Studio Laboratory Classrooms

Advanced Computing

Instructional Technology Applications

Student Records

Advising, Learning Enhancement and Experiential Programs

Curriculum Integration and Restructuring

First Year Internal Reallocation of Funds

Chemistry and Physics Studio Lab Classrooms

Project Director: Phil Bailey, College of Science and Math

Budget: $250,000

Construction completed on a 64 seat chemistry studio classroom. During Spring 1997, Chem 124 was offered with 192 students served. For Fall 1997, a full schedule is offered. Five sections of Chem 124 and two sections of Chem 125 will accommodate approximately 448 students in an interactive and collaborative studio classroom environment.

College of Agriculture Studio Lab Classroom

Project Director: Douglas Genereux, College of Agriculture

Budget: $172,169

The Studio Classroom provides students and faculty with the opportunity to be more successful in the learning process through the use of multimedia and electronic equipment, project orientated classes and student participation. During the 1996-97 academic year, 86 complete or partial classes were taught in the lab, translating to 27,898 student hours. Visit the lab in Bldg. 10, room 215.

Technical Support for College of Agriculture Studio Lab

Project Director: Sharon Woolard, College of Agriculture

Budget: $20,800

Technical assistance for the CAGR is now provided by a computer technician who coordinates acquisition, installation, maintenance and repair of computer hardware and software. In addition, student technical assistants keep the Studio Classroom Complex working and available for student use.

CAD-CAM Lab, including Robotics

Project Director: Gerry Cunico, College of Business

Budget: $85,000

Lab facility scheduled to be completed and first classes will be held in CAD-CAM lab in Fall 1997. Classes are designed to provide hands-on exercises and activities that put concepts into practice.

Multimedia Workstations for Classrooms

Project Director: Karen Adams, College of Business

Budget: $40,000

Multimedia equipment installed and running smoothly in 11 rooms. On-going training for faculty is available at their request.

Rendering, Animation, Modeling Lab (RAML)

Project Directors: K. R. Zweifel, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, and Eric Johnson, College of Liberal Arts

Budget: $116,884

Classes are being held in the RAML during the 1997-98 academic year. Teams of Art and Architecture Students collaborate on projects, drawing on the strengths of both disciplines. The success of the RAML during 1996-97 has encouraged significant industry support for modification and expansion of the RAML. Visit the RAML in Bldg. 34, 159B.

Environmental Protection Engineering Lab

Project Directors: J. G. Sczechowski, College of Engineering

Budget: $116,000

The Environmental Protection Engineering Lab is fully operational with ENVE X437 being taught in the lab Fall 1997. ENVE students are investigating real development issues using cutting edge environmental treatment technologies. Visit the Environmental Protection Engineering Lab in Bldg. 13, room 114.

Integration of Design Education and World Wide Web Applications

Project Director: Thomas Fowler, College of Architecture and Environmental Design

Budget: $111,129

Collaborative Intelligent Design System (CIDS) web site established 1/97. This technology has and will continue to allow students in Arch 352, Arch X367, independent study students and grad students to look at multiple alternatives during the process of design. The lab has evolved into a "high energy in-person meeting place" where students get help in resolving problems both with the use of technology and through interaction with students from a variety of different disciplines.

Technology Transfer for Information Technology Instruction

Project Directors: Dan Walsh, College of Engineering

Budget: $126,000

Over 50 undergraduates, graduates and faculty collaborated to produce multimedia curricular materials in several proto-studios. Project accomplishments included restructuring an introductory level engineering course (CE 114); development of multimedia materials to accompany EE211 and EE419; development of "Thermotalk" a web-based multimedia tool; development of a series of Mechatronics and Manufacturing Case Studies to be used throughout the IME curricula; the creation of multimedia versions of Materials 210; and the production of a web-based, statistical-data-base-linked assessment tool. Well over 1,000 students used curricular materials created through this project in 1996-97.

