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HARRINGTON SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
Challenging you to Think, Create, and Communicate
A Strategic Plan for Transforming the Harrington SchoolInto a School of Regional and National Distinction
Five Essential Elements of Schools of Regional and National Distinction
1. Curriculum that is cutting-edge and responsive to rapid changes in society
2. Nationally and internationally-recognized faculty engaged in meaningful research & creative projects that add value to society
3. Use of instructional practices that engage and challenge learners
4. Top-caliber students who have ambition, tenacity and focus
5. Learning facilities, including studios & classrooms, equipped with the latest tools and technologies
Harrington School Today: Opportunities
• Harrington School faculty, staff and students are highly motivated to build a school of regional and national distinction
• There is much consensus among stakeholders about what is needed to improve
• Faculty, alumni and friends of the school have the time, talent and treasure to assist in the process of advancing the Harrington School
Harrington School Today:Challenges
• The Harrington School’s current academic curriculum is dated and out of synch with the needs of employers
• To be competitive the Harrington School must align its curriculum and research program to meet the changing needs of the market and society
• The number of research-active faculty at the Harrington School is far below the standard for competitive schools of communication and media
• IT support is weak; buildings and facilities are dated and poorly maintained
Our Long Term Strategic Goal• Top 5 in 5. Within five years the Harrington School will be
ranked among the top 5 schools of communication and media in the Northeast.
• Top 10 in 10. Within ten years the Harrington School will be ranked among the top 10 public schools of communication and media on the East Coast.
Our Long Term Strategic Goal• Top 5 in 5. Within five years the Harrington School will be
ranked among the top 5 schools of communication and media in the Northeast.
• Top 10 in 10. Within ten years the Harrington School will be ranked among the top 10 public schools of communication and media on the East Coast.
How will we do it? Continuous curriculum renewalMaking real-world learning an essential component of all
programsAttracting the best faculty and students to make the
Harrington School a first-choice destination
Strategic Areas of Focus • Curriculum• Research• Real-World Learning • Faculty Development• Facilities and Infrastructure
Curriculum Focus• Creating an Interdisciplinary Major• Introducing a Strategy-Based Curriculum• Senior Capstone/Digital Portfolio Requirement
Current Harrington Majors
Today the Harrington School is comprised of six disparate majors
The Challenge:One-dimensional majors no longer prepare students for success in the multi-dimensional world of communication and media
Putting Our Majors and Minds Together
Communication Strategy is Positioned atHeart of the School
IntroductoryImmersion Course
TITLE: Communication Strategy in the Real World
Strategy Based Curriculum – All Majors
Senior Capstone Project
Digital portfolios encourage students to demonstrate the application of communication strategy
Strategy Based Curriculum – All Majors
IntroductoryImmersion Course
TITLE: Communication Strategy in the Real World
Communication Strategy is Positioned atHeart of the School
Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge & responsive to rapid changes in technology & society
Experiential Learning• Student Leadership• Field-based Courses• Internships• International Programs
Current AcademicMajors
Today: The Harrington School faculty are exploring interdisciplinary initiatives at Camp Harrington, which serves as a mechanism to initiate curriculum renewal
Field-based Courses inspire collaboration & community engagement
Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge & responsive to rapid changes in technology & society
Required Core Courses• Communication Strategy• Senior Capstone Digital Portfolio
Experiential Learning• Student Leadership• Field-based Courses• Internships• International Programs
Current AcademicMajors
Next Steps: Every student has fundamental vocabulary for applying communication strategy to real-world contexts
Every student has a digital portfolio of completed professional & creative work that demonstrates knowledge & competencies
Further out: Online certificate programs enable students from any undergraduate or graduate program to develop expertise in cross-cutting digital competencies that prepare them for career and workplace
Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge & responsive to rapid changes in technology & society
Harrington OnlineCertificate Programs• Social Media• Digital Video• Digital Publishing
Required Core Courses• Communication Strategy• Senior Capstone Digital Portfolio
Experiential Learning• Student Leadership• Field-based Courses• Internships• International Programs
Current AcademicMajors
Research Focus• Build upon existing strengths to identify three initial
areas for interdisciplinary research centers • Connect teaching and research using innovative
instructional practices with graduate students & undergraduates
• Double the number of research active faculty by 2015
Igniting Research at Harrington
GOAL: DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF RESEARCH ACTIVE FACULTY IN 3 YEARS
Strategy-Based Research
Communicating Science
Digital Literacy
Global Collaboration Leadership &
Advocacy
Communication Strategy
Ocean Tales: The Ever Changing Coast
Communicating Science
Discover how best to connect the public to increasingly complex information
Digital Literacy
Digital Engagement 2.0 Workshop, Feb 20, 2013
Discover how best to build people’s competencies in accessing, analyzing, creating and collaborating in digital environments
Global CollaborationLeadership & Advocacy
Gallery of Global Photography
Discover how best to promote understanding and innovation between & across cultures
Percent of Research-Active FacultyCurrent <20% Future >80%
Research-active faculty build reputation and attract external funding and new resources
Research-active faculty create new knowledge and are nationally acknowledged as experts
Communication Strategy
A Named Research Fellowship Program
Communicating Science
Digital Literacy
Global Collaboration Leadership &
Advocacy
Research Fellows receive tuition stipend and salary over 1 – 4 years. They assist with grantwriting and help manage research projects under faculty supervision. They coordinate undergraduate student engagement in research and make presentations at meetings and conferences, representing the Harrington School.
