by Vikki Wallace
Staff Writer
The University of La Verne is offering a new course in travel learning that will be accessible to graduate students on the World Wide Web.
Travel Learning Credit is the first course offered on the Web at ULV, and is designed for teachers to create activities specifically for students to access travel items for the classroom.
Dr. Alfred P. Clark, professor of Humanities and assistant vice president of Academic Affairs, is the principle designer of the course and the head instructor.
Having taught his first professional course ten years ago, he has 23 years of teaching experience, including a Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.
The purpose of the course is to provide a program that will increase the students’ ability to teach and enhance their traveling skills. Dr. Clark said, “The World Wide Web has the information of 1,000 libraries combined.”
Elementary school, high school and kindergarten teachers are eligible to to take TLC. In fact, educators at any level of education can take the course.
“Many teachers are not familiar with using the World Wide Web, and can learn how to use it by taking TLC,” said Dr. Clark.
Every TLC is worth one semester graduate unit and costs approximately $165 per course of one unit.
He said, “A TLC was given this summer and it was very successful – one hundred students registered for the class.”
Like in other courses, students have to turn in reports and complete assignments as the are given.
“Grading without testing, they do not count for degrees,” Dr. Clark said.
Before a person can complete the class, a trip must be taken. However, the course itself is year round.
“The TLC course is the first of several courses. There is not a class offered that is wholly on the World Wide Web,” said Dr. Clark.
“By 1997, we should have undergraduate courses available on the World Wide Web.”
