Student-Centered Learning
in the New Millenium
A Participatory Presentation
At Duke University, October 16, 2002
by David G. Brown
Wake Forest University
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My Major Themes
1/ For
the next decade, teaching & learning
(as well as tenure & promotion) will be
dominated by experiments in pedagogy
that are newly enabled by computers.
2/ The individual student will be the
apex of all data-collection and the center
of all learning strategies.
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Although the “computer revolution is still
in its infancy, already we know that--1. Hybrid courses are best (Central Florida)
2. Students on more wired campuses benefit from
more effective teaching. (Kuh&Hu)
3. Most gains come from better communication.
(Wake Forest)
4. New learning items are slow in coming, expensive
to develop, & fairly perishable.
5. Five learning strategies are suddenly receiving
much more attention.
6. Manufacturing & education are newly
customized and just-in-time
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THE WAKE FOREST PLAN
IBM A30, Pentium III, 1.13GHz Processor, 30GB Hardrive, 384 MB RAM
15”ActMatrix Screen, CD-RW/DVD, Floppy, 56k modem, 16MB Video Ram,
10/100 Ethernet, USB&Serial&Parellel&Infrared Ports
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IBM Laptops for all
Printers for all
New Every 2 Years
Own @ Graduation
31.000 Connections
Standard Software
99% E-Mail
Start 1995, 4 Year Phase In
+15% Tuition for 37 Items
+40 Faculty and 30 Staff
Standard Load Includes—
MS Office, Dreamweaver, SPSS, Maple,
Acrobat, Photoshop, Shockwave, Flash,
Net Meeting, Real Producer & Player,
Media Player, Windows XP Moviemaker,
Apple QuickTime, Netscape & Explorer,
Netscape Calendar & Communicator,
Windows XP Professional
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Communication-Interaction
Computers Enhance
Teaching & 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%
ICCEL
ICCEL --- Wake
Wake Forest
Forest University,
University, 2002
2002
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Reasons 150 Professors Added
Computer Enhancements
1. Communication-Interaction
2. Collaboration-Teams
3. Controversy-Debate
4. Customization-Diversity
5. Consultants-Adjuncts
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Communication-Interaction
•1247 emails
•Announcements
•One Minute Quiz
•Student Profiles
YOU will be asked to add your practices, ideas re communication!
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Collaboration-Teams
•Professors Share Resource Materials
•Students Study Together
•Departments Create Shared Databases
Examples--•2 Students Submit 1 Answer
•Edit Rough Draft Papers
•PowerPoint in Class
•Listserv Between Classes
•Public Web Page
YOU will be asked to add your practices, ideas re collaboration!
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Controversy-Debate
•Cross-Culture Projects
•More Class Time
•Best Web Sites
•Threaded Discussion
•Chat in Class
•Double Jeopardy Quiz
YOU will be asked to add your practices, ideas re controversy!
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Customization-Diversity
•Cybershows (lectures, demos)
•Personal Notes (email again)
•Hierarchy of Help
•Muddiest Point
•Hyperlinks
•Just In Time Teaching
YOU will be asked to add your practices, ideas re customization! 10
Consultants-Adjuncts
•Alumni Editors
•Globe Theatre
•Session with Expert
•Disciplinary Colleagues
•Previous Students
YOU will be asked to add your practices, ideas re consultants!
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The 5 C’s---New Opportunities
Through Technology
• Communication-Interaction
• Collaboration-Teams
• Controversy-Debate
• Customization-Diversity
• Consultants-Adjuncts
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Your Turn!
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The Millennium Context
• Personal. Customized. Interactive.
• Student-Centered Curriculum
• Teams of Professionals to Support
Learning
• “Houses” instead of Disciplines
• Hybrid Courses (80-20 and 20-80)
• Loose-leaf Collections of Course
Components, instead of Textbooks
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Student
Teacher
•My.yahoo
•Custom learning team
•Custom delivery
•Custom learning resources
Student-Centered
Learning
in the New Millennium
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1. Communication-Interaction
2. Collaboration-Teams
3. Controversy-Debate
4. Customization-Diversity
5. Consultants-Adjuncts
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David G. Brown
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
336-758-4878
email: brown@wfu.edu
http//:www.wfu.edu/~brown
fax: 336-758-4012
ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2002