51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ will be using a variety of technologies to offer both non-credit and credit courses to students this summer and fall.
Courses will be offered via Prime Cable's channel 4, channel 10 closed circuit, and through the University and Community College System of Nevada compressed video network. The compressed video network allows for two-way voice and visual interaction among sites around the state. An additional element is the Internet, which can be used for completing course assignments and for instructor contact.
Credit courses include The People's Law School, co-sponsored by the Nevada Trial Lawyers Association, which is being held live at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ as a non-credit course. Each session will be videotaped. Included on the videotape is a reaction panel of 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ faculty led by Dina Titus, professor of political science. The videotape will be aired on Prime Cable's channel 4 beginning May 21 so high school and college students can watch the course at home on television and complete the assigned work for one credit.
Two courses are scheduled this summer for upper division or graduate credit. Student-Centered Learning in the Writing Classroom is a four-day workshop using compressed video. Courses can be completed at Valley High School, the Advanced Technologies Academy, or 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. The course will be held May 14-17 for one credit. The instructor is visiting lecturer Gay Lynn Crossley from Kansas State University. Great Speeches, taught by Richard Jensen, 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ professor of communication studies, will air over channel 10 closed circuit in the Clark County Schools or at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ. It is a three-credit course and begins June 10.
Nevada real estate licensees will have an opportunity to pick up continuing education credit via the compressed video system. Barbara Holland, H & L Realty, will lead a one-day seminar on Successful Residential Management Techniques on June 22. The course will originate at 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ, but by using the compressed two-way video system, licensees in Reno, Carson City, Elko, and Winnemucca can also complete the course. For additional information call 895-1020.
Six 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ academic-credit courses for high school juniors and seniors using the compressed video system are scheduled for fall. Courses include General Psychology; Humans and the Environment; Gender, Race and Class; Finite Mathematics; English Composition; and Russian. For information on these classes, call 895-0334.
