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TO: Jeanne Ballatine
From: C. Finegan-Stoll & R. Helms
RE: Alumni Grant, Interim Report
1-16-97

Multimedia Instruction in the Classroom


Planning and implementation began in July, 1996 for use of grant to enhance classroom instruction, faculty web page presentations, and the development of web pages as a medium for electronic portfolio presentations.


Accomplishments:

  • A supplemental contact was posted and awarded for webpage consulting in August, 1996 (for a G.A.).
  • Two work study contacts were posted and awarded for webpage consulting in August, 1996 (work study students).
  • Page Mill was purchased as the experimental software for the student webpage project.
  • Several other multimedia software packages were purchased for experimental classroom instructional purposes.
  • Web page and multi-media instruction were used by both professors for instructional purposes during summer, 1996.
  • Several graduate student's web pages were posted during summer, 1996.
  • Web software and page design materials have been evaluated by professors, student assistants, and WSU students during summer, 1996 -- summer, 1997.
  • On Fridays, ERC computer labs were offered to Phase I students.
  • Professors' office computers were available to Phase I students.
  • Multi-media computer stations were available to Phase I students.
  • Web resource development materials were available to Phase I students.
  • Students downloaded GIFS and other web resources
  • Web page and multi-media instruction were used by both professors for instructional purposes during fall, 1996 and winter, 1997.
  • Twenty-one undergraduate students were trained in a variety of multimedia presentations (Trotwood--PDS).
  • Twenty-one undergraduate students developed web pages (Trotwood--PDS)
  • Professors have reviewed their web pages with several other professors in CEHS.
  • Professors have constantly updated their web pages for classroom instruction.
  • Grant budget has been developed and adhered to.

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