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the trade-off is that only part of the
building will be air-conditioned -- so it
may be hot in the summer months.”

Shortage of money means that not all user
groups will get exactly what they want,
warned Greenwood. “It’s a process of
constructing a building through a series of
compromises. In other words, it means
matching your design with your dollars.”

Program mix and the number of FTE will
depend on what happens to Ministry
funding between now and then, said Dean
of Human Resources & College Develop-
ment Mia Gordon. Current plans indicate
that the campus will open with about
1,000 FTE in the Fall of 1996. “All FTE
growth will go into the new campus,
because we need to have activity there to
become operational.”

College President Bill Day spoke of the
need to implement some recommend-
ations from the recent Task Force on
Organizational Restructuring. The need
for change is driven by the Pinetree Way
campus, he said.

“The College has grown far beyond where
it was 12 years ago, from 2,000 to 5,000
FTE, and from 8,000 to 22,000 commu-
nity registrations. The organizational
model we chose back then has been able
to accommodate growth and change, but
when Pinetree comes in. we will be a
major multi-campus college - we have no
choice but to organize for it. We can’t
grow any more in New Westminster. The
Pinetree campus represents our future.”

Day also reviewed new provincial college
governance legislation that will lead to
changes to the College Board and
Education Council. The most notable
change, he said, is institutional represen-
tation; the Board will include two
students, one faculty, 1 support staff (as
defined by the legislation), and the
President and Chair of Education Council
(as non-voting members). Education
Council will have ten faculty, four
students, four education administrators,
two support staff (as defined), and the
President and a Board Representative (as
non-voting members).

If the new legislation proceeds as ex-
pected, these changes could happen by
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New format for science course lets
students do labs at home

Studying rocks is not as hard as it used
to be.

In fact, now students anywhere in B.C.
can take university-level geology courses
without leaving their living rooms -- even
a box of rocks comes to them so that
laboratory experiments are done at home.

The new Geology 120 format is a
collaboration between Douglas College
and the Open Learning Agency (OLA). It
allows students to get university credits in
a lab science course in a distance
education format, the first of its kind in
British Columbia.

“Tt’s unique because normally for distance
lab science courses you have to come to a
campus during weekends or summers to
do the labs,” says Douglas College
Geology Instructor Des Wilson. “We’ve
packaged a box of rocks and minerals and
equipment so students can do the labs at
home. The only time you have to show
your face is for the final exam.”

The lectures will be aired via a telecourse
on the OLA’s Knowledge Network twice
per week beginning in September.
Students who register receive the lab kit,
lab manual, and student guide. There is
also a tutor that students can contact by
telephone -- no matter where they live in
the province.

“We can offer it on a province-wide basis,
so it provides perfect flexibility from the
student’s point of view. Geology is a
subject that lends itself well to the
distance format because the lab
components include reading maps and
analyzing rock samples, which you can do
off the top of your desk,” says Dr. Louis
Giguere, coordinator of Science & Math
Programs at the Open Learning Agency.

The telecourse is based on the popular
Earth Revealed series seen on the
Knowledge Network. Wilson says the
new geology course is made possible by a
combination of experience. “The Open
Learning Agency has the marketing and
packaging experience, so they’re going to
take our raw information and put it into
their distance education format,” says
Wilson.

Busy people who are interested in
geology, or who need a lab science course
for a degree but can’t make it to labs at
scheduled times can take advantage of the
distance education format.

Students who have the prerequisites can
register for the course either through
Douglas College or the OLA. For
information, call Douglas College at 527-
5478 or the OLA at 431-3300.

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