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Dr. John August of College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. John August is a professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine in the Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Program at Texas A&M University. He teaches the Canine and Feline Clinical Management and Clinical Pathology and Parasitology I courses. He is joined by Noberto Espitia, the Animal Clinic Supervisor and graduate student, in teaching Clinical Pathology and Parasitology. Both of these courses are taught by integrating face-to-face sessions, videoconference, and an online component. Dr. August and Mr. Espitia are employing TTVN and the web environment to support continuing education courses for professional veterinarians. They are also working in partnership with Palo Alto College to provide quality instruction for the individuals that are enrolled in the Veterinary Technician Program.

For more information, visit Dr. John August's profile where he shares his experiences and lessons learned.


Dr. Bruce Herbert of the College of Geosciences

Dr. Bruce Herbert has been using the Internet to transform a number of his own classes. Dr. Herbert has received a National Science Foundation grant to further develop his Web-based introductory course, Geo 101. Dr. Herbert thinks the new Geology 101 will be more fun, as well as more effective.

For more information, visit Dr. Bruce Herbert's profile. (Clicking on this link opens a new browser window. Close it to return here.)

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Dr. W. R. Klemm from the College of Veterinary Medicine

Along with his research on brainstem mechanisms of behavior, alcohol, learning/memory, chemical signals, human cognition and EEG, Dr. Klemm has done extensive studies on collaborative learning and distance education. Together with Dr. Snell, he is the innovator of the hypertext-based on-line conferencing system, called FORUMĘ.

For more information, visit Dr. Klemm's web site:<http://www.cvm.tamu.edu/wklemm/> (Clicking on this link opens a new browser window. Close it to return here.)

Dr. Jackie Palmer of Department of English

Dr. Jackie Palmer is the Associate Director of the Writing Programs Office in the English Department at Texas A&M University. The Writing Programs Office administers the department's service undergraduate writing courses, English 104, 203, and 210. The goals of the Writing Program are twofold: to ensure the quality of undergraduate writing courses and to prepare graduate students for professions as university teachers. Dr. Palmer teaches scientific and technical writing and editing and is currently involved in training graduate assistants to integrate technology in teaching their undergraduate technical writing courses.

For more information about this continuing effort to understand the effective use of technology in the classroom, visit Dr. Jackie Palmer's profile. (Clicking on this link opens a new browser window. Close it to return here.)

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Dr. Mike Speed and Dr. James Hardin of the Department of Statistics

Dr. Mike Speed, Associate Dean for Technology-Mediated Instruction for College of Science and Dr. James Hardin use streaming video in distance education courses. They also conduct seminars for TAMU faculty introducing new streaming technologies.

For more information about the streaming workshops, visit: <http://stat.tamu.edu/~mspeed/stream> (Clicking on this link opens a new browser window. Close it to return here.)

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David Sweeney of Adaptive Technology Service at Texas A&M

David Sweeney is the Program Coordinator of Adaptive Technology Service in Student Life at Texas A&M University. Adaptive Technology is the use of technology to provide equal access to information.

Mr. Sweeney's contact information:

Phone: 979-845-0390
Email: David@studentlife.tamu.edu

The web site for Services for Students with Disabilities is http://disability.tamu.edu/

More information about what faculty and departments need to be aware of regarding the accessibility guidelines can be found in the interview with David Sweeney . (Clicking on this link opens a new browser window. Close it to return here.)

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