Interdisciplinary
Team-Taught Courses Supported
(in reverse
chronological order)
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- Jordan Smith (English) and Writing Center;
purchase of Storyspace,
collaborative writing software for possible use in the Writing
Across the Curriculum program.
- Felmon Davis (Philosophy), et al, Life
and Culture After Pervasive Computing.
- Seyffie Maleki (Physics), Michael Hagerman
(Chemistry), Philip Kosky (Mechanical Engineering), Introduction
to Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials.
- Kathryn Lesh (Mathematics), support for new courses
in Cryptography.
- Steve Rice (Biology), Richard Shanebrook (Mechanical
Engineering), Mohammad Mafi (Engineering), Introduction
to Bioengineering.
- Robert Balmer (Dean of Engineering), et al,
Introductory text for ESC-016,
Introduction to Engineering and Mechatronics, offering credit
toward general education science.
- William Zwicker (Mathematics), Interdisciplinary
tracks in the annual Hudson
River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, to be hosted at Union
College
- Seyffie Maleki (Physics), Mary Carroll (Chemistry),
Louisa Matthews (Visual Arts) The Physics and Chemistry of
Art Preservation and Restoration; including travel by Maleki to
England for a seminar on laser cleaning of art.
- Junko Ueno
(Modern Languages - Japanese) and Mark Knowles (Director, Language
Lab) The Japanese Garden Path Project.
- Reina
Hayeki (Philosophy) and Alan Taylor (Mathematics) Logic Modules
for Mathematics and Philosophy.
- Hillary
Tann (Performing Arts - Music) and Tim Olsen (Performing Arts -
Music) Using Finale 2001 in music composition.
- Hal
Fried (Economics), James Lambrinos (GMI) and William Fairchild
(Mathematics) The Economics of Sports, through modeling and
simulation.
- Daniel
Mosquera (Modern Languages - Spanish) and Mark Knowles (Director,
Language Lab) Deepening the Integration of the Language Lab
into the Modern Languages; Spring, 2001; support for expanded use of
Digital Video in teaching language and culture.
- Charles
Batson (Modern Languages - French; cross-listed with Performing Arts) History(ies) of Dance;
Dance(s) of History.
- William
Finlay (Performing Arts) and Seyfollah Maleki (Physics), "Electrifying
Acts: The Genius of Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla," an American
premier. (Part of the Yulman Theater's Season
of Science.
- Vicki
Martinez (Modern Languages) and Louisa Matthew (Visual Arts), Pilgrimage
to Santiago de Compostela.
- Zoe Oxley (Political Science), Talking
about Women and Politics. Taught jointly with Rebecca Deen, U. Texas at
Arlington, and Rosalee Clawson, Purdue University.
- Seyfollah
Maleki (Physics) and Leo Fleishman (Biology). Seeing the Light: Concepts of Vision
(materials
support).
- Andrew Wolfe
(Civil Engineering); Cliff Brown (Political Science, Nott Memorial Exhibitions Committee);
Steve Schmidt (Economics). History of the Erie
Canal.
- Janet Anderson (Chemistry) Modeling bio-chemistry molecules with
MacSpartan Plus.
- Joyce
Madancy (Political Science); Megan Ferry (Modern Languages). Seminar on China's
Cultural Revolution.
- Cherrice Traver (Electrical Engineering) and Bruce Reynolds
(Economics), Principal Instructors, Karen Brison (Anthropology), David Hemmendinger
(Computer Science), Richard Fox (Political Science), and John Spinelli (EE/CS), Associate
Instructors; INFOTECH: The Impact of
Technology on Social Systems.
- Stephen Schmidt (Economics) and Andy Wolfe (Civil Engineering); The Interdependence of
Engineering and Society: A History of Transportation.
- John Boyer (Biology) and Mark Walker (History): Human
Evolution and Prehistory.
- Seyfollah Maleki (Physics) and Mark Walker (History); Nazi Science.
(This project developed into an NSF proposal.)
FRESHMAN PRECEPTORIAL PROJECTS:
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Travel/Speakers
(selected)
For additional details of workshops and
speakers, see the Office
of Curricular Design web site.
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Kesheng Yu participates in
two CET workshops: Final Cut Pro, and LiveStage Pro, December, 2002.
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Prof. Fred Dretske,
Friday, Nov. 8, co-sponsored by the Departments of Biology,
Philosophy, Psychology, and Mellon Grant; "Change Blindness",
a philosophical neuroscience lecture
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Jianping Feng, travel to
American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, 11/21 to
11/24/2002 in Salt Lake City.
