The Wake Forest Plan
and Its Results
• David G. Brown, VP & Dean (ICCEL)
Professor of Economics
Provost (1990-98)
• April 3, 2000
THREE BASIC THEMES
• FOCUS on key concepts!
• BE POLITICAL!
• Stress LEARNING, not technology
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3700 undergraduates
92% residential
500 each: Med, Law, MBA, PhD
$950M endowment
Winston-Salem, NC
Baptist Heritage
1300 average SAT
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28th in US News & World Report Wake Forest
Top 35 Privates in Barron’s Guide Homepage
Rhodes Scholars
THE WAKE FOREST PLAN
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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
Fresh/Junior Computer
F99: IBM 390, 128
RAM
333 Mhz, 6GB
CD-ROM, 56 modem
Soph/Senior Computer
IBM 380XD, 64 RAM,
233 Mhz, 4.1GB,
CD-ROM, 56 modem
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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
1999 Software Load
Netscape 4.5
Dreamweaver 2
SPSS 9
Maple V 5.1
Windows 98
MS Office Prof 97
CONCEPTS BEHIND PLAN
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Students First
2 Layers: Threshold +
Rapid Change
Communicate/Access (Not
Present/Analyze)
• Standardization
• Academic Freedom
• Nomadic Learners
CONCEPTS BEHIND PLAN
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Dominant Use After College
Empower Existing Units
Eager Faculty
Students Change Agent
Exposure, Not Mandate
Partnership
Marketable Difference
Consequences for Wake Forest
• +SAT Scores & Class Ranks
• +Retention & Grad Rates
• +Satisfaction & Learning
• +Faculty Recruitment
Personal Use of Computers
by Wake Forest Faculty
Source: 1998 HERI Survey
• 98%
• 91%
• 75%
• 41%
• 36%
• 22%
E-mail
Memos & Letters
Scholarly Research
Presentations
Data Analysis
On Line Discussion Groups
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
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
Brown’s First Year Seminar
• Before Class
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Video Text & Self Tests
Best URLs with Criteria
Interactive exercises
Lecture Notes in PP
E-mail dialogue
Cybershows
• During Class
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One Minute Quiz
Computer Tip Talk
Class Polls
Team Projects
• After Class
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Edit Drafts by Team
Guest Editors
Hyperlinks & Pictures
Access Previous Papers
Lecture Summary w Audio
• Other
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Daily Announcements
Team Web Page
Personal Portfolios
Exams include Computer
Materials Forever
Environmental Imperatives
• Universal Student Access to
Computers
• Reliable Networks
• Multiple Opportunities for
Training and Consultation
• Faculty Ethos that values
Experimentation and Tolerates
Concepts Underlying Strategy
• Eager Faculty
• Faculty
Ownership
• Centrality of
Educational
Theory
• Communication
& Conversation
• Friendly
Sharing
• Flexibility
• Diversity
among
Disciplines
• Nonthreatening
Agencies for Encouraging Use
• Academic Computer
Specialists
• Computer Enhanced
Learning Initiative
• Committee on
Information Tech.
• The Academic Tech
Initiative
• Deans &
Department Chairs
• Information System
& the Help Desk
• Student Technology
Advisors
• Residence Hall Tech
Advisors
• Library Trainers
• Business & Industry
Advisory Group
Ways to Exchange Information
• Swap & Share
• Benchmarking
Trip
• Workshop by
Off-Campus
VIPs
• Computer Tip
Talk
• National
Computer
Meetings
• Training On
Call
• Summer
Workshop
• CAI Newsgroup
The Big Three
#1. E-mail
#2. Web Pages (for each
course)
#3. Internet URLs
Others Ways to Stimulate
Computer Use
• Standard Software and Equipment
(Threshold)
• Standard Filing System
• Well-defined Academic Policy
• Portability: Classroom, Home, Vacation,
Abroad
• Use Outside the Classroom
WORKSHEET
What are the barriers to more use of
technology by faculty?
For your own campus, allocate 100 points
among the three major barrier categories!
• _____% Faculty Need Time
• _____% Faculty Need Access to
Expertise
• _____% Faculty Need to Motivation