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Madison Area Technical College:Creating a New Learning Environment in the Biotechnology Laboratory Technician Program Presented by The Institute on Learning Technology part of the Andrew Beversdorf (abeversdorf@), Flora McMartin, and Marco Molinaro Winter 2002 This case study also is available from the Learning Through Technology web site, /nise/cl1/ilt. Acknowledgements: The authors thank the MATC faculty, staff, and students who participated in this study. These individuals very graciously responded to our requests for their time and attention. This case study is based on a collaborative analysis and planning process undertaken by the NISEs Learning Through Technology Fellows group: Jean-Pierre Bayard, Stephen Erhmann, John Jungck, Flora McMartin, Susan Millar, and Marco Molinaro. The Fellows, in turn, benefited substantially from members of the College Level One Team: Andrew Beversdorf, Mark Connolly, Susan Daffinrud, Art Ellis, Kate Loftus-Fahl, Robert Mathieu, Anthony T. Jacob and Sharon Schlegel.  Reader’s Guide 3 Summary/Dramatis Personae 5 Introduction 8 What has Jeanette Mowery done in her “Protein Bioseparations Course”? 8 What goes on in Jeanette’s class that doesn’t involve technology? 8 What’s the result of all this education? 9 Setting 9 Learning Problems and Goals 9 Problems 9 Goals 10 Creating the Learning Environment 11 Computer-dependent learning activities 11 Protein Purification Simulation Software. 11 Why does Jeanette use this software? 17 Computer-independent learning activities 19 Computer Improved Activities 20 Implementation 24 Funding 24 Intellectual Property 24 Access to Computers 25 Hardware and Software Issues 25 Personal resources It’s not the machines, it’s the people. 27 Getting Going 27 Summing Up 27 Discussion 1. What is Protein Purification? 28 Discussion 2: Faculty Discuss Computer-Dependent Learning Activities 29 Discussion 3: Faculty and Students Discuss Computer-Independent Learning Activities 31 Discussion 4: Fa