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Inauguration of a Computer Laboratory in the Faculty of Education
PR1662
16/10/1996
16/10/1996
| The Hon Michael Falzon, Minister of Education and Human Resources, | inaugurated the second computer laboratory in the Faculty of Education. Funding (LM40,000) was provided from the Ministry's vote for the introduction of Information Technology in Education. The need for this laboratory has long been felt as the Faculty caters for over 1000 B.Ed. and PGCE students as well as around 300 B.Psych. students. Demand by students at the University for open access to the computer lab has in the past year far exceeded available resources. The Faculty hopes that with the inauguration of this second lab it will be in a better position to meet students' demands and expectations. |
| The laboratory comprises 20 networked workstations running the more | popular application packages and educational software, and a network server and tutor machine connected to a data/video projector. The tutor machine is also equipped with the facility to monitor student workstations, allowing tutors to remotely intervene when students require assistance. It is expected that Internet access will be provided to all lab users by the beginning of next academic year. |
| The laboratory will be mainly used to teach students in the Faculty | of Education how to use computers for personal use as well as how to use computers in the classroom. In fact, the Faculty of Education currently runs Computer Literacy courses for all its B.Ed students, as well as content-area-specific courses, including the use of computers in the Primary curriculum. The Ministry of Education has donated copies of all software packages currently being introduced in State Primary schools. They will serve to introduce prospective primary school teachers to the software packages they will be using with primary school children. The Faculty of Education is also eager to expose students to the design and development of pedagogically sound educational software packages. |
| The Minister said that a Multimedia Courseware Production and | Training laboratory to be sited at the Faculty was being planned. |
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