Local Area Network (LAN) Multimedia Computer Laboratory to Enhance Science Instruction

9352376迪亚兹科学处的一个多媒体计算机实验室，由连接在局域网上的工作站、激光视盘播放机和用于数据采集的实验室接口组成，将使本科生的理科课程有一个根本性的改变。微积分、物理、化学、天文学和其他科学课程教学的这一变化，将通过使用“动手”互动方法实现，学生可以在这种方法中探索所研究学科的局限性和可能性。该实验室旨在激发学生的好奇心，有望培养学生探索答案的欲望，促进理科和非理科专业的积极探究式教学。教学将个性化，提供丰富和加速学习的指导，打破专制的传统授课形式的障碍。我们期望透过改善现有的教学水平，以及透过广泛的最新电脑技术训练，提高学生的专业和技术资格，从而为学生提供更佳的科学教育。已经设计了这些课程的教学大纲的改变，参与其中的Mercyhurst教员已经准备好使用新的技术。***

9352376 Diaz A Multimedia Computer Laboratory for the Science Division, consisting of workstations connected in a Local Area Network with laser videodisc players and laboratory interfaces for data acquisition, will allow for a radical change in the undergraduate science curriculum. This change in the teaching of calculus, physics, chemistry and astronomy and other science courses will be achieved by using a "hands on" interactive approach in which the student can explore the limits and possibilities of the subject under study. The laboratory is designed to stimulate the curiosity of students and will hopefully develop the students' desire to search for answers, promoting active and inquiring instruction for science and non- science majors. The instruction will be individualized by providing guidance for enrichment and accelerated learning, breaking the barrier of the authoritarian traditional lecture format. We expect to provide a better science education for our students by improving the present level of instruction and enhancing their professional and technical qualifications by an extensive training in the most modern computer technologies. A change in the syllabi for these classes has already been designed and the Mercyhurst faculty involved with them is already prepared in the new techniques. ***