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Presentation is everything for students in Associate Professor Robert Dvorak's Architecture 480/580 class. And why not? The goal of Computer Presentations in Architecture is for students to learn new media and be able to communicate using it.
Astronomy Professor Chris Impey, a 1997 recipient of the El Paso Teaching Award, integrates the Internet into his Introductory Astronomy course for two reasons: to introduce his students to the Internet and to give students more control over their learning.
One of the latest, most high-tech improvements to the UA classroom is the introduction of video conferencing. Stacie Widdefield, an associate professor of art history, played an integral role in bringing to life a classroom of the future.
Learning while producing work that contributes to the community is what students in Roxanne Mountford's English 102 class are doing.
Students in Beth Mitchneck's Economic Geography course are studying real-life situations as a way to learn theoretical applications.
Students in James O'Brien's class can see music. O'Brien, a UA music professor, is moving right in to the next century of teaching music with the help of a computer.
Technology used in the music industry today has led one music professor to revise the present curriculum to be a more effective teacher.
Professor William Bickel's experimental physics laboratory courses help undergraduates learn the basic experimental skills they will need to engage in research and technology. Bickel's students use both state-of-the-art and "WWII surplus" equipment to demonstrate basic phenomena, applications and techniques while solving specific research problems.
Roger Caldwell, department of soil, water and environmental science, is using computer technology to help his students become acquainted with the future. In his course, Anticipating the Future, Roger helps students develop their abilities to understand issues and critically analyze diverse viewpoints about possible futures for the United States and the world.
While using a class web site is already no longer a trendy sign of the times, it has become a major step in the distributed education process.