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Prof.
Shankar Subramaniam visited the Ed Center
Prof. Shankar Subramaniam presented a Computational
Sciences Seminar on Friday, Nov. 5th 1999 at SDSU. Dr. Kris Stewart
hosted a luncheon for him prior to his seminar in the afternoon and toured
him around campus and at the EdCenter.
NPACI Online article WB
WBpdf
summarizing EOT-PACI Leaders Panel's discussion
on Computational Science Education at Educause '99
Educause99 paper online: Stewart, Roscoe Giles and Ilya Zaslavsky
submitted a paper to Educause 99 proceedings to complement the panel presentation
on Friday 10/29/99. For detail, look at the Dr.
Kris Stewart's slides of presentation (
html version ) and Prof.
Roscoe Giles' ( html version
) and
Prof. Ilya Zaslavsky's (
html version ).
NPACI Online
article [WB] describing EOT-PACI Leaders to hold a panel Discussion on
Computational Science Education at the Educause '99 conference . The program,
titled "Super-Partnerships: Computational Science Curricula, High Performance
Computing, and the Professional," will take place on Friday, Oct. 29.
Building on SDSU's high-speed computer network connection to Internet2,
the EC/CSE hosted
Carlos Casasus, Director of CUDI
from Mexico City
NPACI Online [WB].
If you would like more background on CUDI,
in English, please examine the
Internet2 Profile from the Internet
2 page from the University Corporation for Advanced Internet Development,
UCAID
NPACI Online article
giving some information about Sociology WorkBench which is available on
the Web, with a collection of online resources including analysis tools,
datasets, sociology research, results of public surveys, discussion groups,
and pointers to professional organizations. NPACI
Online.
NPACI Online
article WB WBpdf
describing the new fiber-optic data network tests at San
Diego State University, showing transfer of a 411MB file in less than
9sec.
Ed Center Offers Scientific Workshop to CSU Faculty WB
WBpdf
NPACI Online article describing the Ed Center's June 1999 scientific workshop
to share ideas on how new technologies can be incorporated by CSU faculty
into their undergraduate curricula.
Lecturing over the Web:
traditional tools in the new environment. The SDSU Journal for Learning
Enhancement encourages research into teaching paradigms and promotes collaboration
by faculty through this peer-reviewed journal. The recent publication
of the Zaslavsky and Stewart
article documents research at the EC/CSE on distance learning on a modest
budget. This is published in "Volume 2, Innovation in Teaching: Experimentation
and Assessment" of the online journal at SDSU.
Minisymposium on
Super-Partnerships
An extended discussion on Computational Science Curricula, High Performance
Computing, by Dr. Kris Stewart, Dr.Geoffrey Fox, Dr. Roscoe C. Giles,
Dr. Michael T. Heath and SIAM [Society for Industrial and Applied
Math.], Atlanta, May 1999. Participants'
Presentations/Slides
Open House at the Ed Center
Ed Center participates in Open House for incoming students (and their
parents) at San Diego State University on March 13, 1999. See some pictures
from that day.
PREP Teachers Visit
Ed Center February 19, 1999 WB
Houston teachers visit Ed Center and SDSC to explore innovative use of
technology that might enhance disadvantaged students in middle high school.
Microsoft
Case Study
When Ilya Zaslavsky, Ph. D., an assistant professor of geography on leave
from Western Michigan University (WMU) needed to teach a class remotely
from San Diego, California, he teamed up with Microsoft® NetMeeting®
conferencing software. Not only did NetMeeting provide two-way audio and
video conferencing to simulate a traditional classroom setting, but its
shared white board, shared applications, and chat window supported real-time
Web-based instruction.
AAHE
CSU Preconference on Baccalaureate Ed. in the CSU
Stewart was invited present a short description of activities
of the EC/CSE as part of the Presentation of Exemplar Activities
in the CSU Campuses Harbor Island Sheraton, San Diego, Jan. 22, 1999
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