Li ving in the K nowl E dge S ociety LIKES An NSF CPATH Community Building Project

1. Living in the KnowlEdge Society LIKES An NSF CPATH Community Building Project Ed Fox, Virginia Tech, PI Bob Beck, Villanova U., Co-PI Wingyan Chung, Santa Clara U., Co-PI Ed Carr, North Carolina A&T, Co-PI Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

2. LIKES Vision Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

3. LIKES Vision A leadership community creating Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

4. LIKES Vision A leadership community creating systemic changesin Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

5. LIKES Vision A leadership community creating systemic changesin teaching computing conceptsfor Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

6. LIKES Vision A leadership community creating systemic changesin teaching computing conceptsfor general education of all studentsand for Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

7. LIKES Vision A leadership community creating systemic changesin teaching computing conceptsfor general education of all studentsand for those majoring in one of the computing disciplines Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

8. Fundamental Questions • What is (or will be) the Knowledge Society? • What must a citizen of the Knowledge Society know to live in it effectively? Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

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12. Sneaking up on Answers • Gather academics from a number of disciplines to develop answers • Our workshop plan (below) • Propose overall descriptions and connect these to the work of others, e.g. AAC&U (also below) • Create or discover exemplar clusters, courses or modules Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

13. LIKES Workshops (1) Santa Clara U, December 2007 • Defining problems and applications of the Knowledge Society Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

14. LIKES Workshops (2) North Carolina A&T, Next week • Defining key computing concepts in courses in other disciplines Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

15. LIKES Workshops (3) Virginia Tech, October 2008 • Exploring pedagogical approaches that are in harmony with the knowledge society Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

16. LIKES Workshops (4) Villanova U, March 2009 • Creating the course and module materials for several examples Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

17. LIKES in General Education Styles of gen ed requirements • Knowledge groups • Interdisciplinary clusters • Earth Sustainability • LIKES • Courses by discipline (department) • Intro to X plus advanced course in X Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

18. LEAP Model Liberal Education and America’s Promise • A model from AAC&U • Driven by essential learning outcomes • Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world • Intellectual and practical skills • Personal and social responsibility • Integrative and applied learning Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

19. What is the Pedagogy? • Problem based learning • Active learning • Service learning • Pedagogy of engagement Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

20. Examples • As problem based learning • As a team-taught course • As a cluster Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

21. Whose Bones? Colorado Sue, while riding through the hills of her ranch, sees something curious at the base of a wash. Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

22. Whose Bones? Colorado Sue, while riding through the hills of her ranch, sees something curious at the base of a wash. It’s the ends of a couple of bones. Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

23. Whose Bones? Colorado Sue, while riding through the hills of her ranch, sees something curious at the base of a wash. It’s the ends of a couple of bones. She calls Kristin, the archeologist at the University, who brings a team of graduate students to help with the investigation. Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

24. Whose Bones? After careful digging, Kristin’s team has unearthed a major discovery. To help with the identification and investigation, she calls Lacy, the computer scientist. Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

25. Whose Bones? After careful digging, Kristin’s team has unearthed a major discovery. To help with the identification and investigation, she calls Lacy, the computer scientist. You help Lacy decide how to store the information associated with the find (including the slew of photographs, xrays, audio notes, and other multimedia data) in ways that Kristin and others can use it to hypothesize about the bones and their place in history (or prehistory). Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

26. Elections Near and Far A team-taught course involving • Political science • Sociology • Computer science that focuses on • Election theory • Technology for elections • Current examples (even beyond governmental elections Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

27. LIKES Cluster Intro to LIKES Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

28. LIKES Cluster Intro to LIKES Area 1 Area 2 ….. Area 57 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

29. LIKES Cluster Intro to LIKES Area 1 Area 2 ….. Area 57 Capstone Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

30. Contact Us www.likes.org.vt.edu robert.beck@villanova.edu fox@vt.edu carre@acm.org wchung@scu.edu Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)