Please DO NOT reply to the list! I am posting this survey, because there is high urgency, so that an appropriate web page coould not be constructed in time.....---Otmar >From: Bernd Conrad <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: 4-item Lang Lab Leadership survey - Thanks SUBMITTED to CALICO and LLTI list 10/04/2000 If you direct or live nearby or inside a foreign/modern laguages computer lab, would you be so kind as to respond to the 4 questions below? Delete all answers tht do not characterize your lab. Only if you have the time, please respond to question 5 also. I would be more than happy to share the results. For the reason of this survey, see end of message. Thank you very much for your help. (See also (next) message, entitled "Replacment Cycle" Bernd Conrad / Northern Arizona Univeristy T O D E L E T E I N C O R R E C T A N S W E R S , TRIPLE-CLICK (Mac users) A LINE TO BE DELETED, THEN PRESS "DELETE" -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Does your lab have an Academic Director/Mentor ? --- none at all 11 tenure stream 12 non-tenure stream 13 full teaching load 14 reduced teaching load 15 no teaching mandate 16 has *primary technical* maintenance responsibility 17 has *primary pedgoagical* leadership responsibility -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Does your lab have a technical manager? --- none at all 18 full-time w/ benefits 19 part-time w/benefits 20 hourly wage, no benefits --- do not know 22 has *primary technical* maintenance responsibility 23 has *primary pedgoagical* leadership responsibility --- do not know -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Does your lab have a supervisory committee (3 members or more)? --- none at all 24 tenure stream 25 non-tenure stream 26 mixed: tenure and non-tenure stream members --- do not know 27 has *primary technical* maintenance responsibility 28 has *primary pedgoagical* leadership responsibility 29 has *primary pedgoagical and technical* responsibilities --- do not know -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Who authorizes lab related purchases (hardware & software)? 30 Academic Lab Director 31 Technical Manager 32 Lab Committee 33 Department Chair 34 Dean's Office 35 Provost's or President's Office --- none of the above --- do not know -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I F Y O U H A V E T I M E . . . -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Which SERVICES should a modern computer language lab be expected to FACILITATE: --- RESPONSE CODE: --- If your lab already offers the particular service, leave the particular line as is --- If you expect a lab to facilitate the particular service, double-click the leading number for the line and replace it with the letter X --- If you do not expect a lab to facilitate the particular use, double-click the leading number and replace it with the letter N A lab should offer/facilitate support for ... 36 students: practice and review of course related materials 37 students: listening to audio casette tape programs 38 students: watching videotape programs 39 students: listening to streaming web-server based or QuickTime-server based audio 40 students: watching streaming (real-time) server/web-based video and audio 41 students: watching DVD foreign language movies (w/subtitls and bonus materials options) 42 students: composition using English-language wordprocessing 43 students: composition using English-language wordprocessing with dictionaries 44 students: composition using Foreign/target-language wordprocessing 45 students: composition using Foreign/target-language wordprocessing w/ grammar checker 46 students: saving work to & retrieving work from network server with remote access option 47 students: sending & receiving e-mail 48 students: creating web pages 49 students: language lab web server with course enhancements & schedules 50 faculty development: learning to develop computerized materials 51 faculty development: learning to use computer hardware and software 52 faculty development: learning to use technology in classroom instruction 53 faculty use: materials development by faculty 54 faculty use: research in computer assisted language learning 55 faculty use: research in second language acquisition 56 faculty use: lab web server with support faculty materials 58 faculty efforts: evaluate software available in lab 57 faculty efforts: promote use of lab for practice, remiidial work 58 faculty efforts: search for new software to be acquired 58 faculty efforts: evaluate new software to be acquired 58 faculty efforts: develop printed materials (e.g. worksheets) to accompany software 58 faculty efforts: share experience in using software in the lab & classroom with colleagues 57 professional service: workshops on learning to use computer hardware and software 58 professional service: workshops on learning to develop computerized materials 59 professional service: workshops on learning to use technology in classroom instruction 60 professional service: hosting computer assisted language learning conferences 61 professional service: consulting (establishment of language lab, materials database) 61 institutional service: research projects in non-language teachng fields 62 institutional service: technology workshops for non-language teachng professionals 63 institutional service: access to materials for non-language learning students 64 outreach: organizing visits/guided lab tours for local and in-state schools (K-12) 65 outreach: publishing language lab newsletter 66 outreach: lab web server promoting lab services & language learning & cultural activities 67 outreach: showing foreign languaguage film series (subtitle; via DVD & videotape) 68 outreach: leacture series on CALL and language learning 69 administration: scheduling class time access and open hours access 70 administration: regular maintenance of hardware and software 71 administration: annual hardware and software inventory 72 administration: pre-purchase faculty & student survey seeking input to lab development 73 administration: purchase plans: budget, and justification for timely input by faculty 74 administration: purchase plans: budget, and justification for timely input by students 75 administration: purchase plans: budget, and justification for timely input by faculty 76 administration: pre-purchase survey seeking input to lab development by faculty 77 administration: pre-purchase survey seeking input to lab development by students 78 administration: publicizing to faculty & students financial resources on regular basis 79 administration: access by faculty & students to budget & expense records 80 administration: lab use policy statement for faculty & students 81 administration: language lab mission statment 82 administration: appointment of lab committee (tenure/non-tenure-stream & student rep.) 83 administration: appointment of qualified & experienced technical manager of lab 84 administration: appointment of qualified & experienced pedagogical direcor of lab 85 administration: document describing role & responsibilites of technical manager 86 administration: document describing role & responsibilites of pegagocial director 87 administration: document describing role & involvement of administrative supervisor Currently, the lab at my institutionis undergoing drastic changes. The postition of Lab Director was reduced to mere representational functions, his teachig oad was mre than doubled, and a techical manager was hiredat a $32,000/11 month salary. Director and Lab Committee were "relieved" of all fiscal resposbilites which was put into the hands of the newly hired technical manager. Prior to that, a lab improvement (replacment) plan submitted by the Committee in the amount $25,000 and prepared by two faculty experts in peadagogy and CALL was rejected by Department and later by College administrators. Having had to watch a plan be rejected in less than 24 hours that took more than a semester to develop and that had been compromised twice by non-negotiable budget transfers from the lab fee account, the technical and pedagogical Director resigned, and was replaced by a technical manager. The technical manger is responsible for equipment maintenance and student assistant supervision as well as accounting ($45,000 annual revenue from lab fees). The manager reports to the departmental administrative authority directly (specialist in Literature). The role of the Lab Committee is advisory; it has no fiscal authority; its pedagogical recommendations are not binding. This survey is to help assess to what extent disintegrated models of lab leadership and mangement may be becoming a trend at US Colleges and Universities. By disintegrated I mean, that managament of the student fee account is not informed by pedagogical expertise in CALL