Technology-Enhanced Classrooms Open for Spring Semester
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Ten new technology enhanced classrooms (TECs), the latest for the university, will be open for business for the first week of spring semester classes. The classrooms are part of a $300,000 initiative by Chancellor Jo Ann Gora to foster technology in teaching and learning.
The classrooms, five in Wheatley Hall and five in McCormack Hall, were existing classrooms which have been updated with ceiling mounted data/video projectors, video cassette players, sound systems, wall panels for lap top computer connection, and Internet connections. The Instructional Technology Center (ITC) will have PC and MAC lap top computers available for use in the classrooms and will also provide faculty and students with assistance and support.
Scheduling for TECs will follow the same procedures as for regular classrooms on campus. When requesting a TEC classroom, a department should identify technology needs as a special request. The registrar will then distribute the TECs among colleges, making use of the entire day and evening time periods, as well as considering expected class enrollments and technology needs.