Example: presentation technology

The environment:

• "Sage on the stage" remains the dominant teaching paradigm
• High-impact visuals are very popular, especially in large courses
• Available technology:
  • Most classrooms have blackboard, overhead projector, VCR, network
  • Classrooms vary greatly in level of technology support, but few have computer projection
  • Portable computer projection hardware and color transparency printers also available (e.g., from IMC)
• Most popular presentation software packages are PowerPoint and Netscape