Books in GC Library

Brown, David G., ed. Teaching with Technology: Seventy-Five Professors from Eight Universities Tell Their Stories. Bolton, MA: Anker Pub. Co., Inc., 2000. (LB 1044.88 .T43 1999)

technology tools used
educational notions behind course design
course outcomes
lessons learned
contact information

Examples of vignettes:

Online Quizzes Facilitate Preparedness for the General Chemistry Laboratory, Wake Forest University
Instructional Technology for Assessment, University Georgia
Introduction of Computing Competencies for future Healthcare Professionals, University of Pittsburgh
Renewing English Teaching with computer Applications, University of Georgia
Web Contributions to foundations of Christian Theology, University of Notre Dame
Motivating History Students to Inform Themselves, Wake Forest University
Student-Designed Online Art History references, Wake Forest University
Globalization: Using Technology to Enable Alumni and Outside Experts to Enrich a Class, Wake Forest University
Computer-Enhanced Course in Wellness, University of Delaware
Just-in-Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology, IUPUI
Data Warehousing and Decision Support: Tales fro a Virtual Classroom, University of Florida

Brown, David G., ed. Interactive Learning: Vignettes from America' Most Wired Campuses. Bolton, MA: Anker Pub. Co., Inc., 2000. (LB 1028.3 .I5663 2000)

"a state-of-the-art best practice
the educational beliefs behind the course redesign
the computer tools and techniques used in the course
measured impacts on learning
lessons learned
course web site addresses and contributor contact information"

The book begins with chapters on the philosophies/educational ideas behind the redesigned courses, an overview of technological tools and technique available, and a summary of the lessons learned in the courses described. Examples of vignettes:

Impact of Technology on the Teaching of Chemistry, Millsaps College
Computing Concepts and Competencies, Michigan State University
Inserting the Web into Precalculus,Washington State University
Human Physiology, Connecticut College
Patient Assessment: Physical Examination Skills, University of Texas, Austin
Native American History and Culture, LeMoyne College
Unanticipated Benefits from the Use of Computer Technology in a Large Introductory Course, Kansas State University
Teaching Future Teachers with Technology, American College
Beginning Drawing, East Carolina University
Synchronous and Nonsynchronous Exchange in Basic and Advanced English Classes, Vanderbilt University
Implementing Chat Software in the Foreign-Language Curriculum: The Case of RTA, University of California, Davis
Poetry in Motion: The Rilke Project, Dartmouth College

Leamnson, Robert. Thinking About Teaching and Learning: Developing Habits of Learning with First Year College and University Students. Sterling, VA:Stylus, 1999. (LB 2331 .L39 1999)

"Electronic technology has effected significant and undeniable changes in what (some) teachers do, what (some) students do, and how (some) courses are taught. It will take a large study … of what makes a detectable difference during college to determine how much learning has improved during the high technological period and to what extent it can be attributed to the use of higher technology." (p. 128)
: "If technology is to improve education it will be because teachers who truly understand learning take matters in hand and decide just what that technology will be used to do." (p. 129)
: "I believe it [best teaching] will be done by teachers who can accurately determine just when high technology can facilitate learning and when it is that some intellectual capital is needed to cope with the technology. Instructors who plan their teaching in this analytical way will also provide their students with some welcome variety in and out of the classroom." (p. 134)

3/22/2002