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The Two Most Important Principles
re Communication and
Collaboration
A Two Way Conversation between Participants
in the UNH’s Faculty Instructional Technology Summer
Institute and David G. Brown Professor of Economics,
ICCEL Dean, and VP
Wake Forest University, (http://www.wfu.edu/~brown)
June 5, 2002
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How has the computer changed
teaching and learning? (my answer)
1. It’s caused every teacher to
rethink & redesign.
2. By increasing student options, it has increased
competition and compelled universities to pay
more attention to the quality of teaching
Our profession has been changed forever!
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Shouping Hu & George Kuh
http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n49.html
– CSEQ data from 18,000+ students (November 2001)
– Chickering-Gamson Variables:
• Faculty-Student Contact
• Student Cooperation
• Active Learning
– “Undergraduates attending "more wired" campuses…
more frequently …reported higher levels of engagement
in good educational practices than their counterparts at
less wired institutions.”
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What We’ve Learned So Far
About Technology and Teaching
1. More Learning results From Better
Communication!
2. Students relish Buffets!
3. Blended Courses are Best!
4. Ubiquitous Access is Essential!
5. Simpler is Better!
6. Professor becomes Personal Trainer!
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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
Reasons 150 Professors Added
Computer Enhancements
1. Communication-Interaction
[CG: Faculty-Student Contact]
2. Collaboration-Teams
[CG: Student Cooperation]
3. Controversy-Debate
[CG: Active Learning]
4. Customization-Diversity
5. Consultants-Adjuncts
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Communication-Interaction
•1247 emails
•Announcements
•Muddiest
•One Minute Quiz
•CTT Reaction
•Student Profiles
Blackboard
Your Turn!
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Here’s another way to increase
communication, a way that wasn’t available
before widespread use of the computer! Other
professors would be wise to consider it.
Please volunteer an idea you have! I’ll
type it into our developing list of ideas.
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Your Ideas Re Increasing
Communication and Interaction
•Direct inquires to the right person.
•Put students in the spotlight
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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
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Your Ideas Re
Collaboration Among Students
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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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What We’ve Learned So Far
About Technology and Teaching
1. More Learning results From Better
Communication!
2. Students relish Buffets!
3. Blended Courses are Best!
4. Ubiquitous Access is Essential!
5. Simpler is Better!
6. Professor becomes Personal Trainer!
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
Ubiquitous Access is Essential!
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Hanging Fruit
What We’veLow
Learned
So Far
[within the constraints of time & money]
About Technology and Teaching
1. URLs
1. More Learning results From Better
2. Email
Communication!
3. Course Management System
2. Students relish
Buffets!
3. Blended Courses are Best!
Better 85% Some Use Vs 5% Heavy Use
4. Ubiquitous Access is Essential!
5. Simpler is Better!
6. Professor becomes Personal Trainer!
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The Millennium Context
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Personal. Customized. Interactive.
Student-Centered Curriculum & Databases
Teams of Professionals to Support Learning
“Houses” instead of Disciplines
Blended Courses (80-20 and 20-80)
Loose-leaf Collections of Course Chunks
Internet Savvy Students (Nintendo)
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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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David G. Brown
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
336-758-4878
email: brown@wfu.edu
http//:www.wfu.edu/~brown
fax: 336-758-4875
Wake Forest University, 2002