“Technology is enjoyable for everyone, and can be implemented into education in many ways,” said the last of four candidates for assistant vice president for academic affairs for technology.

Frank Moore, executive director of information and instructional technology at Longwood College in Farmville, Va., said Eastern can make a lot of improvements by implementing technology into its curriculum.

“Everyone wants to transform their campus into the latest and greatest,” Moore said. “Changes will have to be made, teachers and students must be flexible. There are so many resources that can be taken advantage of.”

One of Moore’s primary goals is to develop a laptop initiative, requiring students in certain curricula to carry laptop computers. Moore said this would enable teachers and students, especially in the technology field, to become more experienced with technological tools. Moore wants the objectives and resources used in online and technology based courses to be more clearly defined.

“(Students) will have to know what the technology issues are before their course,” says Moore.

Moore also said “non-traditional” students can benefit from technology-based courses as well.

“Non-traditional students, students not between the ages of 18 and 23, will succeed in these classes just like younger students. If instructors support these students, they will succeed,” Moore said.

In addition, students with disabilities will not be negatively affected by technology changes due to the several different types of software that can accommodate these individuals, he said.

Three other candidates, Michael Hoadley, director of the Center for Interactive Technologies in Education and Corporation at the University of South Dakota, David Wang, associate vice president for information technology at Emporia State University, and Roy Roper, director of academic computing at Montclair State University, interviewed for the position earlier in April.