SQU.AMISH TIMES

JUNE

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Idiot box to teach
Capitano College is looking
forward with interest to working
with a new Math instructor television.
Along with .conNltanta from
Okanagan Colleae, BCIT, Laine

Community College in Oregon
and Whatcom Community
College in Washington, members of the math department
spent a week in May discussing
and experimenting with the
filming of video tapes. The
tapes, which. will be filmed all
summer, will be used as student
learning aids for the Self Paced
Learning Math program starting
this ·fall.
"We're trying for usable tapes
as opposed to producing a
polished product," explained
Ted Bentley, Math department
co-ordinator. As he and the
other instructors gain experient:e they should be able to
produce 20 to 25 minutes tape
in about two hours, gradually
building ·up a comprehensive
reference library for student
use .
The idea of Math on TV is
not new . Laine College was one
of the first to experiment with
the possibilities of video and
over the past few years has compiled a considerable collection
of "home grown" tapes. B.C.
colleges are now interested, particularly Capitano which has
good accessible video facilities.
So, college students will soon .
be watching a different kind of .
TV. And no commercials.

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