New Ways of Teaching: Grant Castner

Laptops and web-based communication expand classroom boundaries

As the late afternoon sun imparts a summer glow to his tidy office on the fourth floor of Lillis Hall, Grant Castner leans forward on his desk and warms to his subject.

He is talking about developing innovative ways of engaging students in the learning process and expanding the possibilities for communication and collaboration both inside and outside the classroom.

“We need to think of different ways of teaching,” he says. Since coming to the University of Oregon in 2002 to join the staff of the fledgling Information Systems division of Decision Sciences, Dr. Castner has been doing just that...

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