Virtual and on-campus students collaborate in new IRC

An open house to show off the new Instructional Resource Center of Fort Hays State University's Department of Teacher Education will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 30, in Rarick Hall, room 236.

The center was created in December as a way for students in the Department of Teacher Education to collaborate with virtual students. It is a work space where education majors can work collaboratively, have access to various technology equipment and access various educational resources.

"Sometimes it seems that the virtual students are left out because they're in another country or another state and so by having this space where virtual students and on-campus students can work together is going to be amazing," said Dr. Janet Stramel, assistant professor of teacher education.