World Wide Web Faculty Development Program

Project Directors: Peggy Lant, College of Liberal Arts

Budget: $98,000

Faculty involved in this program have completed at least one teaching website and used that site (or sites) for teaching. To benefit faculty at Cal Poly and other campuses, a faculty-development website has been developed by means of which any faculty member can learn to design a website for use in teaching. View the website at http://www.multimedia.calpoly.edu/cpp.

Interactive World Wide Web Syllabus for Psychology Education

Project Directors: Chuck Slem and Ned Schultz, College of Liberal Arts

Budget: $49,970

Web sites containing fully functional interactive syllabi, links between lecture and text resources and much more have been made available for students starting in Fall 1996. Surveys of students in all three quarters of the 1996-97 academic year show that over 85% of students in Psy202 used the web resource. Of those who rated the web resource, 96% found the web resources very useful or somewhat useful.

Instructional Technology Across the Curriculum

Project Director: Carol Barnes, Extended University Programs and Services

Budget: $20,000

This project provided faculty with funding to participate in workshops which would generate ideas for the development of course materials at Cal Poly. Faculty participated in programs that gave them an opportunity to share their coursework developments with others on campus. The project goal is to benefit students through the use of enhanced classroom presentations and additional resources to support classroom learning.

Student Electronic Access to Institutional Information

Project Directors: Joanne Temple, Information Technology Services and Euel Kennedy, Enrollment Support Services

Budget: $104,764

MustangInfo (student access to institutional information on the WWW) served more than 8,700 individual students (over 50% of the total population) in the period from September 1996 to July 1997. Students have direct access to their schedules, grades, financial aid award and tracking information, holds and many other types of information. They also have the ability to change their address and PIN number on-line.

Automated Degree Audit

Project Director: Tom Zuur, Enrollment Support Services

Budget: $110,136

In June of 1997, students who entered Cal Poly as freshmen, working under the 1994-97 catalog, in the Colleges of Engineering, Architecture and Business, were mailed Degree Audit and Progress Reports (DAPR). These students have an updated document that gives them their current status on degree progress within their major as well as bio-demo information and status of required tests. In addition, college and departmental staff have access to the on-line audit for review and academic advising purposes. DAPR will be expanded to include students in the remaining colleges.

Multicultural Agriculture Program Support

Project Director: Robert Flores, College of Agriculture

Budget: $20,400

The Multicultural Agricultural Program provides academic support and personal support to students of all cultural backgrounds in the College of Agriculture. Cal Poly Plan funds assisted in the purchase of computers and printers for the Student Center and in the selection and training of Student Peer Advisors (SPA's). The SPA's led study sessions, provided individual instruction and advised students on a continuing basis. Faculty and staff also held "open office hours" in the Student Center. These services and more are scheduled to continue during the 1997-98 academic year.

New Student Success and Achievement Program

Project Director: Phil Bailey, College of Science and Mathematics

Budget: $75,000

Assisting students in Math and Science courses (BIO, CHEM, MATH, PHYS and STAT) with traditionally high failure rates was a primary goal of this project. By the end of Spring 1997, 69% of the students surveyed in the targeted courses believed that they would not have done as well in the course without the support services (grading, tutoring, study groups) provided by this program.

Math Workshop

Project Director: Armando Pezo-Silva and Susan Somppi, Student Affairs

Budget: $47,940

During the 1996-97 year, 742 students were enrolled in 57 math workshops that were part of the Math Workshop Program. The Cal Poly Plan funded 27 of those workshops. A major goal of the program was to enhance student learning in high-risk courses. When students in the workshops rated the helpfulness of their workshop, 95% responded that the program had been helpful to them and 94% felt that learning in the math courses had been enhanced by the workshops.

Supplemental Instruction for High Risk Classes

Project Directors: Armando Pezo-Silva and, Bill Sydnor, Student Affairs

Budget: $72,220

The Supplemental Instruction Project (partially funded by the Cal Poly Plan) benefits both students enrolled in the discussion groups and the student discussion leaders. During the 1996-97 academic year, 112 discussion groups were organized with 1,179 students involved and 32 discussion leaders. Of those students enrolled in the discussion groups, 76% earned A/B/C or CR. By comparison, of the 1,917 students that chose not to participate, 69% passed their class with A/B/C or CR. Discussion leaders acquired group training and leadership skills, strengthened their knowledge of the subject matter, and increased their self-confidence.

