iPad Use Among Freshmen Honors Students [Summary Report]

The College at Brockport Honors College Scholarship awards iPads to incoming freshmen. This report summarizes findings of post and pre surveys measuring: (1) the extent and nature of use of the iPad among freshmen Honors students, and (2) their reported level of satisfaction regarding the iPad in terms of functionality (support, connectivity, wi-fi, etc.), and usage

Creating an Open Access Journal from Startup to Launch

Learn about best practices to follow when creating a journal from the managing editor of Dissenting Voices, a student engineered eJournal collaboratively designed, authored, and published by undergraduate Women and Gender Studies majors in connection with their Women and Gender Studies Senior Seminar at the College at Brockport

What Did I Say?: Using a Paperless Advisement Process [poster]

Poster presented at the SUNY CIT 2014 annual conference offering a look at how faculty advisers can electronically record, retrieve, and share information discussed during advising sessions, whether in-person or virtual. The College at Brockport has enhanced its Web Banner Advisees’ List to (1) display imaged documents from each student\u27s paperless record and (2) provide the ability to add pertinent information as a result of advising sessions, email, or other forms of communication

Banner Document Management: Remarkable Improvements

In 2013, The College at Brockport was presented with the Ellucian Inspire Award for achieving measurable improvements in the College’s admissions and student record/business processes through the application of Banner® Document Management (BDM) and EMC ApplicationXtender® along with local modifications that extended BDM functionality. Since 2010, the College at Brockport’s document imaging project team has worked closely with campus service departments to create a collaborative process of imaged document sharing based on best practices defined by the collective departments. Key desired improvements to the BDM product include Population Selection access to document index values from locally created views as well as numerous Self-Service Banner integrations and enhancements: (1) Application and Document review modules; (2) Descriptive image displays specifically for advisors, students, and faculty/staff; (3) Note keeping; (4) Recommendations

Banner Document Management at The College at Brockport

Learn how The College at Brockport’s Banner Document Management (BDM) / AppXtender project earned the 2013 Ellucian Inspire Award for achieving measurable improvements in admissions and student record/business processes. Key BDM developments include Self-Service Banner integrations and enhancements

Faculty/Staff Technology Support Initiative: E-readers and Tablets for Education

This grant supported the purchase of 6 NOOK Simple Touch (and protective covers); 3 NOOK HD (and protective covers); 5 Apple iPad Mini (and protective covers); 14 media pouches for the purpose of exploring what role the Library (or College) should play in a digital and print campus

Does the Homework Format Really Matter? The Impact of Homework Format and Learning Style on Accounting Students’ Learning Engagement and Academic Achievement

The experience of students submitting written homework is compared to those using online homework platforms at a college in the northeastern United States. Results indicate that online homework platforms can increase student engagement in the course when students are satisfied with the platform’s functionality and when students believe the web-based tool matches their own learning style. Findings suggest that students not inclined towards e-textbook use might be willing to set aside their preferences and try an online homework platform if they believe that the experience will be compatible with their learning style. Given the links between perceptions of learning style and platform functionality with positive student perceptual outcomes, results indicate faculty may be able to increase their students’ sense of efficacy towards online homework by demonstrating a positive attitude toward the platform, and showing their own engagement with web-based tools

Does the Homework Format Really Matter? The Impact of Online Homework Assignments and Learning Style Fit on Accounting Students’ Learning Engagement and Academic Achievement

Is there a significant difference in learning engagement and academic achievement between students using online homework and students submitting written homework

Business Students’ Learning Engagement as a Function of Reading Assigned E-Textbooks

In this chapter we report findings from a quantitative and qualitative pilot study of students from a single university setting in the northeastern United States. The majority of participants were enrolled in either face-to-face or online sections of a business course in organizational behavior, and the textbook modality included both open (PDF) and proprietary (CourseSmart) digital formats. The key research questions focus on the degree to which students feel satisfied with electronic textbooks (e-textbooks). We also explore correlates of students’ satisfaction and their positive attitudes regarding the functionality of the use of e-textbooks by examining the impact of prior coursework and students’ concurrent use of other Internet sites, e.g., social media networks, while reading e-textbooks. Specifically, we explore the extent to which students’ positive attitudes toward the functionality of e-textbook use is sufficient to result in students’ engagement. Engagement is measured via their intentions to buy additional e-textbooks in the future, their course grades, and their perceptions of comprehension of the material over time. Students’ overall satisfaction with the e-textbook is likewise explored to determine impact on the same measures of engagement

A Review of Social and Relational Aspects of Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson's Disease Informed by Healthcare Provider Experiences

Background. Although the clinical effectiveness of deep brain stimulation (DBS) in Parkinson's disease is established, there has been less examination of its social aspects. Methods and Results. Building on qualitative comments provided by healthcare providers, we present four different social and relational issues (need for social support, changes in relationships (with self and partner) and challenges with regards to occupation and the social system). We review the literature from multiple disciplines on each issue. We comment on their ethical implications and conclude by establishing the future prospects for research with the possible expansion of DBS for psychiatric indications. Conclusions. Our review demonstrates that there are varied social issues involved in DBS. These issues may have significant impacts on the perceived outcome of DBS by patients. Moreover, the fact that the social impact of DBS is still not well understood in emerging psychiatric indications presents an important area for future examination