F4F A NEW BRIDGE BETWEEN FACULTY AND STUDENTS
F4F A NEW BRIDGE BETWEEN FACULTY AND STUDENTS
Students
are increasingly aware that the faculty are keeping up with the rapid change of
information technology at a much slowerpace than the student body. The Science
and Technology Wing (STWing), a student-run living-learning program at the University
of Pennsylvania, has taken on the initiative to create
and develop an Information Technology course for faculty to close this gap.
Many benefits for both students and faculty are expected from this experimental
program. As a result of their
participation in this course, it is expected that faculty will more efficiently
make use of the resources that are already available to
them. In addition, they will be able to critically and
adequately integrate the students’ information technology knowledge as tools in
their instruction. Undertaking this challenge is expected to enhance the growth
and maturation of participating students. Having stepped into the role of “teacher” the students gain insight into the pedagogy
and henceforth become better “learners”. Surveys will assess
the faculty needs and the STWing student members teaching potential. The
program will start in March 2000.
This paper will present the initial evaluation of the program.
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