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Faculty Integrate IT into Learning

World-class faculty. More than 60 years after world's first modern electronic computer, ENIAC, was built on the Penn campus, the University still remains at the forefront of advances in technology. The University's faculty members are noted innovators, advancing important initiatives such as the National Scalable Clusters Project and the National Digital Mammography Archive.

Technology-rich infrastructure. The University has long been committed to advancing a technology-rich learning infrastructure that benefits students and faculty across all Schools and fields of inquiry. A pool of technology-enhanced classrooms, numerous public computing venues for students, and the extensive technical support offered to all members of the Penn community create a backdrop that allows professors to use technology to enhance and support their teaching. To learn more about the facilities and services that serve the University community, see "State-of-the-Art Facilities and Services" in the Academic section of this site.

Technical innovations in teaching. Penn's renowned faculty use the latest communications technologies and top-speed Internet2 to create and support a productive, resourceful learning environment for students. The digital media design major, the University's charter membership in the ResearchChannel, and the Wharton e-Business Initiative (WeBI) are examples of the creative application of technology in support of scholarship. The Wharton School's Alfred West, Jr. Learning Lab develops rich, interactive learning simulations to explore innovative ways to engage students and stimulate student/professor interaction in the classroom. To bolster understanding of locomotion, Penn Engineering explores the world of robotics as part of the freshman curriculum.

The School of Engineering now offers a Master's Degree program in Computer Graphics and Game Technology (CGGT) to expose recent graduates, as well as students returning from industry, to state-of-the-art graphics and animation technologies, interactive media design principles, product development methodologies, and engineering entrepreneurship. Another graduate degree offering is the Master's Degree program in Robotics, designed to educate students in the interdisciplinary aspects of the science and technology of robotic and intelligent machines. To learn more about how technology has enriched teaching at the University, see "Enhancing the Curriculum with IT" in the Academic section of this site.