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- From: paw@coos.dartmouth.edu (Pat Wilson)
- Newsgroups: comp.edu
- Subject: Re: Computers in the Classroom - are they out there?
- Keywords: Computers classrooms education
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.152530.1675@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 15:25:30 GMT
- References: <msanseve.712437576@sol.UVic.CA>
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- msanseve@sol.UVic.CA (Mary Sanseverino) writes:
-
- >I have a question: are there really enough computing classrooms available
- >in the institutes of higher learning around the world? I ask this because
- >I get the feeling that, other than in the very technically based classes
- >like comp. sci., engineering, and some stats classes, computers are not
- >really used as a teaching and learning tool. Given that multi-media
- >(okay, I used a "buzzword", but educators do seem to be talking about it :-) )
- >looks to be making a big break into the humanities, especially in second
- >language acquisition, I wonder if schools have the hardware to move into
- >this area. Certainly multi-media, to be effective, does not need to be
- >driven by a computer, but ... it sure looks like it helps!
- >
- >I wonder if any interested people out there might care to comment? Also,
- >I would like to know what the computing capability of various schools might
- >be with regard to Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI), multi-media, or
- >other non-traditional uses of computer technology.
-
- Dartmouth has been successful in getting computing deeply imbedded
- in much of its curriculum (even in non-traditional areas, such as
- the humanities). We're aided by the fact that owning some sort of
- computer is now a requirement for undergraduates, and that we've
- standardized wherever possible (for example, though it's not specified
- which computer you own, the vast majority of students have some sort
- of Macintosh, and our environment takes full advantage of that fact).
-
- It's certainly not been easy convincing faculty to retool their courses
- around computing, but we've found that once the first couple of
- courses start, it gets easier...
-
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- --
- Pat Wilson
- Systems Manager, Project NORTHSTAR
- paw@northstar.dartmouth.edu
-