Out go those spiral notebooks: some IHEs are requiring students, faculty to use tablet PCs.Mayville State University Mayville State University (MSU or MaSU) is an institution of higher learning in Mayville, North Dakota, part of the North Dakota University System. The university has an attendance of around 600 students. The school athletic teams are called the Comets. (N.D.) is conducting an experiment that is unlikely to be published in an academic journal: they are among the first campuses in the country to provide their full-time students Full-Time Student A status that is important for determining dependency exemptions. An individual enrolled in a post-secondary institution may be eligible for certain tax breaks. Notes: The full-time status is based on what the individual's school considers full time. and faculty members with tablet PCs. Though it will take a couple of years for Mayville State to assess the functional value of tablet PCs on campus, Chief Information Officer Keith Stenehjem thinks they will provide "additional flexibility" to their more than 900 full-time matriculated students and instructors. "Our campus since 1997 has been a ubiquitous notebook campus," says Stenehjem. All tablet PCs, provided by Gateway, have been issued by the school for a two-year period, and in that time, the PCs receive software updates and maintenance. The search for the ideal notebook PC began in November 2004 when the campus decided to experiment with different model But the Gateway M275 struck administrators as a great solution since it allowed students to take notes that would become digitized, said Stenehjem, thus eliminating ink and paper. He also noted that faculty members would have more flexibility as well, as they would have a "digital whiteboard Digital Whiteboard is a technology that allows you to manipulate an image or virtual image and capture or record your actions digitally. This technology can consist of a projector, electromagnetic pens and sensors or a digital display with a touchscreen. at their fingertips "Fingertips" is a 1963 number-one hit single recorded live by "Little" Stevie Wonder for Motown's Tamla label. Wonder's first hit single, "Fingertips" was the first live, non-studio recording to reach number-one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the United States. ." Stenehjem said it was very important to Mayville State that faculty would have access to the same tool as students. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the EDUCAUSE Core Data Service Summary Report for 2003, 3.5 percent of all IHEs surveyed provided their students with computers. Included in that figure are Winona State University Winona State University is currently in the process of implementing a program dubbed the "Learning for the 21st Century Initiative." Previously it was called "The Winona Experience," which generated some controversy, and before that "The New University. (Minn.), Florida A&M Law School (Fla.), and Dakota State University It is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and in 2004 was designated by the National Security Agency as a National Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance Education. DSU is home to the Smith-Zimmermann Heritage Museum and the Karl E. (S.D.), all of whom have become pioneers in the adoption of not just computers, but tablet PCs, on their campuses. Education and business majors on Mayville State's campus will learn valuable skills, says Stenehjem. Future teachers can use tablet PCs like applications used by working teachers. And business majors will learn how to make presentations. "No matter what [students'] socioeconomic background is" says Stenehjem, Mayville State will create an "even playing field" with the adoption of tablet PCs. |
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