--- Forwarded Message from Mary Fetherston <[log in to unmask]> --- >User-Agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022 >Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 09:29:26 -0400 >Subject: Re: #6650.2 Language Lab questions (!) >From: Mary Fetherston <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ Stuart, Below are my responses to your questions as well. Good luck!! -- Mary Fetherston Supervisor, Language Learning Resource Center University of Rhode Island 60 Upper College Road, Suite 3 Kingston, RI 02881 ?º°`°º?ø,$FC$FC,ø?º°`°º?ø?º°`°º?ø,$FC$FC,ø?º°`°º?ø?º°`°º?ø,$FC$FC,ø?º°`°º?ø > 1. Is the director a tenure-track or tenured professor? If so, how many > other courses does s/he teach and what is the teaching load at your school? > Or is this a full-time staff position? > MF: Full-time staff. I don't get the summers off (*sigh*) > 2. How is funding provided? Do you assess a lab fee per student? If so, > is it for every course every semester? Do you also receive money from the > Dean? > MF: We are part of Instructional Technology and Media Services. This worked great during the years we had a technology bond (got lots of great stuff). But now that the bond has run dry I compete with desktop labs for resources. But they do take care of me. The students do pay a Tech fee of $50/semester but this is split between the library ($33/semester) and IT ($17/semester). > 3. Do you have a full-time technology person that work there or is this a > part of the director's job? > MF: There is only one position. I have to do it all or train the students to do it. > 4. Do you employ student workers? How are they paid? > MF: Yes, I have about 15 students that work in the lab. They are paid from the larger IT student budget. Students start at $5.95. After their first semester they can get a raise (if they have completed a set of on-the-job training). Some get the opportunity to become student supervisors (at $7.20/hour). > > 5. Have you digitized your materials yet? How are you coping with > copyright > laws? > MF: All audio, video clips that accompany texts but not feature-length videos. I have only had one problem with copyright of a video and so the prof just shows it in class and students can review it in the lab. > 6. What kind of check-out system do you have for hard copy materials? > MF: Materials can't be taken out of the lab, but we have no "system" for checking for use within the lab (other than putting a note in the lab register program that they were given materials). Getting something better has always been a low priority because we have never had a loss that hasn't resurfaced in a day (usually the faculty absent-mindedly walk out with something).