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...selling news wire services to Internet users. The Internet, he explains, has no central network operating system that Microsoft can patent and control. Moreover, the Internet is devoted to open-that is to say, nonproprietary-software systems. A week after the Internet community discovered that the gif (Graphics Interchange Format) system used to exchange pictures over the network contained a patented compression scheme and that the patent holder was demanding royalty payments, somebody came up with an alternative: gef, a graphics-exchange format that worked just like gif but was patent-free...
Students says the course's size and format has helped them adapt to the difficulty of the work. Those who have taken the class say it gave them an understanding they might not have developed in larger introductory classes...
When students have a question, it can be addressed either by the professor or by their peers. The instructors say this discussion format helps students to learn from each other and to ensure that they are receiving the teaching assistance they need. After class is over, professors spend time with individual students if they have questions...
...think [the small, discussion format] is good for all students, especially females," she says. "I think guys get the short shrift in a large lecture class, too, but women may be harder...
Layzer says the course's format also makes it manageable for students with varying amounts of science and math experience...