This section recognizes the contributions of those who sponsored or participated in Module 1 of the Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology and provides a record of responsibility for the content and design of the Web site.

Project Staff

The project is a joint initiative of two units at University of Maryland University College, the Center for Teaching and Learning and the Center for the Virtual University, both part of the Office of Distance Education and Lifelong Learning.

Barbara Kaplan, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning, served as project director for Module 1.

Kay Gilcher, Director, Center for the Virtual University, coordinated development, design, and delivery of all aspects of Module 1.

Jeff Finlay, Assistant Director, Center for the Virtual University, led the creation of Module 1, assisting in content research, selecting all examples of teaching/learning activities, and writing the reviews for each.

Susan Pollack, Digital Communications Specialist, Center for the Virtual University, developed the Web pages and served as content editor for Module 1.

Andy Joyce, Multimedia Graphic Artist, Center for the Virtual University, created the Web template designs and specialized icons for the site.

Joyce and two other staff members of the Center for the Virtual University—Justus Baumgartner, Web Multimedia Specialist, and Todd Larson, Video Production Specialist—served as technical consultants to the project and contributed to the content of the Technologies section of Module 1. Baumgartner also provided logistical and technical support in adapting the UMUC examples for the site.

Inez Giles, Director, Distance Education Technologies, Center for Teaching and Learning, participated in the original grant and served as a consultant in finalizing the content and objectives of Module 1.

Louise Vanderbeek, Instructional Designer, Office of Instructional Development, reviewed the content and provided feedback on the conceptual framework of Module 1.

Traicy Garey, Manager, Publication and Web Maintenance Services, Office of Instructional Development, aided in the selection and preparation of examples of teaching/learning activities.

James Rawson, UMUC Webmaster, provided Web space, logistical support, and maintenance services for the site.

Contributors

The Virtual Resource Site for Teaching with Technology is especially grateful to the following people, departments, and organizations for permission to feature their assignments and/or Web sites in Module 1. Their work is represented in the Teaching/Learning Activities section.

C. J. Alexander, Political Science Department, Acadia University, for "Digital Agora Byte Newspaper Assignments"

Elizabeth L. Ambos, Department of Geological Sciences, California State University, Long Beach, for "Virtual Field Geology: Geologic Tours of Southern California"

Dale Berger, Psychology Department, Web Interface for Statistics Education (WISE), Claremont Graduate University, for "Statistics Applets"

Matt Bobrowsky, Faculty Curriculum Specialist, and Chris Hunt, Faculty Peer Reviewer, Undergraduate Programs, University of Maryland University College, for "Module 2 Commentary: The Tools of Astronomy"

Raymond Bucko, S.J., Anthropology Department, Le Moyne College, for "Museums and Social Science"

David Caley, Department of Physics, University of Oregon, for "University of Oregon VLAB"

Norman Chance, Convener, Arctic Circle Virtual Classroom, Anthropology Department, University of Connecticut, for "HAARP (High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program): A Case Study in Ultra-Modern Warfare"

Bernie Combs, Sandra Wells, and Alan Levine, Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction, for "Research Methods in the Social and Natural Sciences"

M.W. Conley, Political Science Department, Acadia University, for "Addressing the Challenge of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)"

Debra DeRuyver, American Studies Program, University of Maryland, College Park, for "Web Site Evaluation" and "Virtual Exhibition Review"

Terry Dugas, Director, Multimedia Educational Services, Florida Gulf Coast University, for "Module 2: What is Culture?"

Kenneth E. Foote and Shannon Crum, Geography Department, University of Texas at Austin, for "Machine Space: A Case Study in Urbanization and Environment"

William Grant, Department of American Culture Studies, Bowling Green State University, for "Virtual Tour of Crystal City in the 1890s"

Paul Groves, Project Officer, Humanities Computing Development Team, Virtual Seminars for Teaching Literature, Oxford University, for "Introduction to Manuscript Study" and "Introduction to Text Analysis"

Jeffrey K. Hadden, Sociology Department, University of Virginia, for "Group Profile Web Pages"

Steven Hale, Humanities Division, Georgia Perimeter College, for "Where in the Hell Is Dante Alighieri?" and "A Guided Web Tour of Dante's Florence"

Richard Hall, Psychology Department, University of Missouri-Rolla, for "Guided Exploration: Physiological Psychology"

Alicia Huckstadt and Karen Hayes, School of Nursing, Continuous Learning Project, Wichita State University, for "Acute Low Back Pain (Sample Preview)"

Larry Husch, Department of Mathematics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for "Visual Calculus Modules"

Virginia Jenkins and Mary Sies, American Studies Program, University of Maryland, College Park, for "Virtual Greenbelt—Student Projects"

William R. Jones, University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, for "Biofilms & Biodiversity" and "How To Calculate Biodiversity?"

John Kantner, Anthropology and Geography Department, Georgia State University, for "Web Assignment"

Jay Kaplan, Economics Department, University of Colorado, Boulder, for "Economics Stock Project Web Information"

Mark D. Kittleson, Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California-Davis, for "Case Studies In Small Animal Cardiovascular Medicine"

Robyn Lewis, Natural History of Genes Project, University of Utah, for "The Farmer's Bones"

John McClymer, History Department, Assumption College, for "Women and the American Experience"

William H. McKelvie, Psychology, Bowie State University, for "World Views" assignment in "Legal and Ethical Issues in Psychotherapy"

Margaret L. McLaughlin, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Southern California, for "Term Paper on CMC and Marginalized Groups"

Kevin Michel, Faculty Member, and Frank Fronhoffer, Curriculum Specialist, Undergraduate Programs, University of Maryland University College, for "Group Project: Not-for-Profit and Government Organizations"

Bonnie Mitchell, Computer Art Department, School of Art, Bowling Green State University, for "Creative Design for the World Wide Web"

Gene Mumy, Department of Economics, Ohio State University, for "Economics 200 Lectures," and Michael Parkins for permission to feature materials presented on the Web and derived from PowerPoint lectures in Parkins's Microeconomics, 4th edition (Addison-Wesley Longman, 1998. All rights reserved.)

Political Science Department, Acadia University, for the "Digital Agora" multimedia resource

Shelton Rhodes, Human Resource Management, Bowie State University, for "Texaco Racial Discrimination Case"

Ruth Sandwell and John Lutz, History Department, University of Victoria, for "Who Killed William Robinson?"

Ellen Schattschneider, Emory's Center for Interactive Teaching, Emory University, for "Visual Culture Project"

Richard Scheines, Laboratory for Symbolic and Educational Computing, Philosophy Department, Carnegie Mellon University, for "Causation & Statistics"

Kathryn Kish Sklar and Thomas Dublin, History Department, Binghamton University, for "Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830–1930"

Michael Stern, MAS Landscape Architecture, Urban Design & Planning, 1337 Shady Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15217, and John Unsworth, Director, Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities (IATH), University of Virginia, for "Visions for a Sustainable City"

Teaching with Historic Places program, National Park Service, for "The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal"

Robert E. Wood, Sociology Department, Rutgers University Camden Campus, for "Doing Sociology on the World Wide Web"

January 2000

This project is a joint initiative of the Center for the Virtual University and the Center for Teaching and Learning at UMUC.

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