NPAC Distance Education
NPAC prepares and delivers advanced computer science courses and
tutorials in several practical areas (aka Internetics) including
simulation, databases and Web technologies. The Virtual University
Webwisdom.org has been set up both to allow NPAC to deliver and help
others deliver and prepare education and training using modern web
techniques. NPAC has leading edge technology to support education,
much of which is commercially available through the spin-off
WebWisdom.com
Curricula
- Java Academy
A course teaching Java applets to middle and high school students.
- Saturday Java
Academy at Northeast Parallel Architectures Center (NPAC), Syracuse
University 1999
Class held at Syracuse University campus at NPAC. Classes also held at
other sites such as Boston, MA; Houston, TX and Mississippi. These classes
listened to the presentations from Syracuse and then did assignments in
their own lab. Interaction via Tango; shared browser, chat, whiteboard,
audio, video.
- Information Track of Computational Science
A series of courses teaching Java and advanced web software technologies
designed both for computer science curriculum and for professional
certificates.
- Simulation Track of Computational Science.
A sequence of courses in high performance computational methods for
scientific applications.
Technologies for Curricula Materials
A system to prepare and store curricular materials in a database with
an emphasis on exporting to the web.
Technologies for Collaboration
Background Material
- Papers on Distance Education
- Recent Talks on Distance Education
- Recent Talks on Advanced Curriculum and Technology
- Science for the 21st Century at Syracuse University
Physics Department
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