LIKES Living in the KnowlEdge Society An NSF CPATH Community Building Project Ed Fox, Virginia Tech, PI Bob Beck, Villanova U., Co-PI Wingyan Chung, Santa Clara U., Co-PI Ed Carr, North Carolina A&T, Co-PI CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

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Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Vision A leadership community creating CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Vision A leadership community creating systemic changes in CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Vision A leadership community creating systemic changes in teaching computing concepts for CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Vision A leadership community creating systemic changes in teaching computing concepts for general education of all students and for CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Vision A leadership community creating systemic changes in teaching computing concepts for general education of all students and for those majoring in one of the computing disciplines CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Fundamental Questions What is (or will be) the Knowledge Society? What must a citizen of the Knowledge Society know to live in it effectively? CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

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Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Sneaking up on Answers Gather academics from a number of disciplines to develop answers Our workshop plan (below) Propose overall descriptions and connect these to the work of others, e.g. AAC&U (also below) Create or discover exemplar clusters, courses or modules CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Workshops (1) Santa Clara U, December 2007 Defining problems and applications of the Knowledge Society CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Workshops (2) North Carolina A&T, Next week Defining key computing concepts in courses in other disciplines CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Workshops (3) Virginia Tech, October 2008 Exploring pedagogical approaches that are in harmony with the knowledge society CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Workshops (4) Villanova U, March 2009 Creating the course and module materials for several examples CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

LIKES in General Education Styles of gen ed requirements Knowledge groups Interdisciplinary clusters Earth Sustainability LIKES Courses by discipline (department) Intro to X plus advanced course in X CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LEAP Model Liberal Education and America’s Promise A model from AAC&U Driven by essential learning outcomes Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world Intellectual and practical skills Personal and social responsibility Integrative and applied learning CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) What is the Pedagogy? Problem based learning Active learning Service learning Pedagogy of engagement CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Examples As problem based learning As a team-taught course As a cluster CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Whose Bones? Colorado Sue, while riding through the hills of her ranch, sees something curious at the base of a wash. CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Whose Bones? Colorado Sue, while riding through the hills of her ranch, sees something curious at the base of a wash. It’s the ends of a couple of bones. CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Whose Bones? Colorado Sue, while riding through the hills of her ranch, sees something curious at the base of a wash. It’s the ends of a couple of bones. She calls Kristin, the archeologist at the University, who brings a team of graduate students to help with the investigation. CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Whose Bones? After careful digging, Kristin’s team has unearthed a major discovery. To help with the identification and investigation, she calls Lacy, the computer scientist. CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Whose Bones? After careful digging, Kristin’s team has unearthed a major discovery. To help with the identification and investigation, she calls Lacy, the computer scientist. You help Lacy decide how to store the information associated with the find (including the slew of photographs, xrays, audio notes, and other multimedia data) in ways that Kristin and others can use it to hypothesize about the bones and their place in history (or prehistory). CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Elections Near and Far A team-taught course involving Political science Sociology Computer science that focuses on Election theory Technology for elections Current examples (even beyond governmental elections CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Cluster Intro to LIKES CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Cluster Intro to LIKES Area 1 Area 2 ….. Area 57 CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) LIKES Cluster Intro to LIKES Area 1 Area 2 ….. Area 57 Capstone CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)

Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck) Contact Us www.likes.org.vt.edu robert.beck@villanova.edu fox@vt.edu carre@acm.org wchung@scu.edu CCSC-NE 2008 Panel on Interdisc Approaches (R.E. Beck)