The
      old
      stereotype
      of
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      struggling
      to
      keep
      up
      with
     
     
      their
      studying
      may
      soon
      be
      stifled
     
     
      by
      a
      startling
      new
      project.
     
    

    
     
      ITEC,
      the
       university’s
     
     
      Information
      Technology
      Education
     
     
      Centre
      is
      teaming
      up
      with
      the
     
     
      library
      resources
      to
      bring
      forth
      a
     
     
      new
      program.
     
    

    
     
      “Some
      of
      the
      students
      at
      the
     
     
      university
      are
      now
      using
      ITEC
      to
     
     
      learn
      how
      to
      use
      electronic
      media
     
     
      for
      class
      presentations.”
      ITEC
     
     
      director,
      Bill
      Robertson
      said
      about
     
     
      how
      most
      students
      benefit
      from
      the
     
     
      centre.
      In
      addition
      to
      the
      electronic
     
     
      media
      available
      from
      ITEC,
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      may
      also
      take
      advantage
      of
     
     
      the
      training
      programs
      offered.
      _
     
    

    
     
      “ITEC
      has
      run
      a
      summer
     
     
      institute
      for
      the
      last
      three
      years
      that
     
     
      teaches
      students
      quite
      a
      range
      of
     
     
      multimedia
      skills.”
      Robertson
      said,
     
     
      adding
      that
      the
      main
      function
      of
     
     
      ITEC
      is
      to
      design
      and
      maintain
     
    
   
   
    
     
      web
      pages.
     
     
      But
      _
      according
      to
     
     
      Robertson,
      ITEC
      is
      about
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      emerge
      with
      something
      new.
     
    

    
     
      ““We’re
      going
      to
      start
      a
      very
     
     
      special
      project
      in
      a
      couple
      of
     
     
      weeks,”
      Robertson
      said.
      “Two
      of
     
     
      the
      staff
      members
      are
      going
      to
     
     
      work
      with
      the
      librarian
      on
      [it]
      to
     
     
      help
      as
      many
      of
      the
      professors
      as
     
     
      possible
      to
      have
      a
      web
      presence
      in
     
     
      their
      course.”
      Whether
      large
      or
     
     
      small,
      it
      is
      important
      that
      there
      is
     
     
      some
      use
      of
      ITEC’s
      web
      resources
     
     
      in
      most
      subjects,
      he
      added.
     
    

    
     
      “The
      objective
      is
      to
      try
      and
     
     
      get
      most
      of
      the
      faculty
      looking
      at
     
     
      new
      technologies
      and
      using
      it
     
    

    
     
      _
      wherever
      it
      makes
      sense
      in
      their
     
    

    
     
      courses.”
      Robertson
      hopes
      the
     
     
      new
      project
      will
      come
      into
      effect
      in
     
     
      carly
      November
      and
      will
      become
     
     
      more
      and
      more
      popular
      over
      the
     
     
      next
      two
      years.
     
    

    
     
      Robertson
      feels
      the
      new
     
     
      Project
      will
      greatly
      benefit
      stu-
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      dents.
      “[Students]
      will
      have
      a
     
     
      record
      of
      everything
      they
      have
      to
     
    
   
   
    
     
      do
      on
      the
      web
      site.”
      This
      site
      will
     
    
   
   
    
     
      include
      a
      detailed
      course
      outline,
     
     
      notes
      for
      each
      class,
      discussion
     
     
      topics
      on-line,
      as
      well
      as
      future
     
     
      course
      information.
     
    

    
     
      “You
      can
      study
      ahead
      of
     
     
      class;
      you
      don’t
      have
      to
      be
      a
      ste-
     
     
      nographer
      quite
      as
      much
      as
      you
      are
     
     
      now,”
      Robertson
      said.
     
    

    
     
      He
      noted
      that
      the
      on-line
     
     
      class
      discussion
      method
      is
      a
      key
     
     
      plus
      of
      the
      project.
      “In
      Business
     
     
      482
      more
      than
      half
      the
      grade
      is
      on
     
     
      discussion
      the
      class
      gets
      into
      on-
     
     
      line,”explained
      Robertson.
      This
     
     
      enables
      professors
      to
      simply
      post
      a
     
     
      topic
      and
      allow
      the
      students
      to
     
     
      reply
      on
      their
      own
      time.
     
    

    
     
      “You
      get
      a
      chance
      to
      think
     
     
      about
      your
      comment
      rather
      than
     
     
      dump
      it
      out
      quickly,
      just
      off
      the
      top
     
     
      of
      your
      head.”
     
