Information was provided for 49 general education biology courses by faculty on 11 CSU Campuses. Technology is used to facilitate learning by instructing through multiple modalities. Technology is used to stimulate discussion and for graphic illustration. Generalizations Use will depend upon whether or not an instructor has access to a smart classroom. Use is not well supported by some campus administrations.
Some courses have no techonology component.
Sixteen were described as having no technology component at all. Two were limited by lack of access in the lecture classroom. Reluctance expressed to require computer assignments because the poorer and less competent students are still not comfortable using the campus' computer facilities. Use telescopes and binoculars to measure environmental features. Use of Multimedia in Lecture.