Students Leaning CentersJohn C. Mascaro Learning Center
The development of the Learning Center was made possible through the generous support of Pitt Engineering Alumnus John C. Mascaro (BSCE ’66, MSCE ’80). Frank Mosier Chemical Engineering Learning Center
The development of the Learning Center was made possible trhough the generous support of Pitt Engineering Alumnus Frank Mosier (BSCHE ’53) and supplemental support from the University Classroom Renovation Project. |
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The John C. Mascaro Learning Center, a high-tech “green facility” located in Benedum Hall, was dedicated in September 2000. The center seats sixty students, with every two seats sharing a desktop computer. The room is equipped with two retractable projection screens, which can be independently controlled. The same image or different images can be projected on both screens simultaneously. Videotape and DVD projections are possible, all controlled through a console on the podium. Also available is a document reader, which can project 3-D objects and transparency films on both screens. The computers are networked so that the instructor can access and control all of the computers in the room from the podium. The speaker on the podium is able to access any of the thirty computers on the desks, capture a student's program on his monitor and project the image on the monitor on the retractable screens for the whole class to see. This capability permits an instructor to share and analyze each student's work and discuss aspects of his assignment or project with the rest of the class. All computers can access the Internet independently. 
This Center, through a revised classroom design with flat-panel PCs carefully integrated into the student desks, and interactive electronics provides a setting that facilitates improved learning and retention. The design promotes an active, hands-on approach to science instruction that the National Science Foundation identifies as the most effective method for understanding scientific theory and learning how to apply the theory. It also cultivates the skills essential for successfully engaging in the teamwork that characterizes most engineering assignments. It was dedicated in 1999. 
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