Name: Lo Sun 'Lotus' Perry

Institution: University of Puget Sound

Language: Chinese

Status: Full-time, non-tenure Track

Type: TravelFellowship

Title: Mini Conference on Instructional Technology in Chinese

Duration: Three days in May or June, 1999

Description: This application is part of a joint proposal. (Please attach it as a supporting document to the other two separate funding applications, from Danni Lu at Willamette and Shu-chu Wei-Ping at Whitman respectively. The conference is intended for the Chinese faculty members from the three NWLC universities to meet and discuss issues regarding instructional technology that are of particular interest to each of their teaching and language programs. Lotus Perry at the University of Puget Sound, who has incorporated web-based materials into her Chinese 201 and 202 classes for the past year, will host the conference and share with her colleagues her web pages as well as her experience working with the technology. The conference will include discussions on a variety of topics, demonstrations, lab visits and a workshop, and will be supported by staff from the Multimedia Lab and the Office of Informational Systems at the Univ. of Puget Sound.

Tentative conference schedule follows:

Day 1

Travel to UPS
Evening Dinner: Discuss individual programs

Day 2

9-10 AM -Introduction
10-11:30 -Chinese software program for web production and browsing: Richwin97
-Demonstration: (Lotus Perry): Use of Instructional Technology in Chinese 201/201What works and what doesn’t
12-1 PM Lunch
1-1:30 Visit UPS student lab
1:30-2:30 -Webboard Workshop (led by Shelley Owen, OIS): Use of Webboard to facilitate student writing and class discussions
3:00-5:00 -A look at other Mellon projects in Chinese
-Creating multimedia and interactive materials using stream audio and video files
6:00-8:00 Dinner

Day 3

9-10 AM -Visit UPS Multimedia Lab
-Demonstration (led by Mark Otis, Multimedia Lab): The latest technology in web production
10:30-12:00 -Possible collaboration
-Identify individual program needs
-Discuss funding resources

Outcome: Despite differences in our programs and teaching, all three of us are the only faculty in charge of the Chinese language curriculum in our respective universities. We are looking forward to this opportunity to learn more about each other, and hope to pursue the technology that can help more closely connect us and our students in the future. We are interested in possible collaboration in developing multimedia instructional materials. In particular, we have discussed the possibility of doing further work utilizing the video clips that Clara Yu from Middlebury has made available on the FlanNet to share with the Mellon consortia members. We hope the conference will lead to more concrete plans in this regard.

Timeline: The exact dates for the conference are to be arranged; however, it will occur either in May or June. The three-day conference will allow a full day for travel and include a full schedule for the next one and a half days.

Amount: Please see funding applications from Danni Lu and Shu-chu Wei-Ping.

Breakdown: $400 for Danni Lu at Willamette

$400 for Shu-chu Wei-Ping at Whitman

The requested amounts are based on estimated actual expenses, including travel to UPS, two nights of lodging at near-by accommodations, and meals.