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Technology @ DWU

Dakota Wesleyan University has made a strong commitment to providing contemporary technologies in support of teaching and learning.  Following are summaries of technologies available on campus.

TigerNet
TigerNet, based upon the Jenzabar Internet Campus Solution (JICS), is the campus course management system and portal to a wide range of other information.  More than 70% of all DWU faculty employ TigerNet to help facilitate student learning in at least one of their courses.  TigerNet also provides students, faculty, and staff with convenient login access to their personal, academic, and business information in Dakota Wesleyan's administrative computing systems.

MyWeb
MyWeb is the personal web space provided to DWU students, faculty, and staff for display to the general public as well as the campus community.  Both students and faculty use MyWeb for their personal web sites, posting of course materials and/or assignments, and other means of self-expression within the constraints of the campus Policy on Acceptable Use of Information Resources.

Electronic Portfolios
The faculty voted to use student portfolios for assessing student learning. The process of university level assessment is accomplished mainly through a student electronic portfolio. The electronic portfolio contains a collection of artifacts representative of the student’s abilities, skills, ideas, and values. The portfolio provides an overview of a student’s general education learning experiences at DWU and documentation of achievement of university student learning outcomes. The contents of the portfolio will include student scholarly work and co-curricular achievements that will not only enable faculty to assess the achievement of the university student learning outcomes but also make improvements that enhance student learning as well. DWU will begin implementing e-portfolios during the 2008-2009 academic year. Students will use web authoring software to create their e-portfolios.

Online Surveys/Evaluations
As a benefit of Dakota Wesleyan's membership in the TLT Group, we have access to Flashlight Online, a versatile tool for online surveys and course evaluations.  Flashlight Online may be used by students for such purposes as surveys in conjunction with course projects, and by faculty and administrators for a variety of research projects such as alumni surveys, campus opinion surveys, and collection of information from the Mitchell community and prospective students.

Wireless Network
W wireless networking was initiated in 2000 and now extends to nearly all classrooms, residence hall lounges, the university apartments, and the Rollins Campus Center.  DWU's wireless network provides access to many potential users in many campus locations without physical network connections.

Computer Labs
DWU’s IT department maintains four computer labs for use by students, faculty, and staff.  The labs in Smith 102 and Education 108 are often used by classes but are available for open computing at other times (and sometimes during classes, with the instructor's permission).  The Library Instruction Lab is located on the second floor of the McGovern Library. This is lab is often used for library instruction sessions. It can be reserved by contacting Jodie Cole (x2619). The Multimedia Lab, located in McGovern Library, is a specialized, all-Macintosh multimedia production lab that is available to students in selected majors after hours, with faculty approval. 

There are numerous mini computer labs across campus. One of these mini-labs is located in the student lounge in Rollins Campus Center andis open 24 hours a day during academic terms.

Residence Hall Network Access
All DWU residence hall rooms (except for the apartments) are wired with two network connections, allowing students who bring their own computers to campus access to the campus network and Internet.  In addition, as noted above, wireless network access is available in residence hall lounges and throughout the university apartments.

Technology Classrooms
The majority of DWU classrooms are permanently-equipped as technology classrooms, with ceiling-mounted multimedia projectors, instructor stations with computers and network access, and full video playback capability.  The few remaining classrooms are served by portable technologies.  All classrooms are also equipped with overhead projectors. According to a 2004 faculty survey, about half of all DWU faculty use technology in the classroom on a daily basis, and more than three-fourths use classroom technology at least weekly.

The DWU Instructional Technology web site is funded through a Title III
grant from the U.S. Department of Education.
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