Conceivably, professors and students of forensic anthropology, journalism, linguistics, business management, constitutional law, and other disciplines can all use the centers to learn new-media technologies and use them to enhance the curriculum for their own academic fields. Each participating campus is free to interpret the overall training and support goals of the program in its own way. On a more conceptual level, some might explore issues in repurposing content from one medium to another, in terms of legal constraints or instructional design. Others might teach particular software packages or specific techniques for interactive presentations, graphic design, desktop publishing, or desktop video production. For faculty, the New Media Centers program provides abundant resources for acquiring the skills of interactive media plus the collaborative assistance needed to integrate new media into their teaching.
Students also benefit in several ways.
They can gain new insights into their academic studies from new-media course materials. Effective model for extending the benefits of new media beyond the campus. By leveraging their investment in new-media technology and the relationships they forge with industry partners in the NMC consortium, the New Media Centers are well positioned to serve the needs of this broad community. Extension programs could offer workshops for business executives who want a basic introduction to the techniques of interactive multimedia for presentations or corporate training programs. They could also offer seminars on the impact of new media in publishing, telecommunications, or entertainment and hands-on classes on various multimedia tools.