COMPUTERS fuel a
revolution of PEDAGOGY
An Endnote Presentation at the
2002 Interactive Media Forum
Miami University, October 22, 2002
by David G. Brown
Wake Forest University
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How Does One Create, Market, and
Fund a New Trans-Discipline?
• Michael & Darrell break the wind
• Rich anticipates “where the puck will be”
• Heather relates the challenge to university politics
and super-structure
• Christina & Nora deconstruct and dissect the
meaning of “interactive learning”
• Peg provides crucial advice about consistency,
integrity, and branding
• Dave projects the future decade of mainstream
experimentation in teaching and learning
Two 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. Rich Miller’s PKB
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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 which has in turn compelled
universities to pay more attention to the quality
of teaching
Our profession has been changed forever!
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FIVE SUB-THEMES
Although the “computer revolution is still
in its infancy, already we know that--1. New learning objects are slow in coming,
expensive to develop, & fairly perishable.
2. Education is fast following manufacturing: it’s
newly customized and highly interactive
3. Most gains come from better communication.
(Wake Forest University Study)
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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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FIVE SUB-THEMES
Although the “computer revolution is still in
its infancy, already we know that--1.
2.
3.
New learning objects are slow in coming, expensive to
develop, & fairly perishable.
Education is fast following manufacturing: it’s newly
customized and highly interactive
Most gains come from better communication. (WFU)
4. Hybrid courses are best– the 80/20 Principle
5. Five teaching-learning strategies are suddenly center
stage, most especially interactive learning
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Reasons 150 Professors Added
Computer Enhancements--Communication-Interaction
Collaboration-Teams
Controversy-Debate
Customization-Diversity
Consultants-Adjuncts
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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
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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! 14
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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1. Communication-Interaction
2. Collaboration-Teams
3. Controversy-Debate
4. Customization-Diversity
5. Consultants-Adjuncts
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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
• KISS
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Student
Teacher
•My.yahoo
•Custom learning team
•Custom delivery
•Custom learning resources
Student-Centered
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Hey Guys! It’s been great fun. We’re out of here.
Like student learners, only you can decide what you will become!
We’re ready to advise & cheer. Thanks for a great conference!
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
Agree disagree
• A=student centered. D=Not unique major, not all of them.
• A=student centered. D=not handed on silver platter. D=unique major
not for all
• A=role of adjuncts. D=won’t be easy
• A=tech is opening new collaboratives, D=students will be going more
and more to digital media.
• A=stdt centered. D=won’t be easy
• A=stdt centered, self organization, community of practice.
D=importance other media types
• A=stdt centered. D=Computers will change nature of interaction.
• A=Blended courses are great. D=watch out for adjuncts
• A=stdt centered. D=how people will use tech, not computers
• A=contingent agreement re stdt centered. D=killer app will
revolutionize how people learn.
• A=blended courses are best. D=tenure and promotion will
be related to pedagogy
• A=Teamwork is here. D=tech may not enable better
pedagogy
• A=everything should be improved. D=everything will be
improved. Great amplifier, both ways!
• A=blended, teamwork. D=not t & promotion.
• A=blended. D=t&l is primarily administratively centered
• A=stdt centered. Q= don’t push out multiplcation tables.
• A=trust is the key. D=not Rich Miller’s thought.