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The Wake Forest Plan and Its Results

The Wake Forest Plan and Its Results. David G. Brown, VP & Dean (ICCEL) Professor of Economics Provost (1990-98) June 22, 2000. THREE BASIC THEMES. FOCUS on key concepts! BE POLITICAL! Stress LEARNING, not technology.

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The Wake Forest Plan and Its Results

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  1. The Wake Forest Plan and Its Results • David G. Brown, VP & Dean (ICCEL) Professor of Economics Provost (1990-98) • June 22, 2000

  2. THREE BASIC THEMES • FOCUS on key concepts! • BE POLITICAL! • Stress LEARNING, not technology

  3. 3700 undergraduates 92% residential 500 each: Med, Law, MBA, PhD $950M endowment Winston-Salem, NC Baptist Heritage 1300 average SAT 28th in US News & World Report Top 35 Privates in Barron’s Guide Rhodes Scholars Click for Wake Forest Homepage

  4. 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 130,000 Ports 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 Soph/Senior Computer F99: IBM 390, 128 RAM 333 Mhz, 6GB, CD-ROM, 56 modem THE WAKE FOREST PLAN Fresh/Junior Computer IBM A20m, 8MgVideo,128RAM 500Mhz, 11GB, 3hrLithiumBattery 10-24xCD, v90modem, 15”matrix

  5. 2000 Software Load Click here for full list of software load Windows 98 MS Office 2000 Pro Acrobat Reader 4/05 Macromedia Dreamweaver Netscape Communicator 4.72 Lotus Screencam Waterloo Maple V 6.0 RealPlayer 7 Basic Flash 4.0

  6. Students First 2 Layers: Threshold + Rapid Change Communicate/Access (Not Present/Analyze) Standardization Academic Freedom Nomadic Learners CONCEPTS BEHIND PLAN

  7. CONCEPTS BEHIND PLAN • Dominant Use After College • Empower Existing Units • Eager Faculty • Students Change Agent • Exposure, Not Mandate • Partnership • Marketable Difference

  8. Consequences for Wake Forest • +SAT Scores & Class Ranks • +Retention & Grad Rates • +Satisfaction & Learning • +Faculty Recruitment

  9. Personal Use of Computers by Wake Forest FacultySource: 1998 HERI Survey • 98% E-mail • 91% Memos & Letters • 75% Scholarly Research • 41% Presentations • 36% Data Analysis • 22% On Line Discussion Groups

  10. Key Elements of Approval Process(Voted by Faculty, Students, and Trustees) • Faculty Committee Leadership---met rigorous requirements, joint trip to Crookston, elected policy group • Many Implementation Centers---library, departments, deans, residence halls, CIT, bookstore, IS • Administrative Leadership---team • Open Discussion & Votes

  11. Key Elements of Approval Process(continued) • Regular Planning Cycle---interim report • 37 Item Package-- salary increase goals, liberalized leave policy, first year seminar, scholarships, etc • 40 New Positions---more time + more intimacy • Lucky Timing---sympathetic board chair, weak computer environment, right national press

  12. FIRST YEAR SEMINARThe Economists’ Way of Thinking A Course Required of All Freshmen

  13. COURSE OBJECTIVES • To understand a liberal arts education as an opportunity to study with professors who think by their own set of concepts • To learn how to apply economic concepts • To learn how to work collaboratively • To learn computer skills • To improve writing and

  14. Learning is enhanced by- • Collaboration among Learners • Frequent student/faculty dialogue • Prompt Feedback • Application of Theory • Student Self Initiatives • Trustful relations • Personal & Individual Teaching

  15. Before Class Video Text & Self Tests Best URLs with Criteria Interactive exercises Lecture Notes in PP E-mail dialogue Cybershows During Class One Minute Quiz Computer Tip Talk Class Polls Team Projects After Class Edit Drafts by Team Guest Editors Hyperlinks & Pictures Access Previous Papers Lecture Summary w Audio Other Daily Announcements Team Web Page Personal Portfolios Exams include Computer Materials Forever Brown’s First Year Seminar

  16. Results: Compared to OtherFirst Year Courses More Same Less How much did you learn? 2/3 1/3 -- How much time did you spend?-- 2/3 1/3 How did you enjoy the course? 3/3 -- --

  17. 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%

  18. 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, 2000

  19. With Ubiquity---The Culture Changes • Mentality shifts-- like from public phone to personal phone. • Teaching Assumptions shift-- like from books in the public library 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 “maybe 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

  20. Comments and Questions !!!

  21. THREE BASIC THEMES • FOCUS on key concepts! • BE POLITICAL! • Stress LEARNING, not technology

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