CCUMC: The Consortium of College and University Media Centers

College & University Media Review:
A Look at Practices, Trends & Research
Fall/Winter 2002 Volume 9, Number 1

• Through the editor's lens
  Jeff Clark, James Madison University
• A Comparison of continuing education and resident faculty attitudes towards using distance education in a higher education institution in Pennsylvania,
  Allison E. Jones, Wilmington College; Leslie Moller, University of North Texas

  Although distance education is growing in importance in the United States, little research has focused on the attitudes of continuing education faculty teaching non-credit courses as opposed to resident faculty teaching credit courses. The attitudes of both participating faculty toward distance education needed further examination, since instruction via distance education cannot succeed without faculty support. This study examined the similarities and differences of non-credit and resident faculty attitudes toward web-based distance education courses at one campus of the Pennsylvania State University. The research questions focused on the attitudes of non-credit and resident faculty, factors that influenced the attitudes of non-credit and resident faculty, and the similarities and differences in the attitudes and factors that influenced the attitudes of non-credit and resident faculty towards distance education.  The findings for this study suggested that faculty, whether they were continuing education or resident, shared similarities and differences in their attitudes regarding the use of distance education. Recommendations included allowing experienced faculty to help in the development of future distance education courses, and to address the quality issue in distance education programming.

• Developing a digital media database: Simplifying faculty access to media,
  Ginger K. Zillges, Regent University

  Providing a manageable and effective collection of online media learning objects for instruction is a challenge being addressed by many colleges and universities. This article discusses the practical development and implementation by Regent University (Virginia Beach, VA) of their own we-based solution for distributing media objects.

• Alternate funding for instructional technology: A Title III approach,
  Lin Harper, University of Mississippi

  Colleges and universities are often challenged in providing sufficient funding to meet technology-rich teaching and instruction. When needed, external funding from grant sources must be carefully targeted and planned in order to achieve success in its acquisitions and implementation. This article describes the University of Southern Mississippi's experience in acquiring Title III funding, and lessons learned in the process of using it to enhance campus technology and faculty development.

• Center Focus: Media Services at Regent University in Virginia,
  Mark Muckelroy, Regent University
• Faculty and instructor use of media in the classroom: Result of two surveys,
  Mary S. Laskowski, University of Illinois

  This article presents the results of two surveys designed to assess the way faculty members and instructors plan for the use of media in the classroom, what the current attitudes are towards use of media in research and publication, and how media needs are being met. Results indicate continued and increasing popularity of media resources in classroom instruction and research.

• Review: Video collection development in multi-type libraries: A handbook,
  Reviewed by Martha Day, University of Vermont

  Handman, G. P. (Ed.) (2002).  Video collection development in multi-type libraries: a handbook.  (2nd ed.).  Greenwood Library Management Collection. Westport, CT: Greenwood.

• Review: PBS Videodatabase of America's history & culture,
  Reviewed by Richard Kearney, William Paterson University

  PBS Video. (1998-). PBS Videodatabase of America's history & culture. Access by subscription: http://pbsvideodb.pbs.org/.