In their courses, they need to know what kind of technological support would be appropriate. Develop methodologies and environments for preparing appropriate educational methods and materials. While most of the effort in this project will be devoted to classroom interaction, faculty also need to know how technology can support their own research. Discussion groups, video conferencing, and the like can facilitate the exchange of ideas and create venues for joint projects with other professionals and universities in any field. Access to the best minds in a field can also impact classroom instruction.
Faculty can present interactive sessions via video or computers to enhance lectures.
This Center would facilitate such activities and explore such subsidiary issues as compensation and recognition for electronic guest lecturers, potential remote or cross-course registration and accreditation, etc. Through a Process Review Procedure, the Center will provide continuous assessment of emerging educational tools and concepts applicable to ECU s instructional needs. This part of the Center s contribution would be unique in that the goal is platform stability, a difficulty that faculty find most problematic. At this point a somewhat cautionary tale is also appropriate. Any educational institution that selects an electronic venue as a major delivery system for educational content must realize that the costs, over time, will be substantial and possibly logarithmic.