It can also mean access to people. Using technology students can contact resource persons, authors, and authorities for information on topics that are germane to the courses that they are studying. It is important to understand the role that the faculty member has a facilitator in the process of accessing information. Faculty can model decision-making in search techniques, can teach students an appropriate way to access people and request information from them, and set a general tone of how the investigation of a topic brings its own level of satisfaction. If our goal is to enable our students to become independent learners and a shift in our role as facilitator for rather than to deliverers of information is critical.
Videotapes offer a convenient way to capture real-world settings.
Even more flexibility is provided through digitizing the tapes on to compact disks. The CD format allows easy access to each clip and the ability to easily review a segment of a demonstration. Technology offers a more options in developing decision-makers with respect to increase communication between faculty member and students and among students. With the coming of the semester system to the University System of Georgia, planned interactions in communications among faculty and students will be redefined. This will enable students to provide anonymous feedback between classes as to what they did or didn't understand about a particular class.