Enhancing the Academic Experience with Technology David G. Brown VP and Dean (ICCEL) Professor of Economics and Former Provost Wake Forest University

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Enhancing the Academic Experience with Technology David G. Brown VP and Dean (ICCEL) Professor of Economics and Former Provost Wake Forest University Hampden-Sydney November 6, 2001

Outline for Next Hour Wake Forest’s Technology Initiative Videotapes Associated with my Class-In-Progress Your Reactions & “Observations” after Viewing the Tapes Your Comments and Questions ……………………Lunch My Observations re Changes in Teaching and Learning My Observations re the Future of Colleges Worksheet: Where Are You With Faculty Development Faculty Development Strategies That Work Your notations re your home

IBM Laptops for all Printers for all New Every 2 Years Graduation Connections Standard Software 99% Start 1995, 4 Year Phase In +15% Tuition for 37 Items +40 Faculty and 30 Staff THE WAKE FOREST PLAN IBM A21m, Pentium III, 700 Mhz, 20GB, 14”ActMatrix, 196MB, Re-writable CD 56k modem, 8MB Video Ram, 10/100 Ethernet, Floppy, USB&Serial&Parellel&Infrared Ports

Communication-Interaction

Consequences for Wake Forest +SAT Scores & Class Ranks +Retention & Grad Rates +Satisfaction & Learning +Faculty Recruitment

Reasons for Increased Retention (a few hypotheses) Better Social Life with More Friends Closer Connections with Faculty Greater Sense of Relevance of Education Less Frustration with Their Studies More Collaborative, Interactive Teaching Desire to Keep the Computer

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 FIRST YEAR SEMINAR The Economists’ Way of Thinking: Students = 15 All Freshmen Required Course Before Class During Class After Class

Brown’s First Year Seminar Before Class –Students Find URLs & Identify Criteria –Interactive exercises –Muddiest Point –Lecture Notes – dialogue –Cybershows During Class –One Minute Quiz –Computer Tip Talk –Class Polls –Team Projects After Class –Edit Drafts by Team –Guest Editors –Hyperlinks & Pictures –Access Previous Papers Other –Daily Announcements –Team Web Page –Personal Web Pages –Exams include Computer –Portfolio –Materials Forever

----Reactions to tapes? ----Big Thoughts re the future of teaching and learning? Please write down two phrases and share what you have written with a neighbor!!!

Comments Q & A Lunch

How has the computer changed teaching and learning? 1.It’s caused every teacher to rethink & redesign. 2. By increasing student options, it has increased competition (e.g. Virginia Virtual University) which has in turn compelled universities to pay more attention to the quality of teaching Our profession has been changed forever!

Reasons 150 Professors Added Computer Enhancements 1.Communication-Interaction 2.Collaboration-Teams 3.Controversy-Debate 4.Customization-Diversity 5.Consultants-Adjuncts

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

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 By David G. Brown, Wake Forest University

1. Our programs are designed to fit faculty culture, not the culture of technologists. Eagerness is assumed. 2.Participation, like with the library resources, is entirely voluntary on the part of faculty. 3. We commend and reinforce faculty when they first use even simple technology ( + URL + CMS) 4. Reliability is assured---by standardization, compatability, ubiquity, and help-when-needed. Over 85% of our faculty is actively using technology to support their teaching. Concepts Behind Wake Forest’s Faculty Development Strategy

1.The Instructional Technology Group---disciplinary MS&PhD’s, hired and housed in each department, spend full-time helping faculty and students use technology. 2.STARS---Student Technology Advisors help individual faculty members enhance their teaching with technology 3.Blackboard Listserv---Active faculty users of our Course Management System exchange questions, answers, challenges, insights, successes, and frustrations Faculty Development Programs that Work …at Wake Forest University

Students Serving Others Non-Profits K-12 Schools Businesses Residence Hall Students

26 Students 10 Hours Per Week, $9.50/Hr. Full Semester of Training Assist One Prof Each Semester Teach Prof to Carry Forward Paid Summer Internship

Poster Session Each Semester STARS & Faculty Display/Demonstrate Results Physics Business Art Religion History

Positioning for the Future What are your institution’s strengths & weaknesses How do you determine your place in an electronic world? What will be your primary student markets--program areas? Degree credit? Geographic span? Age? What are the appropriate delivery technologies next year? 5 years? Etc? What is a realistic staffing plan? Outsourcing? Support personnel? Executive leadership? What institutional partnerships make sense? Write down an ACTION for when you get home!

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