Communication and MediaInterdisciplinary Majors
Communication Strategy
By integrating research with quality academic programs, students graduate with cutting-edge competencies
Real-World Learning Focus• Student Leadership• Internships• Field Based Learning• Urban Immersion Program
GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience
…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe
Make Real-World Learning
an Integral Part of the School
Real-World Learning
GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience
…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe
Make Real-World Learning
an Integral Part of the School
Real-World Learning
Student Leadership Harrington Rangers, Student ALA, and robust student media organizations including WRIU and the student newspaper provide opportunities to combine real-world leadership experience with strategic thinking in communication and media
GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience
…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe
Make Real-World Learning
an Integral Part of the School
Real-World Learning
InternshipsA student spends 135 hours in a workplace setting, applying communication strategy and contributing to a collaborative team
GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience
…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe
Make Real-World Learning
an Integral Part of the School
Real-World Learning
Field-Based CoursesA group of students, working with a faculty member, apply communication strategy to identify, address or solve a real-world problem with a real-world client
GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience
…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe
Make Real-World Learning
an Integral Part of the School
Real-World Learning
Urban Immersion ProgramA 15-credit semester-long program for a cohort of students who take 4 carefully-integrated courses in Providence and apply communication strategy to find solutions for a real-world client
Real-World Learning
Communication Strategy at the Heart of the Curriculum
Research Active Faculty
Graduate Education & Named Fellowship Program
PR
Film/Media
Writing & Rhetoric
CommunicationStudies
Journalism
GLIS
Intro Course: Communication Strategy in the
Real WorldHarrington
Online
Digital MediaDesign & Production
Center
Network of Communication/Media
Professionals to Support Economic
Development
A Blueprint For Success
Senior Capstone
DigitalPortfolio
Immediate Needs for Faculty Development• Business of Media: To build expertise to address the gap between theory and practice, we
need a professional with expertise in media industry economics who will help develop and deliver the new Communication Strategy required course.
• Creative Entrepreneurship: To build connections to the business community and inspire students to understand how creative thinking about communication and media creates whole new industries, we need a professional with expertise in media, technology and new business development.
• Social Media: To develop and offer courses in social media and to develop the Harrington Online program in Social Media, we need a professional or academic with expertise in social media.
• Digital Filmmaker: To meet the growing student demand for film production expertise, we need an A-list filmmaker with HBO- or Sundance level track record and experience in digital marketing and distribution.
• Information Management: To build capacity for supporting students’ understanding of metadata, tracking, and analytics in online environments, we need an information management professional with experience with systems design.
• Teaching & Learning with Digital Media: To help students and faculty use digital tools effectively, we need an expert who can build capacity for innovative and effective online teaching and learning.
Business and community partnerships bring new ideas, new relationships & new resources
Putting It All Together:Connecting Students and Faculty with Business & CommunityCommunication and Media
Interdisciplinary Majors
Communication Strategy
Real-World Connections with
Business &Community
Facilities & Infrastructure• Journalism & GSLIS in one building• Renovation of Ranger Hall creates new
learning spaces• New building on the quad brings all programs,
faculty & students together as one community
A VISION OF THE FUTUREDigital Media Innovation Center
VISION. The Harrington School of Communication and Media unleashes creative energy to inspire the State of Rhode Island to be internationally recognized as the East Coast hub for digital media innovation by the year 2023.
Digital Media Innovation Center in Providence. Harrington School faculty are digital media entrepreneurs who engage with current students in a state-of-the-art center with conference & screening rooms, classrooms and studios, a soundstage, an art gallery, private offices, access to digital software tools, commercial broadband & post-production facilities, all in downtown Providence.
