Volume 2. No 4 Information Technology News of the University of California, Davis Summer 1994

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Instruction, Classrooms, Student Labs, and Operations

Instructional technology support continued as a blend of traditional and emerging methods.

Video services were provided to 140 faculty resulting in 21 productions, 106 videotaped courses and 4 live teleconferences between UCD and the Washington Center. The productions included the entire lecture portion of Freshman Chemistry (Chem 9) as well as a self-paced learning series of 15 lectures and 9 lab demonstrations for Computer Science (ECS 15). Over-enrolled classes for Bio Sci 1C, Bio Sci 101, Chem 2A, and Chem 118 were offered by broadcast of the sessions to additional classrooms over the campus cable system.

Graphics services were provided to 167 faculty resulting in 2,722 graphic images and 28,783 photographic images delivered in 188 productions. Major productions included Physical Education 101, 5 courses in Food Science and Technology, and 3 courses for the School of Law.

Multimedia services (which include video and graphics specialties as well as multimedia authoring expertise) developed templates to convert traditional slide/tape presentations into self-paced learning modules. Dedicated Macintosh computers, in 1101 Hart Hall, provide simultaneous access for 30 students to material which was only accessible to a single student, at a time, in the traditional format.

A partnership with the Registrar's Office resulted in a new computer classroom. This facility in 241 Olson Hall is designed to facilitate lecture style instruction while providing every student with a computer. It is scheduled, as a classroom -not a lab-, by the Registrar.

Improvements in the central facility UNIX systems included installation of communication hardware which removed network bottlenecks, upgraded processors, enhanced security procedures, automated tape backups, and more effective disk space management routines. Moreover, certain, arguably entertainment-related, activities like Multi User Dungeons (MUD) and InterNet Relay Chat (IRC) have been restricted.