    

    
     
      John:
      ~
      Crossley,
      ...
      Vice
     
     
      President
      Academic,
      agrees
      that
     
     
      on-line
      communicating
      is
      advanta-
     
     
      geous
      for
      students.
      “It
      will
      provide
     
     
      e-mail
      lists
      for
      students
      and
      profes-
     
     
      sors
      to
      communicate
      back
      and
     
     
      forth,”
      he
      said
      of
      the
      ITEC
      project.
     
     
      “And
      I
      find
      a
      lot
      of
      students
      are
     
     
      more
      comfortable
      doing
      that
      than
     
     
      coming
      and
      talking
      to
      their
      profs.”
     
    

    
     
      Crossley’s
      political
      studies
     
     
      311
      course
      is
      outlined
      on
      its
      web
     
     
      page.
      Crossley
      finds
      his
      students
     
     
      not
      only
      benefit
      from
      a
      more
      con-
     
     
      venient
      means
      of
      communicating,
     
     
      but
      also
      from
      an
      additional,
      more
     
     
      relaxed
      method
      of
      getting
      poten-
     
     
      tially
      missed
      notes.
      “Rather
      than
     
     
      people
      having
      to
      write
      down
      all
      of
     
     
      my
      course
      overheads
      or
      photocopy
     
     
      them
      in
      the
      library,
      I
      just
      post
      them
     
     
      up
      for
      people
      to
      download
      them.”
     
    

    
     
      ITEC
      is
      putting
      the
      web
     
     
      pages
      together
      but
      they
      couldn’t
     
     
      have
      done
      it
      without
      the
      Robertson
     
     
      Library
      resources.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      “The
      library
      is
      very
     
    
   
   
    
     
      involved
      in
      instructional
      services.”
     
     
      said
      UPEI
      Librarian
      Lynn
      Murphy.
     
     
      These
      services
      teach
      students
      how
     
     
      to
      use
      the
      databases.
      “And
      we’re
     
     
      already
      partnering
      off
      with
      some
      of
     
     
      the
      faculty
      in
      doing
      some
      of
      the
     
     
      teaching
      of
      how
      to
      do
      research.”
     
    

    
     
      Murphy
      said
      that
      since
      not
     
     
      every
      course
      necessarily
      needs
      a
     
     
      web
      page,
      there
      is
      no
      guarantee
      as
     
     
      to
      how
      extensively
      outlined.
      each
     
     
      course
      will
      be.
      “Where
      the
      faculty
     
     
      feel
      they
      need
      a
      web
      interface
      for
     
     
      the
      students,
      the
      IT
      project
      will
     
     
      assist
      in
      helping
      to
      facilitate
      it.”
     
    

    
     
      According
      to
      Murphy,
      the
     
     
      IT
      project
      wasn’t
      just
      a
      random
     
     
      idea
      that
      ITEC
      is
      experimenting
     
     
      with.
      “Last
      year
      we
      did
      a
      study
      of
     
     
      planning
      of
      curriculums
      for
      stu-
     
     
      dents
      and
      this
      idea
      was
      a
      result
      of
     
     
      that
      study.”
     
    

    
     
      Some
      students
      are
      unsure
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ITEG
      seeks
      to
      Integrate
      web
      technology
      In
      the
      classroom
     
    
   
   
    
     
      of
      the
      new
      project.
     
    

    
     
      “T
      can
      see
      how
      it
      would
     
     
      have
      some
      redeeming
      qualities,”
     
     
      Third
      year
      Arts
      student,
      John
     
     
      Fleming
      said
      of
      the
      IT
      project,
     
     
      “But
      I
      can
      also
      see
      how
      it
      may
      not
     
     
      necessarily
      help
      relations
      between
     
     
      students
      and
      professors.
      There
     
     
      would
      perhaps
      be
      a
      little
      less
      inter-
     
     
      action
      there,
      and
      that
      in
      itself
      is
     
     
      probably
      one
      of
      the
      most
      redeem-
     
     
      ing
      qualities
      of
      a
      smaller
      universi-
     
     
      tyr
     
    

    
     
      Crossley
      and
      Robertson
     
     
      feel
      they
      have
      nothing
      to
      lose
      in
     
     
      launching
      this
      new
      idea.
      The
      IT
      .
     
     
      project
      will
      be
      the
      topic
      of
      a
      faculty
     
     
      meeting
      taking
      place
      later
      in
      the
     
     
      week.
     
    

    
     
      Murphy
      estimates
     
     
      November
      6
      will
      be
      the
      date
      that
     
     
      the
      program
      will
      come
      into
      effect.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
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