Beyond Software Tools - A Programming Course for Non-Majors

将建设一个专门的教学实验室，为非计算机专业的一门新计算机课程提供支持。本课程将教授具有Microsoft：Office 97等生产力工具用户背景的学生如何在该环境中编程。学生将学习如何构建独立的应用程序，以及可以在互联网和本地内部网上运行的应用程序。该实验室将由30个联网的工作站组成，通过一个设备(技术指挥官)连接到教师的控制台，使教师能够从控制台看到每个学生工作站并与之交互。这也将允许教师接管任何工作站，与其互动，并将其广播用于课堂讨论。拟议的课程和实验室将产生一批新的学科领域专家，他们将能够创建通常需要专业程序员或计算机顾问的应用程序。这将给更广泛的人群带来高水平的技术，从而影响工作场所的生产率。它还将影响选修该课程的学生的职业生涯，因为他们的知识和技能都有所增加

A specialized instructional laboratory will be constructed to support a new computer course for non-computer science majors. The course will teach students with a background as users of productivity tools such as Microsoft: Office 97 how to program in that environment. Students will learn how to construct stand-alone applications as well as applications that can run on the Internet and on local Intranets. The laboratory will consist of thirty networked stations connected to the instructor's console by a device (the Tech Commander) that will enable her to see and interact with each student station from the console. This will also allow the instructor to take over any workstation interact with it and broadcast it for class discussion. The proposed course and laboratory will produce a new group of subject area specialists who will be able to create applications usually requiring professional programmers or computer consultants. This will affect productivity in the workplace by bringing high level technology to a much wider group of people. It will also affect the careers of the students taking it by virtue of their increased knowledge and skill