A HISTORICAL CONFERENCE aimed at revealing influences of science upon literature, fine art, music, philosophy, national and social attitudes, etc. is to be held from 7 to 9 July 1971 at the Pollock Halls of Residence, 69 Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh 9, immediately preceding the annual Summer meeting of the British Society for the History of Science. The Conference is being sponsored by the Institut...

John B arkett rode a huge plurality in his hom e hall of M orrissey to win a narrow victory over off-campus Senator Don Mooney in last night’s Student Body P residential run-off election. B arkett, a junior from Miami F lorida, won by two hundred fifteen votes., one hundred seventy-four of which cam e from M orrissey. The runoff was the second in Notre Dam e Student Body P residential history. ...

In this paper we describe the new tools for synchronous and asynchronous learning developed within the context of the TeleTeaching Projects at the University of Mannheim. With our tools, students are enabled to follow lectures not only in the lecture halls of the connected universities but also at home. The innovative processing of course material allows the production of educational documents ...

The P r e s id e n t ’s C ab in e t a n n o u n c e d a r e s o lu t io n a t Tuesday’s Board of Governance (BOG) meeting that will require Saint Mary’s students to live on campus for six sem esters — a change that will go into effect for the incoming class of 2011, but will not impact current stu­ dents. After several m eetings, the President’s Cabinet — an adviso­ ry council of eight high-ran...

The expanding capabilities of the Internet to handle digital media streams is enabling new applications and transforming existing applications in many areas. One of the fields that is profoundly affected is higher education. Traditionally, students have attended classes in lecture halls on college and university campuses. The next step was distance education, enabled via video satellite links. ...

The results o f the Omhudsmamn survey taken to determ ine the feasibility o f a student run bookstore were presented at last night's student senate meeting. According to Senator Pat Browne, the bookstore would provide lowerpriced items o f "generic o r s lightly higher quality." He said OBUD’s comprehensive survey covered 12 dorms, and results showed “ 88.4 percent in terviewed were in favor.” ...

The study evaluated the physical qualities and satisfaction in students’ housing in selectedStudents’ Housing for the University of Ibadan. Through survey method, eight hostels were purposively selected tocapture variation in gender, level of study and hostel design. The sampling frame showed that 5605 students at UI werefound in 2,147 rooms. One out of every 10 (10%) of the rooms were selected...

SCALE-UP-type classrooms, originating with the Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies project, are designed to facilitate active learning by maximizing opportunities for interactions between students and embedding technology in the classroom. Positive impacts when active learning replaces lecture are well documented, both in traditional lecture halls and SCALE-...