The Future of Universities and the University of the Future An Address-Workshop at The University of...

The Future of Universitiesand the

University of the FutureAn Address-Workshop at The University of Ottawa

May 2, 2000

Led by David G. Brown, Vice President and Dean (ICCEL)

Wake Forest University

Personal Objective This Morning

To Get Each of You to Change Your Personal Behavior this Afternoon & Next Week (maybe even longer) because of an insight that you have reached for yourself as a consequence of spending the next 2 hours here.

[Not Elegant: Only Important]

History Lesson

Overall Speech OutlineUniversities AdaptThe New ForcesHints of ChangeThe New Image

Universities Adapt!

67/74 oldest institutions are universities!

If Not In The University, Where Will Society...

• Certify & Label New Talent?

• House “out of season” Ideas?

• Motivate New Learners?

• Evaluate Information?

• Archive Ideas?

• Nurture Values and Cultural Sensitivities?

• Induce Young People To Invest In Themselves?

• Protect Maturing Learners & Experimentors?

• Form Friendships and Networks?

• Build Public Monuments?

• Attract Quality Jobs?

• Provide Parks and Entertainment Overall Speech OutlineUniversities AdaptThe New ForcesHints of ChangeThe New Image

Working Premise

• Overall demand for education will expand!

• Colleges will continue to be a major provider

• The “College Role” will change!


1. With the three working premises, I tend to (a) agree, (b),disagree, or (c) am undecided. Circle One of the aboveoptions. Add a COMMENT.

Comment Box---

Let’s Interact!


New “Student” Mentality

• Nintendo Problem Solving• Immediacy• Multi-Tasking & Channel Changing• Keyboarding; Not Handwriting• Always In Touch• Interactivity• Open Information• Shared Authority & Second Opinions• Next Best Option


New Faculty Roles• Less Content Transmission: More Access & Evaluation

Strategy + Applications (Practice)

• Certifying & Sequencing Learning Strategy

• Forming & Monitoring Learning Groups

• Less Control (More Textbook-like Supplements, Alternate Authorities, Less Standardization, Competitive Options)

• Open for Inspection

• Continuous Interaction (Never Ending)

• Collaborative Teaching (with content specialists, designers, students)


Factor Traditional Proposed

Educational Outcome Degree CompetencyClasssroom Physical VirtualFocal Point Faculty StudentsLearning Model Presentation DiscoveryContent Standardized IndividualizedFaculty Role Transmit Information Facilitate LearningFaculty Presence Individual/Autonomous TeamsAcademic Calendar Fixed FlexibleInstitution Centralized DecentralizedStudent Populations On Campus Global

Source: Don Tapscott

By Don TapsottOverall Speech OutlineUniversities AdaptThe New ForcesHints of ChangeThe New Image

Let’s Interact!2. Among the forces for change that were mentioned, which is least

likely or least significant? What other forces for change should havebeen mentioned?

Which changes have I mentioned as “significant” that you believe should be omitted from the list?

What additional changes should be mentioned?

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3.


Lessons Learned from Business and .com

• Customize and Individualize

• Acquire and Use Metadata

• Outsource (eliminate middle managers, reduce data entry)

• Partner. Integrate vertically. Seek Correspondent Relationships.

• Sell “high prestige, high recognition” branded services.

• Become an entry portal & establish lifelong connectives.

• Market Big Time


Lessons Learned from Education and .edu

• Customize and Individualize

• Enable Interaction

• Encourage Collaboration

• Emphasize Communication

• Nurture Community

• Expect Professorial Technological Proficiency

• Assure Robust Networks & Access to Technical Advice

• Reduce Cycle Time

• Be Nimble

• Recognize Potential Competitors


93 Courses36 Universities143 Professors26 Disciplines

http://www.ankerpub.com/


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

From Interactive Learning January, 2000From Anker PublishingDavid G. Brown, Editor

ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000


THE WAKE FOREST PLANF96: IBM

365XD, 16RAM, 100Mhz, 810MB, CD-ROM, 14.4 modemF97: IBM 380D, 32 RAM, 130Mhz, 1.35GB, CD-ROM, 33.6 modemF98: IBM 380XD, 64 RAM, 233 Mhz, 4.1GB, CD-ROM, 56 modemF99: IBM 390, 128 RAM, 333 Mhz, 6GB, CD-ROM, 56 modem

• Thinkpads for all

• New Every 2 Years

• Own @ Graduation

• Printers for all

• Wire Everything

• Standard Software

• Full Admin Systems

• IGN for Faculty

• Keep Old Computers

• 40+30 New People

• 50% Faculty Trained

• 85% CEI Users

• 98% E-Mail

• +15% Tuition

• ~$1500/Yr/Student

• 4 Year Phase In

• Pilot Year

• Now 4 Classes

• Plan for 2000ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000

Order at---http://iccel.wfu.edu

Computers Enhance My Teaching/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%



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




Http://iccel.wfu.edu


Let’s Interact!3. What additional lessons are to be learned, lessons that giveus a hint of the future for universities, from the business andeducation?

From Business:

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From Education:

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4.


The New University

Bricks and Mortar Stay--including health clubs

Brokers Emerge--the most common function

Entrepreneurship Thrives--focus required

Libraries Become Resource Centers--help

Confederations Flourish--mergers too

International Alliances Multiply--not only distance ed

Schedules Metabolize Around Commencement

Outsourcing Expands--services and courses

Funding Diversifies--mix public and entrepreneurial

Databases Center Around the Student--my.yahoo


The New Professoriate

Team Research--science methods spread

Electronic Publications--most rigorous format

Paper Archiving--most enduring format

Collaborative Teaching--design teams & confederations

Adjunct Faculty--alumni & practitioners

Institutes & Centers--departments & disciplines recede


The New Curriculum

The 80-20 Rule--not all F2F or Virtual

On Campus Distance Learning--3 in residence, 2 by distance

Intimate F2F Classes--greater variability

Customized Textbooks--from many vendors

Learning Cohorts & Communities--essential for motivation

Lifelong Programming--email, portals, tech support

Continuous Communication--before & after degrees

The Student-Designed Degree--learning objectives & styles

The Math Emporium Model--one of the new models


Act Now (Technology)

-Pass Faculty Motion That All Teaching May

Proceed on the Assumption That All Students

Have Internet Access

-Assure Robust Communication Networks

-Aim for 95% of Faculty Use of CEL by

Fully Voluntary Means

-Adopt & Support a “Preferred” Laptop,

CMS, and Software

-Budget for Electronic Databases

-Outsource More Bureaucracy & Instructional

Components


ACT NOW (VISION)

-Build Brand Identity

-Build “Communities of Learners” & Link All Programs to

Participation in and Access to Those Communities

-Expand and Enrich Co-Curricular Programs

-Choose & Nurture A Few Areas For

Worldwide Prominence

-Maintain Aura of Impartiality & Rationality

-Rejoice in the Flexibility & Survivability of Universities


Moving Ahead: Guiding Themes and Agenda to the Year 2000

4. What would you add to or strike from the image of thefuture university? What other actions would you recommendtaking today?

Add to the Image of the University of the Future:

Strike from Brown’s Image of the University of the Future:

Actions to be taken right away:

Let’s Interact!Overall Speech OutlineUniversities AdaptThe New ForcesHints of ChangeThe New Image

David G. BrownWake Forest University

Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109336-758-4878

email: [email protected]//:www.wfu.edu/~brown

fax: 336-758-4875


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