--- Forwarded Message from Bob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:00:48 -0600 (CST) >From: Bob Peckham <[log in to unmask]> >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #4916.1 Faculty Development Centers >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> ------------------ We also have a Faculty Multimedia Center, for development of research and teaching materials. The Center director has 2 courses off (from a 4-course load) + he gets another course off for being the www.utm.edu main server Webmaster. He is an English teacher. I have not been a participant in the workshops, but I have encouraged my colleagues to do so (it's like pulling teeth), because the workshops are quite practical: UTMartin Faculty Multimedia Center http://fmc.utm.edu/ It was originally funded with a gift. If our new Chancellor does not do something to mess this up, the idea behind the thing is quite sound, and is part of a logical and accomplishable technology strategy. The FMC provides the equipment and a place apart for creating multimedia or trying out special pedagogies. Adequate faculty desk computers, the equivalent or slightly better than lab computers provide a way for individual faculty to plan lessons around multimedia software used in the labs. Nearly 850 public access computers on campus (5600 students) provide a way for students to accomplish multimedia homework assignments. Unfortunately, our campus tends to abandon the most logical plans almost as soon as they are made, and I hear very little about whether this plan is still functional. TBob Bob Peckham Director, The Globe-Gate Project Dept. of Modern Foreign Languages Univ. of Tennessee-Martin Martin, TN 38238 USA e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.utm.edu/departments/french/french.html