Campus-Wide Information Systems: Volume 14 Issue 4

Using information technology at East Tennessee State University

John D. Chenoweth, Kellie Price

With the demand for technology‐literate graduates, East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, decided to modify its General Education Curriculum to include a…

Using technology in teaching: using integrated computer tools for data acquisition, data analysis and modeling in introductory physics courses

Priscilla W. Laws

Describes how Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA) has redesigned the teaching methods in introductory physics courses to take advantage of findings in physics…

In need of support: the academic help desk

Iain A. Middleton, Rita Marcella

The help desk and user support industry has, over the last ten years, risen to prominence as one of the most important areas of the IT and customer services industry. However, it…

Online education: a student’s perspective

Terri Langan

Provides insight into the benefits and effectiveness of online education from the perspective of one graduate student attending an almost completely “virtual” university. Includes…

Using a Web camera

Matt Certo

Describes the experience at Rollins College, of delivering live imagery to the Web. Outlines the steps taken, and the end result. Uses Web cams to deliver a temporary solution…