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This series of events is intended to provide a forum for faculty to
discuss their experiences and concerns related to the issues surrounding
integrating new technologies in teaching and research.
SIANME Forums are sponsored by the Office of Instructional
Development and are organized in collaboration with faculty and staff
from the Center for Educational Development and Research in the School
of Medicine, the Departments of History, Humanities Computing, the
Office of Academic Computing, Social Sciences Computing, and the UCLA
Libraries.
1996-97 Academic Year
Copyright and Fair Use
October 18, 1996 |
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| Moderator |
Nicholas Entrikin, Geography |
| Panel |
Stuart Biegel, GSE&IS and Law
School
Anne Gilliland-Swetland, GSE&IS
Ruth Simon, Campus Counsel
Martha Winnacker, UC Office of the President |
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has been archived for viewing over the Internet. Click on the WebCast
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Does Technology Change the
Curriculum?
November 15, 1996 |
| Moderator |
N. Katherine Hayles, English |
| Panelists |
Michael Letinsky, Physiology
Craig A. Merlic, Chemistry
Janice Reiff, History
Victor Tabbush, AGSM
Peter Tokofsky, Folklore & Germanic Languages |
Teaching
Across Campus Boundaries
January 24, 1997 |
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| Moderator |
Janice Reiff, History |
| Panelists |
Carol-Goldberg-Ambrose, Law
Stephen Frank, History
Alison Bunting, Biomedical Library
Tracy Sui, Student Participant
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This forum has been archived for viewing over the Internet. Click
on the WebCast button near the forum title to view it. You will also
find instructions for setting up your browser and downloading the
free RealPlayer viewer.
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Information and Computer Literacy:
What Should Students Be Expected To Know?
February 21, 1997 |
| Moderator |
Edward Berenson, Professor of History, Chair
of General Education in the College of Letters and Science |
| Panelists |
Marcia Bates, Professor, past Chair of the
Department of Library and Information Science
Charles Goodwin, Professor, Applied Linguistics
Susan Shaffer, Lecturer, Spanish and Portuguese
Russell Schuh, Professor, Linguistics
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Using virtual office hours, reading course syllabi and homework
assignments on line, searching the web for specific information,
creating electronic presentations -- these are all learning tasks
that instructors increasingly assign.
But if courses are restructured to incorporate technology, what
can we expect students to know and be able to do before assigning
them these tasks? What do we do with the student who comes to the
University unprepared? Is the University responsible for bringing
students up to a basic level of information and computer literacy?
If so, how, and in what form? A required course? Workshops in
computer labs? What constitutes a "basic" level? And how do we
define information literacy and/or computer literacy? Are they the
same?
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Does Instruction Sell -- Or Should
It?
April 18, 1997 |
| Moderator |
Craig Merlic, Professor of Chemistry and developer of
Virtual Office Hours software |
| Panelists |
Robert Winters, Professor of Music and author of a number
of award-winning CD's, the latest being "Ragtime"
Alan Carsrud, Senior Lecturer, Anderson School; Founder and
Chair, UCLA Ventures Program
Wayne Miller, Visiting Assistant Professor of Germanic
Languages; Manager of Academic Services, Humanities Computing
Facility
Maha Ashour-Abdalla, Professor of Physics, Author of a CD with
McGraw-Hill on Physics
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What are the tensions between creating content for use in
instruction and creating content for commercial purposes? What
compromises are required? Does the final product meet the original
instructional goals? Are publishers exerting undo influence? Will
faculty once again be giving away knowledge which their universities
and students will be required to purchase back again? Can money be
made from instructional content? The panel will present their
experiences and ideas on whether and how to strike a balance between
commercial gain and instructional good.
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Teaching, Learning, and the New
Technologies:
The Present and Future of the University
May 16, 1997 |
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| Moderator |
Jason Frand, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Academic
Coordinator, Anderson Graduate School of Management |
| Panelists |
Christine Borgman, Professor and Department Chair, Library
and Information Science, Graduate School of Education and Information
Studies
Trudy A. Cameron, Professor, Department of Economics, College
of Letters and Science
Jerry Kang, Acting Professor, School of Law
Michael K. Stenstrom, Professor and Chair, Civil &
Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied
Science
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On March 25 and 26, delegates from all nine UC campuses met to
discuss how we can and should be shaping the future of the
University of California. How will the incorporation of new
technologies change the way in which universities carry out their
academic mission? How is the teaching and learning process changing?
What are the opportunities and challenges in using technology to
extend the University? These and other related issues will be
presented and discussed by four faculty who attended the conference.
A dialogue among the panelists and forum attendees will explore what
is happening at UCLA today and what actions we may want and need to
undertake to exploit these changes.
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