Study Group Leaders and Support

Project Directors: Armando Pezo-Silva, Patricia Stewart and Bill Sydnor, Student Affairs

Budget: $19,670

Study groups offer an opportunity for students to discuss their course material under the guidance of a study group leader who has taken the class and received an A or B. Group leaders are trained to facilitate small group interaction, encouraging students to practice positive study skills. They refer students to resources that assist them in improving their note-taking, time management, test-taking, etc. In Spring 1997, 596 students requested assistance from study group leaders.

Community Service Program, Study-Service Connections

Project Director: Sam Lutrin, Student Affairs

Budget: $7,500

During the 1996-97 academic year, 156 students in six different courses (nine separate sections), participated in Study-Service Connection. This project is a service-learning program that engages students in community-based service experiences directly related to the courses in which they are enrolled. This project provides both service to the community and promotes student learning in course-specific factual concepts and information and other important areas such as life skills (for example, working with people different than oneself), civic responsibility and attitudes.

Re-entry/Older Student Services

Project Director: Pat Harris, Student Affairs

Budget: $4,870

In 1996-97 an orientation program was created for re-entry students and presented as part of WOW. Workshops were held to introduce students to student services. A resource list and newsletter were developed and distributed to over 3,000 students.

Revision of Liberal Studies Program

Project Director: Robert Cichowski, College of Liberal Arts/University Center for Teacher Education

Budget: $4,800

Computers in the computer lab 02-101 had memory upgrades and most had removable disk drives installed. Software was upgraded to provide resources needed for Liberal Studies X211-212. Development of new Interdisciplinary GE&B courses will continue in 1997-98.

Integrated MBA Core

Project Director: David Peach, College of Business

Budget: $35,000

Cal Poly Plan funding was provided to redesign the MBA core curriculum. During the 1996-97 academic year, a team of eight faculty members created a curriculum design that reduces the number of required first-year core units by 25%, from 48 to 36. The curriculum is being offered as a year-long, 36-unit course. The new course has been scheduled for the 1997-98 school year. The curriculum designed under this project puts Cal Poly at the cutting edge of graduate management education in the U.S..

Integrated Undergraduate Business Core

Project Directors: Dan Walsh, Wally Mark, K. R. Zweifel, Walter Rice; Colleges of Engineering, Agriculture, Architecture and Environmental Design, and Business

Budget: $68,000

One primary goal of this project was to offer non-technical undergraduate students an introductory exposure to and understanding of science and technology. A group of faculty members from three colleges came together to develop a quality technical exposure for all majors. Thirty-five students were enrolled and received credit for Engineering X112, "The Technological Endeavor," a four-unit course which surveyed modern technology.

Technical Exposure for Liberal Arts and Science and Mathematics Majors

Project Directors: Dan Walsh, Wally Mark, K. R. Zweifel, Walter Rice; Colleges of Engineering, Agriculture, Architecture and Environmental Design, and Business

Budget: $68,000

One primary goal of this project was to offer non-technical undergraduate students an introductory exposure to and understanding of science and technology. A group of faculty members from three colleges came together to develop a quality technical exposure for all majors. Thirty-five students were enrolled and received credit for Engineering X112, "The Technological Endeavor," a four-unit course which surveyed modern technology.

Internal Reallocation to Expand Library Services

Project Director: Hiram Davis, Library Services, Kennedy Library

Budget: $150,000

Funding for additional library services allowed the library to be open on Saturdays earlier in the quarter, open earlier in the morning and remain open later in the evening during the week (a total of 45 hours per quarter). Overall circulation increased 35%. Library staff expanded their outreach program to every college-related dorm, teaching dorm residents how to use the library's extensive Web resources.