Our group ethnography is centered around observing professors teaching class on campus. We are observing their integrations and use of technology available to them in their classrooms. We hope to gain insight into the role the technology plays in their efforts to communicate concepts. To date we have:
- Established permission and control of classroom remote access systems for observations
- Briefly observed portions of several classes in which technology was being used.
- Formulated the following questions to be asked while observing:
- Is the technology a pivotal element of the lecture or is it an after thought?
- Does the user go out of his or her way to avoid certain pieces of equipment?
- Does the user go out of his or her way to incorporate certain technologies?
- How does the technology broaden the ability of the learner?
- How do users typically address the classroom technology?
- Which technical missteps are common among users?
- How can we best describe the common teaching style of the user?
- How does the user further his or her lecture without technology?
In addition to these questions, we also collect practical quantitative data.
We are looking forward to observing more classrooms in the coming days. We have also obtained information about which classrooms submit the most trouble tickets, which will aid us in selecting rooms to observe on a regular basis. As we are interested in any disruptions that misuse or malfunction of the equipment can cause.
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