UVCC College Times, 1988-12-12

              OIXfiG Volume Seventeen Biology Class Todd Blickenstaff Staff Writer Editor's Note: This article appeared in the October 19, 1988 College Times, and is being reprinted as registration information for students. "Hey Dude, like turn it back to MTV!" "Sorry homeboy, it's lime for Biology 101." Can this be true? Tuning into class between Cheers and Night Court seems too convenient to actually be possible. Does it sound like college life in the year 2000? WRONG! Thanks to the efforts of Carrol Reid, Director of Learning Resources and Services, in cooperation with the State Educational Telecommunication Operation Center (SETOC), this educational opportunity will begin at UVCC starting winter quarter 1989. Viewers tuned into channel 9 between 6 and 10 pm will find a FINAL EXAMINATION SCHEDULE, FALL 1988 Final Exams will be held December 12, 13, and 14, 1988 INSTRUCTIONS: Read across to the day(s) of your class; then read down and find the starting time of that class. This is your Final Exam day and time. If your class begins at: And is Time M,W.F, MW, MF, MWF, MTWH, MWTF, MTWF, MTWHF 7:00 or 7:30 8:00 or 8:30 9:00 or 9:30 10:00 or 10:30 11:00 or 11:30 12:00 or 12:30 1:00 or 1:30 2:00 or 2:30 3:00 or 3:30 4:00 or 4:30 5:00 or 5:30 3rd day 1st day 3rd day 1st day 3rd day 1 st day 3rd day 1st day 3rd day 1st day 3rd day NOTE: Evening classes that at during the regularly scheduled Utah VallyvCommuiiiy College Weekly jiident Newspaper Number Twe weive great number of G.E. classes being offered for credit. Thanks to a microwave networking of all instate schools, the classroom moves into the home. Channel 9 was created to offer educational programming and opportunities to those not able to come on campus. The filming, done by our media department, is done in an actual classroom. By broadcasting the class over TV, doors are opened to many who would not receive the educational in conventional ways. As one of the first, this program has become a model to schools throughout the nation. In 1982, SETOC was able to gain federal and state grants to start a revolutionary new concept in education. These grants funded the materials needed to transmit these programs state wide. In 1986, channel 9 was on the air and began it's educational programming. Monte George, Director of Media Services, Dennis Lisonbee, on the following days: T, H,TH,TWHF 7:00-8:30 7:00-8:30 8:30-10:00 10:00-11:30 10:00-11:30 11:30-1:00 1:00-2:30 2:30-4:00 2:30-4:00 4:00-5:30 4:00-5:30 2nd day 7:00 2nd day 8:30-1st day 8:30-2nd day 10:00 2nd day 11:30 3rd day 11:30 1st day 1:00-2nd day 1:00-2nd day 2:30-2nd day 4:00-2nd day 5:30 - 6 p.m. or later will hold final exams class time during final exam week. IME - Monday,December 12, 1988 on Television? Promotional Coordinator, and Bob Hall, Technical Director, brings this program to students. UVCC will absorb much of the cost of the program. The only classes offered through UVCC will be Biology 101. The instructor will be the immensely capable Dr. Jim Harris. It will be a normal class meeting in the studio with normal classroom interaction. It will be taped for rebroadcast for channel 9 students at this time. High school students state wide will be able to enroll in the class, and receive concurrent credit for both high school and college levels. Jim Kerr serves as the liaisoh for all of the high schools in the state. Teacher availability for viewing students is being ironed out, as are the grading procedures. The network link was established in cooperation with the Utah Basin Area Vocational School, Utah State University, and the University of Utah. Now it 8:30 10:00 10:00 -11:30 -1:00 -1:00 2:30 2:30 4:00 5:30 7:00 contains Weber State, Salt Lake Community College and UVCC. Dixie College will be added as funds allow. Channel 9 is a sister station of KUED, channel 7, and is a member of the PBS network. The future of this concept is unlimited. It helps solve many of the problems of overcrowding, as well as providing an alternative for the handicapped and homebound students. It offers a head start on a college education for many high school students. Although this program has a lot of potential, there are some drawbacks. If not enough people are enrolled in the program it will be dropped for lack of funding. Lack of teacherstudent interaction will be a difficult problem to overcome, not to mention the technical failures that may occur during broadcast. Hopefully, all of the interested parties can work out all of the problems that will occur and make this program a nation leading educational service that will change the future of higher IE Bringing you every good wish for Happiness this Christmas and in the ming year. education as we now know it. The biology class is listed as LSB 101 Sec. T.V. in the winter catalog. Class begins January 3rd on channel 9 at 7:00 p.m. Class will continue Monday thru Thursday through-out the quarter. Television Biology Class with Jim Harris LSB 101 Sec T.V. Begins January 3, 1989 at 7:00 p.m. Channel Nine Good Luck on iilOlS