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The Ferguson Center for Technology-Aided Teaching & Learning
Established in 1996 the Center accepted the mission of promoting the effective use of technology in the service of teaching and learning. Since then the center has grown and evolved. The Ferguson Center is now home to the Education Department’s “Learning Café.” A fully equipped computer and media enabled space that flexibly supports problem-based learning and group work. The Ferguson Center staff, using the resources of the Learning Café, supports Education Department courses, activities, and student field experiences The Center also collaborates with other organizations and institutions for the development and implementation of instructional technology. The Ferguson Center for Technology-Aided Teaching & Learning
at Albion College is named for its founder and benefactor, William C.
Ferguson, former
Guy Cox is Director of the Ferguson Center for Technology-Aided Teaching & Learning. Before coming to Albion College he was a member of the Computer Engineering Department at University of California Santa Cruz teaching and working in the areas of Software Engineering and Engineering Ethics. His current research is focused on how children’s technological experiences contribute, detract, and help shape their social, personal, and moral perspectives. He also spent many years working for high tech companies in Silicon Valley. However, he still primarily identifies himself as an anthropologist having studied educational anthropology at the Graduate School of Education, University of California Berkeley and is a member of the American Anthropology Association and the American Educational Research Association. | ||||||||||||
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