Matching Teaching Strategies with
New Technology:
Practical Theories for Course Redesign
2003 Technology Consortium
Wake Forest University
April 1, 2003
David G. Brown, Professor/VP/Dean/Former Provost
Wake Forest University
http://www.wfu.edu/~brown
brown@wfu.edu
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FIRST YEAR SEMINAR
The Economists’ Way of Thinking:
• 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 speaking
Students = 15
All Freshmen
Required Course
Before Class
During Class.
After Class
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Proven Teaching Strategies
21st Century
1. Communication-Interaction
2. Collaboration-Teams
3. Controversy-Debate
4. Customization-Diversity
5. Consultants-Adjuncts
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The 21st Century Context
21st Century
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Customized. Interactive. Collaborative.
Student-Centered Curriculum
Teaching Collaborations & Teams
Chunks, not Textbook
Gold Standard = Hybrid (80-20 & 20-80)
Engaged Learning
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Implications for You and Me
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Must teach on assumption of ubiquity
Must insist on open library & network
KISS--- low hanging fruit
Open Culture of Sharing
Workshops around strategy, not theory
More emphasis upon Teaching
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Emphasis Upon Teaching
in hiring, promotion, tenure, and prestige
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More options
More evidence
More collaboration
More student awareness
More T-L Centers
More publication outlets
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Low Hanging Fruit
[within the constraints of time & money]
21st Century
1. URLs
2. Email
3. Course Management System
WebCT and/or Blackboard
Better 85% Some Use Vs 5% Heavy Use
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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
Start 1995, 4 Year
Phase In
• +15% Tuition
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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CONCEPTS BEHIND PLAN
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Students First
2 Layers: Threshold +
Rapid Change
Communicate/Access (Not
Present/Analyze)
• Standardization
• Academic Freedom
• Nomadic Learners
ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2003
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Impact of the Plan for the Class of 2000,
No. of Items with Significant Differences in
Wake Forest Student Responses,
CSEQ Questionnaire
2002 Survey versus 1998 Survey
Computer Usage………………..…2002 wins 6-2
Information Fluency………….…...2002 wins 5-1
Integration of Knowledge………..2002 wins 3-0
Specific Knowledge & Skills…….2002 wins 6-1
Interpersonal Communication…..2002 wins 8-0
Co-Curricular Participation……...2002 wins 5-0
Source: Ross Griffith, Wake Forest Univ. Institutional Research Office.
http://www.wfu.edu/administration/ir/docs/CSEQComparison2002.pdf
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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, 2003
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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
ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2003
Progress Toward Realizing the Full Learning Potential
of Ubquitous Computing-- in Increments of Equipment
[Study Chart from Bottom to Top]
0%
25 %
50 %
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75 %
100 %
Add Handhelds connected
everywhere wirelessly
Add
5%
Add Laptops connected
everywhere wirelessly
Add
14 %
Add all with wireless
connectivity in classroom
Add
Add all with wired
connectivity in classroom
Add
1%
5%
Add all with connectivity from
personally owned computers
Add
45 %
Add all with access to
public lab computers
Instructor only computer with
connectivity & classroom projection
Add
20 %
10 %
[Interpretation of chart: 10% of the value is achieved when the instructor only (bottom line) has a computer.
Another 20% is added, for a total of 30%, when all students can get to computers in a public lab. …
100% of the value of ubiquity is achieved when everyone has access everywhere.]
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Comments and Questions
Now!---On your 3x5 card
Write one useful thing
you’ve learned from
this session! Pass the
card to your right!
Let’s
Talk!
David G. Brown
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109,
336-758-4878
email: brown@wfu.edu
http//:www.wfu.edu/~brown
fax: 336-758-5012
Wake Forest University, 2003