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Faculty will discuss their experiences with using technology to engage students in the classroom

Displaying slides through carousel projectors or web-sites to host pictures for classroom instruction and student self- study has created the need for a better approach to teaching and learning with images.

Several faculty members from the Department of Art History abandoned their slide projects and web-sites for a system enabling them to dyncamically create slide shows for in-class instruction and web-based student modules.

In this ITUG, instructors will discuss their experiences using a digital image database for their courses. The instructors will explain how this database can be used to catalog and manage images in a slide library, share image collections among instructors, and apply presentation features to display images side by side for instruction and student self-study. Please join this engaging discussion and learn how to use the features of a digital image database.

Students learn in a variety of ways.  There are many different learning styles.  Faculty also teach in a variety of ways.  Again there are various teaching styles.  In addition, there are many aspects of teaching that need to be considered as a curriculum is being prepared. Arthur W. Chickering and Zelda F. Gamson summarized 7 principles that needed to be implemented as a curriculum is being developed.   They are to:

1. encourage contact between students and faculty,
2. develop reciprocity and cooperation among students,
3. encourage active learning,
4. give prompt feedback,
5. emphasize time on task,
6. communicate high expectations,
7. respect diverse talents and ways of learning.
   

In this presentation, Dr. Thomas Marino, Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology will explore how a course management system, such as Blackboard, can be used to help students learn.  The ways in which Blackboard can help implement the seven principles also will be discussed.   In addition, Blackboard can be used to help student with different learning styles.  This topic will also be addressed during this 45 minute presentation.

Electrical engineering students gain valuable hands-on experience by performing laboratory experiments. However, many physically impaired electrical engineering students cannot participate actively in these laboratories. Their options are either to watch someone else build and analyze the circuits or to use circuit analysis computer programs.

Under the direction of Dr. Brian Butz, the Intelligent Systems Application laboratory at the department of Electrical Engineering has developed a virtual, highly realistic electronics laboratory for the disabled. This project, called the Universal Virtual Laboratory (UVL), allows students who have extremely limited or no mobility of their hands and arms or limited vision engage in a realistic laboratory environment. The input/output function will be performed by voice or by specially designed I/O devices. An intelligent agent, acting as the "lab instructor", monitors a student's performance and answers the student's questions based on the student's demonstrated knowledge. This product will be ideal for either Internet application or CD-ROM based use. Additionally it will be ideal for able students as well.

Michael Duarte will provide a demonstration of the Universal Virtual Laboratory on Thursday, September 18th in Gladfelter Hall, Conference Room 665 at 12:00 noon. During this time, you will gain familiarity with the function of this application, which is based on interactive multimedia modules that are overseen by an expert system. The demonstration will clarify that the program is not so much concerned with simply training a student for a task but with helping a student learn, understand and apply basic principles and reasoning skills while encouraging creativity. Through it all, the instructor is an integral part of the learning process as he/she remains on board to inspire, encourage, and mentor.

We are hoping that you will be able to attend this event on Thursday, September 18th at 12:00 noon.

All students and faculty have equal access to computer hardware and software on campus and materials posted for online learning. Temple's population is diverse and includes people with English as their second language, people with different learning styles, and people with disabilities and impairments for whom federal laws apply and require that all University services and programs be accessible.

Staff from the Institute on Disabilities will lead an informative session offering approaches to universal design for computer access. They will also present examples of people who have faced problems when using computers and the solutions that have worked. Adaptive devices will be covered that can be incorporated into a universal design plan to promote equal access.

Please join us in Gladfelter Hall, room 659 on Thursday, July 17 at 9:30 am until 11:30 am.

All students and faculty should have equal access to the computer hardware and software on campus as well as materials posted for online learning.

Temple's campus population is diverse and includes people of other cultures to whom English is their second language, people with different learning styles, and people with disabilities such as visual, auditory, motor, and cognitive impairments to whom federal laws apply and require that all university services and programs be accessible.

Dr. Carol Kann from the Institute on Disabilities will lead an informative session offering approaches to universal design to computer access. You will see a video showing a diverse array of students expressing, in their own words, the difficulties they have faced when using computers and the solutions that worked for them. You will experience a sampling of adaptive devices both software and hardware to consider incorporating into a universal design plan and be involved in a discussion of what can be done on campus to accommodate the University population. We are looking forward to meeting with you at 12:00 noon in Gladfelter Hall, room 659.

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