Digital Media Trade AssociationHarrington School faculty initiate a membership-based organization that serves as a trade association for digital media makers, media arts organizations, investors and venture capitalists, public relations and design professionals, distributors, software developers, equipment manufacturers, and educational leaders. The HIVE fuels the growth of the digital communication and media industry in RI by catalyzing collaboration and providing a platform for professional networking.
HARRINGTON SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
Challenging you to Think, Create, and Communicate
A Strategic Plan for Transforming the Harrington SchoolInto a School of Regional and National Distinction
A Few Highlights of the 2012 – 2013 academic year:
IGNITE HARRINGTON: Active Involvement of Alums and Friends of the School
FIELD-BASED LEARNING: Connecting to Business and Community Organizations
HARRINGTON RANGERS AND STUDENT ALA: Supporting Student Leadership
CONVERGENCE AND COMMUNITY & BOOK CLUB: Increasing Community Connectedness
THE HUB: Increasing Technology Competencies
9/27/12Memorial Union Ballroom – 6 p.m.University of Rhode Island
Advisory Board Members Actively Support Harrington School Students & Faculty
THANKS!
Kathleen Reardon Bob Beagle
John PalumboSteve Malkiewicz
Bob VincentFred Joyal
Dick HarringtonLori Merola
Kathy O’Donnell
Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #1Promoting Active Involvement of Alums and Friends of the School
What strategies could enable Advisory Board members, alums and friends of the Harrington School to contribute their time and talent to support students and faculty?
Urban Immersion Pilot ProgramField-Based Learning (3 credits)Partnership with the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence Spring 2013
VIDEOCreated by Harrington School students about the Employment Services of the Institute
VIDEOHarrington School student reflects on the power of field-based learning
Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #2Connecting to Business and Community Organizations
What strategies could help us scale up our ability to partner with business and community organizations?
Harrington Rangerspeer advisors &
brand ambassadors
Harrington School GSLIS Students Win the 2013 Student Chapter of the Year Award
The ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award is presented in recognition of a chapter's outstanding contributions to the American Library Association, their school, and the profession. The purpose of the award is to increase student involvement in ALA through student chapters, and to recognize future leaders in the profession.
Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #3Supporting Student Leadership
What strategies could help promote and extend student leadership opportunities for Harrington School students?
Convergence and CommunitiesPreparing Future Workers for the New Knowledge Network in Libraries, Newsrooms, Studios, and Agencies
January 16 – 17, 2013
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
SEPTEMBER 2012Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner
OCTOBER 2012The End of Growth by Richard Heinberg
NOVEMBER 2012Flatland by Edwin Abbott
FEBRUARY 2013 Heart, Smart, Guts & Luck By Anthony Tjian, Dick Harrington, Tony Hsien
MARCH 2013The Public and its ProblemsBy John Dewey
MAY 2013Present Shock by Doug Rushkoff
Harrington School Book Club
Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #4Increasing Community Connectedness
What strategies could help build a sense of community among Harrington School faculty and connect to other media and communication leaders locally, regionally, nationally and internationally?
THE HUB@LLRC
Equipment checkout and just-in-time digital
technology learning lab
301 Swan Hall
THE HUB@LLRC
Equipment checkout and just-in-time digital
technology learning lab
301 Swan Hall
NOV 14Information Literacy 2.0
NOV 5Using Screencasts in Class
OCT 17Teaching with the iPad
SEPT 21Digital Storytelling
Harrington School Faculty ShareNew Ideas at the Technology Symposium
• Eli Peer Review Software • Google Drive for Collaborative Online Exams • Short Films from Digital Storytelling
Limbo Game-Play • Soundslide • Student-Produced Video in Just One Class Period • Screencasting to Enhance Instructor Presence in Online
Classes • Etherpad • Podcasting • LibGuides
TECH SYMPOSIUM – Wed, March 20, 2013 11 am
Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #5Increasing Technology Competencies
What approaches could best support and enhance the technology and digital media competencies of Harrington School students and faculty?
A Few Highlights of the 2012 – 2013 academic year:
IGNITE HARRINGTON: Active Involvement of Alums and Friends of the School
FIELD-BASED LEARNING: Connecting to Business and Community Organizations
HARRINGTON RANGERS AND STUDENT ALA: Supporting Student Leadership
CONVERGENCE AND COMMUNITY & BOOK CLUB: Increasing Community Connectedness
THE HUB: Increasing Technology Competencies
Ignite Award Recipients are Recognized for Helping to
Build the Future of the Harrington School of
Communication and Media