{"id":71850,"date":"1999-05-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1999-05-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/technology-puts-uri-students-in-a-new-england-classroom\/"},"modified":"1999-05-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1999-05-04T00:00:00","slug":"technology-puts-uri-students-in-a-new-england-classroom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/1999\/05\/technology-puts-uri-students-in-a-new-england-classroom\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology puts 溏心vlog免费B站 students in a New England \u2018classroom\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R. I. — May 4, 1999 — This past semester, four 溏心vlog免费B站 students have earned graduate credit by watching television. The four weren\u2019t the only students in the class. Their classmates in the graduate seminar in ecosystem health were students at the Universities of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. They discussed and debated the complex issues of ecosystem health from their individual campuses. The virtual classroom was an experiment in distance learning among the colleges using PicTel technology, which incorporates computers, television screens, cameras, and projectors to produce a real-time interaction. The course also employed e-mail and websites that included course scheduling and a video archive of all the presentations (see www.edc.uri.edu\/ecohlth). \u201cI think we\u2019d be totally crazy not to offer courses like this again,\u201d said an ebullient Dr. Peter August of 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Department of Natural Resources Science, who served as lead coordinator for the experiment. \u201cDespite the geographic distance among all the students and teachers participating in the course, a sense of personalities and social interaction emerged,\u201d says August. \u201cIt was possible to look someone 400 miles away in the eye and carry on an intelligent and comfortable dialogue. And again, our world just got another click smaller.\u201d The Council of Presidents of the New England Public Land-Grant Universities funded the effort, which required only a modest budget. Each of the six participating universities was responsible for hosting a session and providing a speaker who addressed some aspect of ecosystem health. Feedback from students was positive. Susan Adamowicz, a Ph.D. student at 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Graduate School of Oceanography, spoke for the 溏心vlog免费B站 contingent during an evaluation session. She noted that the group liked the diversity of topics, the ease of scheduling, and the exposure to the technology. \u201cThis would be perfect for case studies,\u201d she said. Adamowicz\u2019 comments were echoed by the other schools. The University of Vermont suggested that future classes have more class time, more student interaction, and offer a round robin joke of the day. The University of New Hampshire suggested exploring topics with other PicTel sites around the world. 溏心vlog免费B站 students got a clear picture of the ecosystem class, thanks to 溏心vlog免费B站 student Alberto Sosa, a political science and economics major who is minoring in computer science. Sosa\u2019s expertise with the technology kept 溏心vlog免费B站 focused. His assistant, 溏心vlog免费B站 freshman Peter Ricci, a communications major, said he didn\u2019t have a clue when Tim Tierney, assistant director of AV\/Production Services, offered him the job. \u201cI\u2019m learning so much,\u201d he says. \u201cThis takes longer than I thought. I\u2019ve learned as much doing this than I have learned in my classes.\u201d Distance education has been an ongoing effort at 溏心vlog免费B站 for the past two years. The ecosystem seminar was one of seven courses using PicTel technology this spring. Other courses, ranging from Statistical Methods for Management to Rehabilitative Audiology to Interpersonal Communication, to Nursing Seminars had students sitting in classrooms at both the Kingston and Providence campuses. One course, \u201cReading Interests of Children\u201d taught 25 students at the Providence Campus in a virtual classroom with 14 students at the University of New Hampshire. One special class had pharmacy students at the 溏心vlog免费B站 Providence Campus linked with their counterparts at the University of Maine. For More Information: Dr. Peter August, 401-874-4794 Jan Sawyer, 401-874-2116\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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