Introductions George Watson ghw@udel.edu Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education University of Delaware Workshop at Marymount University April 21, 2003
gigabytes and gigahertz The Way It Was... 1973 2003 graphing calculators, laptops, gigabytes and gigahertz Computation
wireless connectivity The Way It Was... 1973 2003 e-mail, voice-mail, chatrooms, FAX, pagers, cell phones instant messaging, wireless connectivity Communication
2003 Collections The Way It Was... 1973 Online Information: web catalogs, networked databases, Britannica Online, online newspapers, course websites, CMS Collections
Problem-Based Learning and the Cs of Technology: Computation and Calculation Communication and Collaboration Collections and Connections
The question for this session: Given the amazing advances in technology and the dramatic change in the first-year experience, Can we afford to continue teaching the way we were taught?
Student-Centered Learning First, an exercise: Individually, write down five words or short phrases that come to mind when you think of: Student-Centered Learning In pairs or small groups, select three “most important”. Finally, report out just one.
What I know best I have taught… …the individuals learning the most in [the teacher-centered classrooms] are the professors. They have reserved for themselves the very conditions that promote learning: actively seeking new information, integrating it with what is known, organizing it in a meaningful way, and having a chance to explain it to others. Page 35, Huba and Freed, Learner-Centered Assessment on College Campuses: Shifting the Focus from Teaching to Learning, 2000