Several have most, if not all, of their courses linked to their homepage. Students access the faculty member's homepage, follow the appropriate link to the class in which they are enrolled, and read the day's assignment or seek out other information needed for success in that course. Students are required to gain ppp accounts at the University Library, a service for which student fees are assessed each semester. If off campus, students may link to the Internet by way of modem. After initial feelings of apprehension, students begin to gain knowledge and confidence in searching other topics of interest on the Internet.
Technology is useless without making a task easier, more productive, or more efficient.
Technology can make teaching more productive and can help facilitate the entire learning process. There are multiple ways to implement technology. Computers and the use of multimedia presentations are just two of the ways to implement technology in our classrooms. This is how our department, in part, accomplished the task of addressing implementation of technology in the classroom. The department of HPER planned, trained for, and implemented a policy of homepage construction to address the concerns mentioned at the outset.