Stipend
AY: $1,400.00
Stipend Summer: $400.00
Supplies:
$100.00
Equipment: $70.00
Total: $1,970.00
Project
Info
Start
Date: July 1, 2003
End
Date: June 30, 2004
Milestones: Presentations
will be made weekly in ARH 104 - Asian Art, beginning
in early September, 2003. The course will be repeated
in Spring, 2004. I will submit an end-of-Summer one-page
report of preparatory work by August 15, 2003. A
more extensive report will be given at the end of
the first semester, by December 15, 2003. A final
report comparing the two semesters will be completed
by June 15, 2004.
How
would you use the equipment/software after the
Project?
CDs
created from this project can be used by other faculty
members interested in bringing aspects of Asian art,
religion and culture into their courses.
Deliverables
Angel/Course-Related: Angel
will be used in conjunction with the in-class PowerPoint
presentations. Images, written material and video
clips will be transferred to Angel and will be an
integral part of the course.
Multimedia
CDs : Multimedia CDs will be created for
different aspects of the course (i.e., Cambodian
art and culture; Tibetan art and culture). I would
use these for future courses, and would also make
them available for other Providence College faculty
members.
Enhancement
of Instructional Practices: My
present practice of giving informational handouts,
playing video clips, and showing additional slides
that are not in the text can be radically improved
by having all of these materials brought into PowerPoint
presentations. Furthermore, by being transferred
to Angel, these valuable teaching tools can be
made available to my students 24 hours, 7 days
a week, throughout the semester.
Professional
Presentations: The use of technology in
teaching is becoming ever more important in two
of my fields, Art History and Asian Studies. Because
of the poor resolution of visual imagery until
recently, art historians have been reluctant to
use such teaching tools as PowerPoint. Presentations
would be most welcomed in these fields, and I could
well share my findings at the annual conference
of The College Art Association in February, 2005.
I have already been accepted to speak in three
upcoming conferences* regarding the psychological
dimensions of post-war Cambodian arts. In all three
of these presentations I will use PowerPoint. *(International
Association of Analytical Psychology, Barcelona,
August, 2004; North American Association of Jungian
Psychology, Montreal, October, 2003; The Jungian
Society, URI Providence, August, 2003.)
Other: As
I understand more about technological possibilities,
I will be able to expand on the web site, www.providence.edu/art/cambodian/
This project meets a growing need to connect to what
is becoming a global interest. My CAFR-funded studies
in France in June, 2003, will result in the addition
of French Cambodian artists to this resource. In
turn, this will be linked to the ARH 104 study material,
and will continue to benefit other courses in the
future.
Articles: The
College Art Association's "Education About Asia."
Primary
Objective
My
main objective is to teach students Asian Art History
in the best and most exciting way, to help them learn
but also to really inspire them about the other 'half'
of the world. I have traveled and lived in Asia, and
I want to share with my students my enthusiasm for
Asian cultures. A textbook, excellent though it is,
slides, xeroxes, video clips, all with their cumbersome
qualities, cannot compete with the new, exciting technologies.
I find it not only a desire on my part, but also a
responsibility, to teach students the history and culture
of Asia in the most dynamic way possible. PowerPoint
presentations, coupled with Angel for ongoing study
and discussion, seems to be a brilliant solution. Additionally,
where appropriate and when available, I could attach
recorded audio clips to the slides, giving an extra
dimension that transcends the visual graphic. Because
this new use of technology is so important to the teaching
of visual arts, I would give a presentation of my findings
to the Art and Art History Faculty. This would take
place in December, 2003, following the Junior-Senior
Reviews.
Assessment
At the beginning of the course I would
give students a general questionnaire on various aspects
of Asian culture and religion vital to the understanding
of Asian art. Hopefully, through new teaching methods
possible with PowerPoint, Angel, and discussions both
in class and on-line, students will grasp more fully
this complex and important field.
At the end of both semesters I will give
a comprehensive questionnaire related to the initial
one. I would also include questions specifically related
to the technology at mid-semester and at the end of
the course.
My assessment goal would be having at
least 80% of the students answer correctly 90% of the
questions on the semester-end questionnaire.
Taking into account any problems revealed
in the December, 2003 questionnaire, I may change some
aspects of how I teach the course in Spring, 2004.
Finally, the results of the two semesters
will be compared.
