"Smart" Teaching Facilities Appeal to Diverse Learning Styles

The teaching facilities provided in the department allow for the latest technology to be used to increase awareness in the field of communications. Demonstration projectors and overheads have been placed in several of the classrooms to allow for more of an unique view of why the field of communication is relevant to technology.

The setting is much like a business boardroom conducting an important meeting---a round table centers the scope of the area while podiums are strategically placed along the walls and in front a huge credenza shaped desk that shelters a computer based system that takes the form of a document presenter and is nicknamed ELMO. ELMO provides hard drive capability to allow projection, demonstrations, and presentations to be presented more efficiently. ELMO also shelters recording equipment for audio and visual needs that cannot be provided by a computer.

Main Classroom Renovated to Foster Collaborative Learning

The Department of Communication undergraduate students are in for a surprise this fall. The main room for communication studies underwent a makeover this past summer. It is amazing what a fresh coat of paint and new carpet can do to a room. The walls are no longer white but a fresh blue color with carpet to match. Plus, no longer will a student have to endure the annoying sound of squeaking chalk because the chalkboards are gone to make way for white boards. Along with the white boards, brand new furniture and desks have been added to the room for student and faculty convenience. A new overhead has been placed to allow presentations and demonstrations to be seen more clearly on a projection screen. Besides a new overhead, a state of the art document presenter has been placed in front of the room to PowerPoint presentations and video viewing.