There are four older classrooms that have raised flooring with 25 data outlets each for use in teaching applications, and Microbiology, Physics, Organic Chemistry, and Anatomy and Physiology laboratories that are fully equipped with data to the desk top. The desks have data ports and electrical outlets to the desktop for student use. There is also wiring for ceiling-mounted projection devices. The goals of this office, which is staffed by a full-time director and two graduate assistants, are to expose the faculty to the technologies that are currently available and their application to the curriculum, to train them in the operation of the technology, and to ensure that the required infrastructure and equipment needed for implementation are in place. Group instruction in web page design, multimedia courseware development, Powerpoint presentations, etc. is now offered and will continue to be made available to all of our faculty on an ongoing basis.
Individual instruction is offered at the faculty desktop.
Key faculty from across the disciplines who have a facility for the use of instructional technologies have been sent to special training programs, to enhance their skills. All such instruction is coordinated by the Director of Academic Computing and Instructional Technology. This room is equipped with eight workstations, with one workstation installed on a moveable cart that can be wheeled to a classroom for use in lecture. The laboratory is staffed by two dedicated lab technicians who assist in the maintenance of equipment and training of faculty in the use of the equipment.