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Mark Knowles, Language Lab
Director, and three Lab assistants travel to the University of
Pennsylvania for a National Conference: Version 2.0 - Foreign
Language Collaborations and the Web; (October 11-13, 2002).
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Doug Klein (Economics / IT),
Kesheng Yu (Curricular Design), David Cotter (Sociology) participate in
CET GIS workshop, Amherst MA, Sept. and Oct. 2002.
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North American Productivity
Workshop; sponsored track on technology. June, 2002.
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Adrianne Wortzel, Keynote
speaker at our Collaborating with Technology conference, meets with
representatives from Performing Arts, Mechanical Engineering, and the
Robot Club, on Telerobotic
Theater.
- Scott Payne of the CET conducted a
workshop at Union on technology in Language instruction, using CDML
(Claris Dynamic Mark-up Language). April 4,5, 2002.
- Videoconference between Prof. Teresa Meade's Latin
American History course at Union, and Juan Jacomino, the news director
of the English division of Radio Havana Cuba; Spring 2002.
- Univeristy of Rhode Island visitors John Grandin and
Damon Rarick visited Union to discuss developing international programs
for engineers.
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Vicki Martinez, travel to
Mexico to collect digital documents for Spanish curriculum.
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Kesheng Yu, Association for
Asian Study Annual Conference, April 5-April 7, 2002; Washington, DC.
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Ann Nolte (GMI) and Kesheng
Yu attend Blackboard Users Conference, March, 2002; Phoenix, AZ.
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Kesheng Yu, Adobe Product
Seminar, Boston, April, 2002.
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Kesheng Yu, Director of
Office of Curricular Design, attends Streaming Video workshop at CET;
March 15, 2002.
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Doug Klein, Seminars on Academic Computing (Colorado), August, 2001
(partial support)
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Mark Walsh, CEO of
Verticalnet.com, spoke via video conference to the Infotech and Society
class, May, 2001.
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Charles Batson (Modern Languages - French) Ed-Media conference in
Finland (partial support), April, 2001
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Ross Ferlito (Colgate University), David Smallen and Marybeth Barth
(Hamilton College), videoconference on teaching language with
technology.
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Eshragh Motahar (Economics), "Teaching More Effectively with Technology" on April 11 and
12, NYU.
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Doug Klein and Dave Cossey, Mellon Centers Meeting, Mt. Holyoke,
April, 2001.
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Modern Languages faculty (German), Middlebury CET conference on
teaching German language and culture with technology, March, 2001.
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Ashraf Ghaly (Civil Engineering), Seyfollah Maleki (Physics), Jianping
Feng, (Modern Languages), Junko Ueno (ML), Linda Almstead (Computer
Science), Syllabus East (Boston), November 2000.
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Gail Golderman and Bruce Connolly (Schaffer
Library), travel to Online World, San Diego, CA.
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Jianping Feng (ML), Kesheng Yu (OCD) American Council on the Teaching of Foreign
Languages, November 2000.
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Mark Knowles (Language Lab), partial funding of
NT training.
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Engineering Laptop Committee; wireless laptop
conference at SUNY Morrisville.
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Kesheng Yu, SITE conference, Florida
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Jill Salvo and Kristin Fox, PKAL conference on Biochemistry; July
2000.
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Don Buckley (Quinnipiac College) speaker invited by Jill Salvo,
Biology, Spring 2000: "Fostering Active Learning with Interactive
Multimedia" and other topics.
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Larry Seiford (NSF) and Peter Krause (Rayteon Corp.), invited by Hal Fried and Suthathip
Yaisawarng (Economics) and Bob Balmer (Engineering) to organize and present a 1-day
economics/ engineering conference on the Design of Experiments, December, 1999.
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Jill Salvo, Paul Willing, attended "Strategies for Successful Classroom
Interaction" at the University of Hartford, November, 1999.
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Ron Bucinell, Mechanical Engineering (Silicon Graphics/U. Texas
Distance Learning Event)
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Jianping Feng (ML), SyllabusEast, New
York.
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Doug Klein, Economics/Assoc. Dean for Information Technology
(SyllabusEast; Syllabus99;
EDUCAUSE Seminars on Academic Computing)
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Kesheng Yu, Curricular Design Specialist (WebNet98;
SyllabusEast)
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Ashraf Ghaly, Civil Engineering (WebNet99)
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