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Where Computers Make a Difference in Learning

Where Computers Make a Difference in Learning. Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education February 16, 1999. By David G. Brown VP, Dean, and Professor of Economics Wake Forest University http://www.wfu.edu/~brown and brown@wfu.edu. Thinkpads for all

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Where Computers Make a Difference in Learning

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  1. Where Computers Make a Difference in Learning Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education February 16, 1999 By David G. Brown VP, Dean, and Professor of Economics Wake Forest University http://www.wfu.edu/~brown and brown@wfu.edu

  2. Thinkpads for all New Every 2 Years Own @ Graduation Printer for all Wire Everything Standard Software Standard Template IGN for Faculty 40+30 New People 50% Faculty Trained 75% CEI Users +$3000 Tuition 4 Year Phase In Pilot Year Plan for 2000 Now 3 Classes 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 modem

  3. Wake Forest’s International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning -To help communities establish and use computers to Customize Collaboration through Communication -In Higher Ed, K-12, Businesses, and Towns -Via Conferences, Customized Visits (to WFU), Consultancies, and Publications -At http://iccel.wfu.edu

  4. Campuses Represented in Interactive Learning: Vignettes from America’s Most Wired Campuses

  5. What are your institution’s strengths & weaknesses How do you determine your place in an electronic world? What will be your primary student markets--program areas? Degree credit? Geographic span? Age? What are the appropriate delivery technologies next year? 5 years? Etc? What is a realistic staffing plan? Outsourcing? Support personnel? Executive leadership? What institutional partnerships make sense? Positioning for the Future

  6. For a free copy of this monograph, please come up at the conclusion of this session and sign the roster of recipients. Please take only one copy per institution.

  7. SUMMARY • Communication! Communication! • Interactive Learning • Ubiquitous Computing Essential • Best Uses Easily Learned

  8. Computers Enhance My Teaching and/or Learning Via-- Presentations Better--20% More Opportunities to Practice & Analyze--35% More Access to Source Materials via Internet--43% More Communication with Faculty Colleagues, Classmates, and Between Faculty and Students--87%

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. Before Class Students Find URLs & Identify Criteria Interactive exercises Lecture Notes E-mail dialogue Cybershows During Class One Minute Quiz Computer Tip Talk Class Polls After Class Edit Drafts by Team Guest Editors Hyperlinks & Pictures Access Previous Papers Other Daily Announcements Team Web Page Personal Web Pages Exams include Computer Materials Forever Brown’s First Year Seminar

  12. Ways to Provide Universal Access at Less Cost • Desktop Computers • Network Computers • Public station computers • Specified Threshold • Annual Lease • Phase in by classes • Phase in by programs • Hand me down • Loaner Pool

  13. The Big Three Tools for Collaborative Learning: E-mail + Web Pages for Each Course + URLs • SUMMARY • Communication! Communication! • Interactive Learning • Ubiquitous Computing Essential • Best Uses Easily Learned

  14. Anticipating the Future • Digitized Scholarship • Humanities Scholarship in Teams • Weaker Disciplinary Boundaries • New Typologies • Specialized Institutions • Collaborative Learning • Collaborative Teaching

  15. Anticipating the Future (cont.) • Hybrid Courses • Guide by the Side • Globalization • Apprenticeships • Corps of Professorial Associates • Lifelong Relationships • Age of Experimentation • Age of Assessment • More Communities

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