New Opportunities for Teaching and Learning in a wired world
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New Opportunitiesfor Teaching and Learning
in a wired world
A Presentation by David G. Brown, Dean, International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning
Wake Forest University
@Winston-Salem, N.C.April 25, 2000
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New Day: Times of Rapid Change
• Universal Access to the Network• From Access to Filtering a Flood of Info• Geographic barriers gone• Asynchronous Interaction• Multimedia Learners
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New DayBig Changes for Higher Education
Democratization of Access (Ubiquity)
Democratization ofUsage (Course Shells)
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Heyday Because--- Universities Survive Change
• 67 of the 74 oldest organizations!• Distribute authority• Tolerate Kooks • House young people with fresh ideas• House bright people with diverse views• Employ knowledge fountains
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The economist in me says that doing business in an info-rich society will be different
• Better informed buyers (web browsing)• Better informed sellers (metadata)• More data-based decisions• Faster cycle times• Less geographic loyalty• More interactive transactions• More customization• More specialization (& outsourcing)
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THEWAKE FOREST PLAN
• Plan for 2000• Thinkpads for all• Printers for all• New Every 2 Years• Own @ Graduation• Wire Everything• Standard Software• Full Admin Systems• IGN for Faculty
• 40+30 New People• 75% Faculty Trained• 85% CEI Users• 98% E-Mail• +15% Tuition• ~$1500/Yr/Student• 4 Year Phase In• Pilot Year, Now 4 Classes
Fresh/Junior ComputerF99: IBM390, 128RAM333Mhz, 6GB, CD-ROM, 56 modem, Netscape4.5, MapleV5.1, Windows98Dreamweaver 2, SPSS9,MS Office Professional97
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CONCEPTS BEHIND PLAN
• Students First• 2 Layers: Threshold +• Rapid Change• Communicate/Access (Not
Present/Analyze)• Standardization• Academic Freedom• Nomadic Learners
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CONCEPTS BEHIND PLAN
• Dominant Use After College• Empower Existing Units• Eager Faculty • Students Change Agent • Exposure, Not Mandate• Partnership• Marketable Difference
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Computers Enhance My Teaching and/or Learning Via--
PresentationsBetter--20%More Opportunities toPractice & Analyze--35%
More Access to SourceMaterials via Internet--43%
More Communication with Faculty Colleagues, Classmates,and Between Faculty and Students--87%
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Computers allow people----
• to belong to more communities• to be more actively engaged in each
community• with more people• over more miles• for more months and years• TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE
ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 1999ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 1999
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With Ubiquity---The Culture Changes
• Mentality shifts-- like from public phone to personal phone.
• Teaching Assumptions shift-- like from readings are on reserve to everyone owns a copy of his/her own.
• Timelines shift-- like from “our class meets MWF” to “we see each other all the time and MWF we meet together”
• Students’ sense of access shifts-- like from “I can get that book in the library” to “I have that book in my library.”
• Relationships shift-- like from a family living in many different states to all family members living in the same town
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Examples from My Own Class
•1247 e-mails•Cybershow•One Minute Paper•Computer Tip Talk•Joint Editing
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Beliefs of 91/93 Vignette AuthorsPedagogy and Philosophy
• Interactive Learning• Learn by Doing• Collaborative Learning• Integration of Theory and Practice• Communication• Visualization• Different Strokes for Different Folks
Wake Forest University, 2000Wake Forest University, 2000
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The educator in me says that doing business in an info-rich society will be different
• More Communication• More Community Loyalty• More Collaboration• More Customization• More Interactivity
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The teacher in me says that there are new tools and new opportunities
• Collaboration & Extension• Continuous Communication• Controversy and Debate• Repetition• Alternate Materials
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The New Education Environment
• Many Tightknit Communities. Student Affinity and Bargaining Groups
• Interactivity Expected. Between students and professors and among students
• Information Filters Everywhere. Challenge is gaining and maintaining attention
• Worldwide Specialization. Geography less relevant.
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What’s My Role in the New World of e-Communication?
Primary: Linking trusting clients with the best educational resources and motivating them to use them. Consolidator!Secondary: Creating educational resources for other “consolidators” to buyTertiary: Selling auxiliary services such as meals, overnights, t-shirts, mailing lists
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Therefore, I should---
• Focus on my comparative advantages• Strengthen ties with my natural constituencies• Partner with organizations that can provide
outsourcers who understand my infrastructure• Build a reliable infrastructure• Enable my “team” to be interactive 7x24
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Specific Actions to be Taken
• Empower faculty with equipment, training, and support (democratize)
• Partner with outsourcers like IBM• Adopt “infrastructure” usable by my students• Use fast-loading webpages that fit all screens• KISS (both faculty and students)• Collect and use Metadata
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More Specific Actions--
• Create & Join Community Networks• Act on the 80/20 and 20/80 assumption• Customize service to natural constituency• Nurture My Clusters of Learners• Offer e-mail forwarding for life• Build monitored LISTSERVS-- especially before
enrollment and after graduation• Presume that all information will be shared
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Basic Themes
• Communication• Customization• Collaboration• Community• Interactivity• Know What Business You’re in
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David G. BrownWake Forest University
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109336-758-4878
email: [email protected]//:www.wfu.edu/~brown
fax: 336-758-4875