SEAS/Towne-Pender-Moore Use of Classroom Tech
To: Members of the Classroom Facilities Review Committee
From: Al Filreis, Chair
Re: SEAS/Towne-Pender-Moore Use of Classroom Tech
Date: 2/19/95
You will recall that at our recent meeting there was a lengthy discussion
about the present classroom tech needs of those who use
Towne-Pender-Moore, our upcoming integrated renovation project. (This
arose partly because some of us were asking about the value of
fixed-installation technology, as opposed to carts.) Ira Winston
generously took some time to make a report on current use in undergrad
teaching. Please take a look.
> From ira@cis.upenn.edu Thu Feb 16 23:45:21 1995
> Posted-Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 23:44:47 -0500
> Subject: SEAS faculty using technology in undergraduate education
> Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 23:44:47 EST
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> Here are some examples of how SEAS uses technology in undergraduate education:
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> 1. projection is used in every CSE 110 (intro programming) recitation
> section.
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> 2. homeworks in CSE 110 are submitted electronically.
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> 3. 90% of SEAS students actively read e-mail. 98% of SEAS faculty and staff
> actively read e-mail. there is an incredible volume of email traffic
> between faculty, staff and students on all sorts of topics. it has
> become part of our daily lives and is no longer a novelty.
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> 4. over half of the undergraduate courses require the use of computer labs.
> we have two pc labs that are used for recitations sections extensively.
> we have another pc lab that is open 24 hours a day and is usually full.
> we have a unix lab that is used for recitation sections. we have two
> other unix labs that are open 24 hours a day and are almost always
> full.
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> 5. each of the departments also has at least one undergraduate lab which
> combines special purpose equipment with computers. The computers are
> used to do data acquisition and analysis. I was speaking to a faculty
> member from the Chemistry Department today who tells me that Chemistry
> has essentially no computers in their labs. Physics only recently
> started introducing computing into their labs. You should visit
> our Bioengineering undergraduate lab some time if you want to see
> a good example of what I'm talking about.
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> 6. every department, many research groups, many students, staff and faculty
> and several courses have web pages.
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> 7. we have a working support system for student computing. we have a full-time
> employee whose entire job is to supervise 60+ student workers who
> support for our students. we have orientation sessions, training materials
> and are able to answer questions from 9am-midnight monday until thursday,
> 9am-5pm friday, noon-6pm saturday and 1pm-midnight sunday.
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