Learning Village: Connecting Homes, Campuses and People

Brian A. Young, MPA Lead Academic Technologist & Director, Educational Technology Initiatives Thomas Skill, Ph.D. Assistant Provost for Academic Technology & Director, UD Learning Village James D. Robinson, Ph.D. Professor, Communication & UD Learning Village Fellow Learning Village: Connecting Homes, Campuses and People

Technology-enhanced Learning: Year 2000 • France, circa 1880

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Enhance Learning Within and Beyond the Classroom • Strengthen connections throughout the community • Encourage and sustain new and existing learning communities via technologies that enhance communication and collaboration • use technology to integrate living with learning and learning with leadership and service • Establish and sustain shared responsibility for fair and appropriate use of network technologies • Facilitate career readiness regardless of major • Provide opportunities and support for certification in IT competencies • Provide opportunities and resources for student-driven experimentation and business development using campus technologies

Infrastructure • 1994: High Speed Data and Video Installation completed on “core” Campus • Academic Buildings & Traditional Residence Halls (4300 beds)

Infrastructure • 1999: Data, Voice and Video Networks extended to 420 University-owned houses in a 25-block area surrounding campus. (1800 additional beds) • 843 miles of fiber (for data), 90 miles of twisted pair (voice) and 34 miles of coax (video) • $6.1 million project includes conduit system with hubs in every house.

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Campus Aerial South Student Neighborhood Holy Angels Neighborhood North Student Neighborhood

Data, Video and Voice: Individual House “Backboards” (secured in basements) • Average Cost: • $10,000 per house. • 5 Voice Jacks • 4 Video Outlets • 5 Data Connections • (Category 5 Cable) • Backboard • AC to backboard

Leveraging the Infrastructure and Connectivity • “Modified Strong Form” Student Computer Requirement (started 1999) • Universal & Equal Access • Common tools • Motivates Curricular Innovation • Controls Costs & Enhances Support • Promotes Community Building

Learning Village Synergy • Bandwidth/ Policy • Cyber • Physical Space • Human

High Speed = High NeedCan the Bandwidth Beast be Tamed? • Bandwidth Management (Internet Pipes) • Financial Solutions • Grow the Internet Bandwidth Budget ($15k per 3Mb) • Educational Solutions • Policy on fair use • Effective communication of policy and expectations • Enforcement and Action • Engineered solutions: • Quality controls • Bandwidth tools

Engaged Students in Process Student Government Endorsement Network access requires acceptance of policy Log-in prompts users Need Vigilant “violations officer” Monitoring Abuses & Bandwidth Creative solutions Educational and Engineered Penalties for violations frequently involve community service Policy on Fair, Responsible and Acceptable Use of Electronic Resources http://www.udayton.edu/~srcc/policy.html

Engaging • Appealing • Resource Rich The Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center

Learning Teaching Center • Learning Village Administrative Center • Hub for Technology Innovation • Williams Web Development Lab • UD Collaboratory (Groupware Labs) • Adaptive Computer Lab (disabilities) • Student Computer Initiative • Faculty Development & Service Learning • Learning Assistance (Students) • Experimental Classroom • Student-run Espresso Bar

Student Initiatives: “Immersive” Experiences • Williams Web Development Lab • Webmentors • Student Residential Computer Consultants • Center for Portfolio Management & Securities Analysis • UD Unzipped

IT Certification • Purpose • Enhance Skills for Career Readiness • Certify Competence • Learning/Preparation • Traditional Classes • Training Workshops • Flyer TV (Campus Cable TV) Video Training • Self-Study • Books • CBT • Web Based Training

Information Technology Certification Process • Certification Description • Software • Hardware • Information • Portfolio • ITC Web Site

Fueling the Transformation: Mission-Driven, Market-Focused Initiatives • Pew Program in Course Redesign • Center for Academic Transformation • $200,000 grant to redesign Introduction to Psychology • MCI Higher Education Grant • “Communities and Wireless” $160,000 • Ohio Learning Network Grant • Implement a Web Portal for General Education Sciences • Institute for Technology-Enhanced Learning (ITEL) • Partnership with Sinclair Community College and K –12 Schools (county-wide)

Facing The Challenges:Villages are Complicated Places • Network-enabled incivilities • Privacy issues and other electronic intrusions • Curricular change: Pushing and being pushed • High speed is just next door: The Landlord Dilemma • No one cares about your vision when the helpdesk phones are busy

In Conclusion… • A Fully-Connected Living & Learning Environment • Learning Within & Beyond the Classroom • Universal & Equal Access to the Tools of the Information Age • Information-Rich, Technologically-Savvy • Marketwise and career-ready graduates • Learning Communities that Focus on the Mind and the Heart

Q and A • http://lvillage.udayton.edu Thank you

Learning Village: Connecting Homes, Campuses and People