Approximately 2 lectures of 72 lectures are devoted to math. The reaction of students has been very positive. The project, which was put together with the assistance of a third year student employed by the department during the summer, centered around the steam plant at Queen's. This course is aimed at students intending a concentration in chemistry or biochemistry, has an enrolment of 100-200, and had always been delivered in traditional lecture style. Michael Van Aerde Students from Queen's and Waterloo collaborate on projects using internet video conferencing technology.
Students share ideas and plans using a common electronic white board.
In a graduate course on contemporary isssues in epidemiology, students are paired with faculty to creatively develop an original idea that is translated into a practical product. Examples include systematic literature reviews, study protocols, or original data analyses suitable for publication in a peer-review journal. The sessions also include reviews for the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Use of Hyper-G, a second generation Web solution, provides facilities for access control, group discussions, document search, student submission of material, etc. Practical Replacement of Lectures by Hypermedia Courseware, which describes the development and delivery of a first-year programming course in which lectures were completely replaced by hypermedia courseware.