Edward Ullman Library / Collaboratory
Room 415, Smith Hall
(http://faculty.washington.edu/krumme/resources/collab415.html)
Objectives and Description:
The Geography Collaboratory is a place where undergraduate
students, faculty, and librarians come together to enhance learning through
synergistic exploration of course topics using electronic information
skills. Collaborative learning, as an approach to active learning,
engages
students on a peer-to-peer basis with instructors and librarians.
Learning
substantive material through the use of electronic information skills
helps students retain both substantive material and skills. A
department-wide instructional framework for electronic information
skills has been articulated to help geography faculty select skills
appropriate to their courses. Four courses from the three
non-geographic-information-systems departmental concentrations were
part of the initial project:
- Geographic Understanding and Health (Geog.280)
- International Geographies of Production and Trade (Geog.349),
- Local Economies and Market Areas (Geog.350), and
- World Hunger and Resource Development (Geog.371).
A group learning area composed of
six conversation workpods for three to five students, each with a
Pentium computer and 21` display monitor, form the configuration for
collaboration. An SVGA projector and Pentium workstation support
group project presentation displays. Individual work for group projects is
carried out at scholar workstations_Pentium machines with 17` display
monitors.
Existing Websites:
Chronology:
- 1990 Last Minute Reversal of Administrative Library Closure Decision
- 1995
- 1996
- 1997
- Winter Quarter: Collaboratory was unofficially opened in January 1997
and used by Geography 560
(Chrisman)
- Spring Quarter: scheduled use by Geography 350 (Krumme)
- Fall Quarter:
- Geography 350
- Geography 492
- Geography 498
- 1998
- Plans for submitting FIPSE proposal to
enhance uses of electronic technologies and the Collaboratory in
undergraduate geography courses.
- Date: Wed, 24 Jun 1998
Subject: GeogD: Collaboratory Machines
The Dell machines in the Collab will be reinstalled over the next several
weeks. This will entail wiping the existing information off of all the
hard disks and replacing it with a fresh copy of Windows 95 and other
standard applications (Office 97, ArcView, Netscape, etc.). If you have
any data located on any of these machines, please back it up on floppies
or put it in your home directory on the server.
Rules & Regulations:
- Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1998
As part of the regular cleanup, all unauthorized files stored on the hard
drives of the department's computers in Smith 401, 411 and 415 will be
subject to deletion after Dec 23, 1999. Those who want to install software
or store files on the hard disks of those machines must seek approval from
the Technology Policy Coordinator. Thank you and happy holidays.
Kam Wing Chan, Associate Professor, Department of Geography
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 1998
From: "S. Frucci"
Our computer labs are available to "Geography students". That includes
all Geography grad students, undergrad majors or minors and students
from other departments enrolled in a Geography course during the current
quarter.
The computers in 415 (Collaboratory and Scholar's Workstation) are
available for "Geography student" drop-in use when not scheduled for a
class or workshop. During drop-in periods faculty, staff and groups
working on collaborative projects have bumping rights in 415.
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