1. TRANSFORMING THE UNIVERSITY: TEACHING AND LEARNING IN EMERGING LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
Amy Garrett Dikkers, Bernadette Longo,
Anne Minenko, Catherine A. Solheim,
Kimerly J. Wilcox 1

2. Presenters
Amy Garrett Dikkers, PhD, Coordinator/Lecturer, Educational Policy & Administration;
Bernadette Longo, PhD, Associate Professor, Writing Studies;
Anne Minenko, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine;
Catherine A. Solheim, PhD, Associate Professor, Family Social Science;
Kimerly J. Wilcox, PhD, Sr. Instructional Multimedia Consultant, Digital Media Center
also
Jodi Sandfort, PhD, Associate Professor, Public & Nonprofit Leadership Center;
Lauren Marsh, PhD, Sr. Instructional Multimedia Consultant, Digital Media Center

3. Overview Provide background Introduce fellows and their projects
Identify emerging themes
Engage fellows in discussion
Challenges
What we've learned
Recommendations
Q & A

4. DMC, OIT Faculty Fellowship Program
Established in 2000;
Purpose: To cultivate faculty leadership in the area of technology-enhanced learning (TEL).
Application is competitive (Call for Proposals)
Applicants each propose a Technology-Enhanced Learning project

5. 2008 - 2009 Broad Program Goals Cultivating leadership
Promoting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Transforming the instructional culture
Generating organizational awareness

6. 2008 - 2009 Main Program Outcomes
Individual technology-enhanced learning (TEL) projects;
Collaborative project;
Blog (
Scholarship.

7. 2008 - 2009 Theme for Individual Projects
Individual projects focus on teaching and learning in emerging learning environments:
Mobile technologies,
Immersive/virtual environments (e.g., Croquet and Second Life),
Active Learning Classrooms (student-centered, flexible classrooms that are rich in technology).

8. Catherine Solheim Family Social Science
Course: Personal & Family Finances
Undergraduate level
115 students per semester
Challenges:
In-class time: Lectures, some assessments
Learners not doing preparatory reading
Lack opportunities to apply concepts
Didn’t address critical skills

9. Catherine Solheim Family Social Science
Solution: Taught in an “active learning classroom”
Round tables; groups of 3 with laptop computers and projection capabilities
Wireless and hard-wired internet connections
Instructor-controlled projection system
Microphones at tables; degree white board

10. Amy Garrett Dikkers Educational Policy & Administration
Course: School and Society
Required course for teacher licensure
Advanced undergrads and Master’s students
Up to 120 students per section
Large lecture with breakout discussion groups
Challenges
Low levels of engagement
Instructor can't attend all breakouts
Challenging content
Abbreviated summer time frame

11. Amy Garrett Dikkers Educational Policy & Administration
Solution: (Re)Designing curriculum for the Active Learning Classroom (ALC)

12. Bones, