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Gary Oyer

Gary Oyer Director of Media and Instructional Technology Services

Box 3000, Hesston, KS 67062
620-327-8243
garyo@hesston.edu

Education

A.A., Hesston College, 1981
B.A., Goshen College, 1986
M.S., University of North Texas, 1995
My role at Hesston College is to manage the audio/video needs for the campus which I do with the help of some excellent student workers.   Another role is to help faculty to effectively use technology.  Some thoughts on technology
  • Technology offers no universal solution to all faculty and all disciplines, but different tools can help all faculty in some area.  
  • "Technophobia" as well as "techno-lust" are both ditches on the side of the road that we can fall into.
  • Technology is ubiquitous  but should not call attention to itself, both in the classroom and in the sanctuary
I love (OK, "like" I love my family and God) the internet and computers but we are living in the age of excess of access.   The modern "disease" of CPA (continuous partial attention) describes life with two many distracting gadgets and too many shallow relationships.    As one person described modern life, "We have stopped watching the main program and are instead obsessed with the constantly moving news ticker racing across the bottom of the screen" 
What's on your screen?

 

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