Most of these are commercial productions, but we are beginning to produce in-house video to fill in gaps where no suitable material is available. Ultimately we intend to serve up short video segments over the web so that students can have remote access to the material at any time. We hold the copyright on our own productions, and thus won't face the restrictions on web distribution that apply to other productions. Whatever research I manage is on my own time. With the break from teaching afforded by the sabbatical I was able to include a small component dedicated to research.
Modern science relies heavily on the same technology that is transforming the rest of the planet.
Within the past year I reviewed a manuscript submitted to the paleontology journal Lethaia and a grant proposal for the National Science Foundation directly over the Internet without printing paper copies of my reviews. While at the Institute I presented a research seminar summarizing my previous work on the fossilization of jaws from modern worms. I am currently compiling information to write a review paper summarizing research on the fossilization of polychaete jaws. I will post it on my web page. This will allow me to use numerous color illustrations, correct mistakes discovered by colleagues, and continuously update the information.