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To what degree is this a possibility for me?
As I related earlier, I am re-working my old proposal of two years ago
for the Seminary to create a position for Education Technology director.
I know that this thing of online education and all the other issues of
communication change and utilization brought about by the computer revolution
has made this an important task. There is a need for faculty/student/administration
networks, and a way to link these LANs (Local Area Network) to other LANs
and WANs (Wide Area Networks like Ecunet, Internet, and others).
The Internet is a job in itself, finding ways Seminaries can tap this
vast pool of resources and sort through it for educational and theological
resources, and make it usable by students , faculty, and administration
on the network. The ATS (Association of Theological Schools) could be
a beneficial community to have on the network. The teachers and their
classes should be able to place their resources on the network to allow
"virtual class-room" and even online access to class. Some of
the ideas I mentioned earlier about networking class material should be
getting attention so that we can begin to implement them as many schools
and universities already have with great success. If none of you have
seen T.H.E. magazine (Technological Horizons in Education), there are
many stories of ways schools are using networked and online education.
Desktop video is undergoing rapid change which will soon allow capture
of broadcast quality video as computer files, compressed and playable
on virtually any PC sold today. I can envision lectures captured and networked
on CDROMs, where students can append their own reactions to any portion
or comment within the lecture. And it can be in many forms (text, sound,
video, graphics, etc.) As bandwidth capability grows along with compression
techniques, more will be possible at lower costs. With an investment of
about $15,000, a school could be doing their own inhouse production of
CDROMs to make available on the network, holding classwork ---with everyone's
contributions, the teacher/mentor's own research and resources, and resources
gathered by the students.
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