Needs+Assessment

=Needs Assessment=

Our needs assessment covered a number of perspectives. Appendix A contains interview surveys and analysis of responses. The following stakeholders were contacted:

Faculty
 * Current users
 * Non users

Technical Support
 * Current Facilitators
 * Current Director of Instructional Technology Services
 * Technical support staff from other departments
 * Providers of Audio/Visual support and materials construction

Administrators
 * Director of Disabled Students Support Services
 * Outside Administrative consultants

Physical Plant
 * Facilities supervisor

For our needs assessment we also reviewed current usage levels and then analyzed the results and conducted interviews. We found that the current usage levels have drastically reduced from the initial introduction of the center. We found that faculty primarily used the space for grading using the Scantron/Parscore machines and occasionally used a few of the multimedia tools available. Many potential users were unaware of the technologies available in the space. Some users commented they only used the space once and would never use it again.

From our needs assessment we realized that the potential of the room was not being fulfilled. Faculty members did not use the space for learning activities, only task fulfillment. The technology available was not being utilized and often the faculty was not aware of the availability of technology. Outdated materials gave the impression of low usability of materials. The layout discouraged easy entrance and egress. We determined a new layout that emphasized mobility and flexibility was needed. Also, new marketing strategies needed to be created to inform faculty of the resources available and target unmet needs of faculty members. The unmet faculty needs as a collaborative learning space which could enable faculty members to become familiar with sympodium and docucamera functions through using a sample podium. Also providing software “geniuses” to provide on time instruction as the faculty are preparing materials for their presentations.

Background | Needs Assessment | Design Concept | Floor Plan | Design Rationale | Conclusion | Our PowerPoint Presentation | Appendix A | Relevant Data and Readings