University Daily Kansan / Thursday, September 19, 1991
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Psychology professor laments limited computer time for class
By Jennifer Bach Kansan staff writer
Maynard Shelly does not have time to play.
Shelly, professor of psychology, has spent 20 of 25 years at the University of Kansas teaching students about psychiatry and also teaches psychology games on computers.
Last year, Shelly received the news that he would be allowed to use the computer center for only two weeks this semester to teach his classes.
With only two weeks worth of class time available, Shelly's students will have to use the center outside of class to work.
"This University is rated highly as far as professional schools go," she said. "I don't personally know of a university as we are as far as computer go."
Shelly said that in departments like psychology, students learned more through computerized education than they did from listening to a lecture.
The students in his course cannot receive the education that his course is capable of providing without more computer time, he said.
"The course was designed so that the students would play a game over and over again," he said. "They can't do that anymore."
Jerry Niebaum, director of academic computer services, said the primary reason for the cutback in Shelyl's body was in the student body's interest.
"I don't personally know of a university as bad as we are as
go. "
far as computers 99
Maynard Shelly
Professor of psychology
"We try to keep the laboratories as unscheduled as possible for the students," he said. "It's not the computer equipment that isibility to provide classroom space."
Niebaum said that departments should set up their own computer laboratories for courses that were compiled by computers or other materials.
Shelly's classes are in the evening, which is a popular time for other students.
Shelly, who is teaching four psychology courses, said he thought there had been animosity from other faculty members about his teaching methods.
He also said he had received complaints from students in other departments that he had been monopolizing the computers.
"Generally there is an opposition to computerized education because it's
not traditional," he said. "But many faculty are afraid that they will lose their jobs to computers."
Shelly said that if every professor in the psychology department would teach four or five classes, the staff could be cut in half and the cost of enrolling in the University would decrease.
"There is a blatant disregard for the students," he said. "Many psychology faculty think that the University exists for the faculty rather than for the student."
"I believe we have to do more for the students because it costs so much."
Douglas Denney, professor of psychology, said that at times, faculty members had questioned the content of Shelly's teaching methods but had not felt threatened by the use of computers.
"On several different occasions, I have made concrete proposals to the department to develop a full under-
standing of our environment," the response was extremely positive."
Edwin Martin, chairperson of psychology, said he had not noticed an animosity from the department guard Shelly or his methods of teaching.
"The way he teaches is certainly different, but there's no evidence that it's inferior or superior. He said, 'There's a lack of training.' It's the inability to teach the way he wants to."
Martin said that computers could supplement various courses but that they never could completely replace professors.
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