Instruction
Instruction Examples
BTNY 390E Plants and the Environment
- Professor Carole Lembi
The DLC played a supportive role for this class. The semester long assignment required students to find scholarly research from a variety of sources, interview a Purdue researcher, and grow plants following their development and documenting how the plants are important to the environment. The final product was to be in the form of a e-portfolio. The Digital Learning Collaboratory supported this project by providing access to the following resources: the Libraries electronic databases and catalog, digital cameras for documenting plant growth, digital camcorders for recording the interview with a Purdue researcher, and high end computers transferring digital data, modifying and manipulating the digital data, and developing the e-portfolios.
COM 114H Fundamental of Speech Communication
- Robyn Remke
The DLC worked with teaching assistant Robyn Remke to incorporate a greater focus on information literacy and technology literacy into the course. Earlier in the semester the students visited the DLC to learn about research strategies and scholarly journals. Later in the semester the students’ final group project was to work with a nonprofit community organization and develop a grant proposal based on their needs. The students’ second visit focused on developing appropriate interview questions and practicing with digital camcorders.
COM 415 Small Group Communication for Technology Majors
- Kristen Lucas
This course utilized the DLC over a series of four sessions. Students were divided into groups and each group participated in a three types of activities over the fives class sessions. Each participated in a problem solving activity that was designed to maximize the capabilities of the technology being used. The technologies used for the scenarios were offline document editing with Microsoft Word, NetMeeting, and Mimeo white board capture. Each scenario was developed to emulate the real work environment and required the students to utilize critical thinking skills for each scenario discuss as well as the research conducted online.
COM 491C Communication Campaign
- Professor Mohan Dutta-Bergman
This course is focused specifically on a semester long service learning project. Students work with a nonprofit organization on campus or in the community and develop a public relations campaign for an issue or cause supported by the organization. This year’s campaigns focused on anti-smoking and anti-super size it. Two groups of students worked with the campus student wellness center. The DLC provided semester long support through weekly class sessions that focused specific electronic research resources and multimedia production software. The DLC also provided one-on-one research advisory as well as technical development support.
COM 491R Integrated Marketing Communication
- Professor Jian Wang
The focus of this course was to provide some real world experience through group collaboration. The DLC supported this course through the utilization of the laptop computers, Mimeo white board capture, and the collaboration rooms. Each group of students participated in brainstorming and critical analysis for a given marketing scenario or topic.
ENGL 102 English Composition II
- Chris Eklund
In this course, the teaching assistant not only focused on the process of writing but also provided the opportunity for students to establish effective research skills. The DLC supported this initiative through the wireless network, laptop computers, and connection to the Libraries online tutorial CORE.
ENGL 203 Introduction to Research for Professional Writers
- Kevin DePew
The DLC has developed a strategic partnership with this course. As a class, the students develop real world experience by working with a client to develop needed documentation as it relates to the client’s needs. The DLC is acting as both client and support system for this project. The class is developing quick guide documentation for Adobe Premier. As a client, the DLC will benefit from this type of documentation because it will help individuals using our high end PCs work more effectively and efficiently. As a support network, the DLC is helping the students with their research needs as well as learning the software application well enough to develop the end product.
SCI 460 Science and Society
- Professor Andy Hirsch & Alex Macklin
This course served as a pilot course during the Fall semester. The students examined issues raised by science and technology as they impact society. An explicit goal of the course was to help students develop skills to critically examine information from a multitude of sources that convey information rapidly or in a more timely fashion such as newspapers, government agencies, scientific periodicals, the internet, and radio. As a final project, the students focused on a specific issue to present in a format of their choosing. The DLC provided the resources for the students wanting to utilize multimedia.