Name: Jerry L. Haugland
Type of Session: Presentation
Preferred Track: Best Practices
Abstract: The study includes one professor's use of instructional technology to provide course materials for students. PowerPoint and Microsoft Word were used to present materials in the classroom and course web pages were used to make the PowerPoint slides accessible to the students. The study includes the procedures used by the instructor, including the results of a pretest and posttest questionnaire given to students to determine their expectations and the fulfillment of their expectations concerning instructional technology materials.
Description: The instructor has incorporated the use of various forms of computer technology into his accounting classes. Overhead transparencies and video tapes were used but most materials presented to the class were either prepared using PowerPoint or Microsoft Word. All materials shown in the classroom were connected to a central projector and shown on a large, centrally located projection screen in the classroom. Large classrooms also included TV monitors for better student viewing in the back of the classroom.
All lectures introducing new materials to the class made use of PowerPoint presentations. These PowerPoint materials were made available to students as a download from the instructor's course web page(http://cstl.semo.edu/haugland). In addition, a semester course outline and assignments for the course were available on the instructor's web page.
After introducing course requirements and procedures including the intended use of instructional technology, the instructor administered a questionnaire asking students their opinions about utilizing instructional technology in the classroom. Students were asked their opinions about the following areas: (1) the intended use of the course web materials, (2) the intended number of times they would sign on the web pages during the semester. (3) the intended amount of time they would spend using the web pages each week, (4) the expected impact of the course web materials on their interest in the course, (5) the expected impact on their learning of course material as a result of having course web pages available, (6) expected impact on access to course information from having course web materials available, (7) expected impact of having course web materials compared to courses not making course web materials available, (8) the single area of student performance most impacted by having web course materials available, (9) comments concerning the impact of the course web materials on their learning experience, and (10) comments assessing the potential of using course web pages in other courses.
At the end of the semester, students were given a posttest asking their opinions about the fulfillment of expectations as a result of having course web materials available. The posttest questionnaire asked students opinions in the same areas as the pretest questionnaire. The results of the posttest were ten compared with the pretest results to determine if student opinions about utilizing technology increased or decreased after using the technology for a semester.
The results of this study indicate positive benefits to students from the use of instructional technology, but additional studies are needed. Different teaching strategies using different types of instructional technology need to be tested together with the effect the use of instructional technology has on student performance.
Length: 30 minutes
Audience: General faculty
Audience level: Intermediate
On-site equipment requirements: Computer with access to the Internet and PowerPoint installed
Contact Information: Jerry L. Haugland Professor of Accounting Southeast Missouri State University One University Plaza Cape Girardeau, Missouri 63701 Phone Number (573) 651-2089 E-Mail Address: c893bua@semovm.semo.edu Web Page: http://cstl.semo.edu/haugland Fax: (573) 651-2610
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