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//Selected// resources related to using assessment to inform institutional priorities" shared by Carol L. Smith, [|DePauw University]


 * 1. "[|Leveraging the Interplay Between a Grassroots Pen-Based Computing Pilot and an Institutional Laptop Initiative]"** (w/D. Berque, T. Bonebright, and M. Gough). EDUCAUSE Quarterly Magazine, Vol 32, No. 4, 2009

This tells the story of our decade long pen-based (and Tablet) computing project, particularly from the perspective of how our assessment throughout shaped how we focused institutional resources (e.g., by adding Tablet PCs as an option for our faculty members' desktop/laptop upgrades). While it's focused on just one project (pen computing), it also provides a illustration of how we explored lots of new ways of incorporating and supporting instructional technology across campus with the support of our grant from the Lilly Endowment 7 years ago and how we determined which elements to operationalize on an institutional level.


 * 2. What Students Want, February 2010 issue of Campus Technology magazine**

This article describes some assessment methods we use to understand students needs and expectations so we can provide the right sets of tools and resources that they need to learn and live.


 * 3. Dr. Dave Berque, Dr. Terri Bonebright and others' assessment work at DePauw which focused on the impact of pen-enabled computing on teaching and learning:**


 * Description of the Hewlett Packard Teaching with Technology DyKnow-Related grants []
 * Berque D., Assessing the use of DyKnow Ink and Audio Tools: If you Record it Will They Still Come?, in “The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen-based Computing on Education: New Horizons”, Purdue University Press, December, 2009.
 * Berque D., Byers C., Myers A. Turning the Classroom Upside Down using Tablet PCs and DyKnow Ink and Audio Tools, in “The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen-based Computing on Education: Evidence and Outcomes”, Purdue University Press, December, 2008.
 * Berque D., Bonebright, T., Dart, J., Koch, K., and O'Banion S. Using DyKnow Software to Support Group Work: A Mixed-method Evaluation, in "The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen-based Computing on Education: Beyond the Tipping Point", Purdue University Press, July 2007.