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Distributed Departments: A New Approach to Protecting the Vitality of Small Programs |
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| Authors: | Daniel J Suson Paul H Cox Lionel D Hewett Henry J Leckenby James Espinosa Paul Fisher David Craig Daniel K Marble M K Balasubramanya O Gonzalez Q Ni V L Willson |
| Institution: | 1. School of Engineering, Mathematics, and Science, Purdue University Calumet, 2200 169th Street, Hammond, IN, 46323-2094, USA 2. Department of Physics and Geosciences, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Kingsville, TX, USA 3. Department of Physics, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN, USA 4. Department of Physics, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, USA 5. Department of Math, Physical Sciences and Engineering, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, TX, USA 6. Department of Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering, Tarleton State University, Stephenville, TX, USA 7. Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX, USA 8. Department of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX, USA 9. Department of Educational Psychology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA |
| Abstract: | The Texas Electronic Coalition for Physics was established in 2000 as a means of demonstrating that by linking together, small programs can maintain their vitality in higher education. Using Interactive Television, the Internet, telephones, faxes, and other electronic media, five physics programs scattered across the state of Texas formed a distributed physics department. In addition to jointly offering lecture courses, the group (i) established procedures for operating as a unified entity, (ii) encouraged research regardless of location, (iii) provided a locus for professional camaraderie, (iv) created a distance-based advanced physics laboratory course, and (v) developed assessment tools for measuring success in a distance environment. Through these, the coalition demonstrated that a distributed department can carry out all of the functions associated with a traditional department. |
| Keywords: | Distributed departments Distance education Interactive television Technology assisted teaching |
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