'The College of Southern Nevada's "TechKnoHow Lab"'

Linda Foreman
Sociology Professor
College of Southern Nevada
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The Technological Know How (Tech.Kno.How) Lab is a grassroots, student-designed and student-run study hall where students can work individually on course work, collaborate on projects, or get assistance with computer applications associated with College of Southern Nevada (CSN) course work. BATEC has enabled students to learn more about ICT in this failsafe environment. CSN's TechKnoHow Lab provides experiential and work-based learning opportunities for students in this grassroots, student-designed, and student-run study hall. Their vision, and one of their logos, is "SHINE," which stands for Students Helping Integrate Nontraditional Education. The original concept emanated out of a sociology professor's awareness that her nontraditional students were in need of fundamental ICT tutoring in order to work on their project-basedlearning assignments, and to work...