The UTPA NewMedia Center develops innovative approaches to education, using the power of modern digital communication networks. We create tools and information content for curriculum delivery using interactive multimedia by forming partnerships with experts to serve students and professional continuing education. C/AIM designs, develops, and evaluates innovative multimedia teaching materials for delivery via internal computer networks, the Internet and World Wide Web, and through CD-ROM publications.

The Center's development projects are focused on new feedback strategies for student testing to improve pedagogic techniques, innovative curriculum design for education, and exploitation of the Internet and World Wide Web as communications media.

The Center has four major objectives:

• To develop innovative effective multimedia programs for the higher education community at The University of Texas-Pan American.
• To provide information design and electronic multimedia communications and publication expertise to our university and our community.
• To promote innovation in information design and management, user interface design, curriculum support, and the general use of digital communications media in higher education.
• To research and evaluate new teaching and learning paradigms for teaching, continuing professional education, and staff training for institutions and private industry, and the general application of electronic communications media in higher education.