New course offered on World Wide Web
Campus Times
September 13, 1996
The University of La Verne is offering a new course in travel learning that
will be accessible to graduate students on the World Wide Web.
Travel Learning Credit is the first course offered on the Web at ULV, and
is designed for teachers to create activities specifically for students
to access travel items for the classroom.
Dr. Alfred P. Clark, professor of Humanities and assistant vice president
of Academic Affairs, is the principle designer of the course and the head
instructor.
Having taught his first professional course ten years ago, he has 23 years
of teaching experience, including a Ph.D. from the University of California
at Berkeley.
The purpose of the course is to provide a program that will increase the
students' ability to teach and enhance their traveling skills. Dr. Clark
said, "The World Wide Web has the information of 1,000 libraries combined."
Elementary school, high school and kindergarten teachers are eligible to
to take TLC. In fact, educators at any level of education can take the course.
"Many teachers are not familiar with using the World Wide Web, and
can learn how to use it by taking TLC," said Dr. Clark.
Every TLC is worth one semester graduate unit and costs approximately $165
per course of one unit.
He said, "A TLC was given this summer and it was very successful-one
hundred students registered for the class."
Like in other courses, students have to turn in reports and complete assignments
as the are given.
"Grading without testing, they do not count for degrees," Dr.
Clark said.
Before a person can complete the class, a trip must be taken. However, the
course itself is year round.
"The TLC course is the first of several courses. There is not a class
offered that is wholly on the World Wide Web," said Dr. Clark.
"By 1997, we should have undergraduate courses available on the World
Wide Web."