Perhaps more important than any of the above is the opportunity to change the lecture process to include more student involvement and collaboration. Currently, a lecture is where the instructor does something to the students. Much better is a setting where the students participate in the process. By having access to the slide library, students could prepare special presentations as class assignments, for example, a presentation on Russian mosaics for presentation at a local elementary school. Or they could plan a series of paintings to decorate a new public building. Or take pictures of rooftop ornaments in a certain part of town, have them scanned and made part of the permanent image collection. This last idea, students contributing to the information base, is very powerful.