Faculty Spotlight
April - May 2002: Richard Strange
"Hooking" a Grant, cont.
The
Teaching with Technology grant provided Dr. Strange with funds
to purchase equipment, both hardware and software, to support module
development and delivery. Recipients also received a one-time salary
supplement. He also worked with Adobe as a beta tester for LiveMotion
2 which now included a scripting component. Armed with these items,
Richard went to work, re-envisioning limnology for the future."Luring" students in with technology
In the past, to review the limnology material, students walked to the library, sat down in a special location and moved through a series of slides, while listening to an audio tape. Sound and pictures to enhance the concepts. But, the tapes wore out and the material wasn’t conveniently accessible to students.As he speaks about the redesign of the content, Richard points out that it remains essentially the same content, yet it is clearly transformed with a more dramatic and dynamic context. Slides captures static text illustrations, much as a textbook might. With his technical ability to use LiveMotion, he was able to tell the same story with motion. And he suggests that instructors ask this question about a course component that might move well to the Web: "How can I tell this story with motion?"