design and specified the equipment to be available at each level. Revision
of these standards is ongoing.
In early spring 2003, the Classroom Environment Committee recommended
a pilot project to help NC State get started bringing its classrooms
up to the new standards. Then-interim provost Robert Barnhardt approved
this pilot project, allocating $196,000 for FY 2003, plus additional
funding for installation in FY 2004, and money for maintenance in subsequent
years. The pilot project was known as ClassTech.
Today, the number of ClassTech designed classrooms has increased from 0 in Fall 2003, to 12 in spring 2004, to 20 in fall 2004, to 54 in fall 2005 and to 70 by spring 2007. It is anticipated that the number of ClassTech rooms will keep increasing in the future.
Assessment Strategies
Faculty and student surveys, usage logs, interviews with faculty and IT support staff were assessment methods used from spring 2004 through spring 2005. Principal Investigators provided annual reports for 2004-2005 and 2005-2006. Additionally, based on 2004-2005 LITRE findings and endorsed by the LITRE Advisory Board, another observational study of the ClassTech Project was conducted during 2005-2006.
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