No matter what their age, students are learning a new way of learning. Hey said he is fortunate that, because of his job, he has gained more exposure to new technology than most people his age. Still, as someone who went through childhood in the 1960s and high school in the '70s, Hey is used to a more traditional way of teaching than what he has experienced this semester in Professor David Jankowski's Internet course, which is being taught online with no class sessions. I thought it would be a good experience to learn more about the Internet. Students do not have to buy any textbooks, but instead study Web sites on the Internet.
Homework is turned in via e-mail, and the syllabus is found on the university's Web site.
I rarely had to go into school for anything. Although he has a computer at home, he used the university's computer lab for a statistics class to access a particular program in the school's computer. Any time you can use a spreadsheet, they'll have a lab. I think that's good. A lot of times you get too much theory and not enough application.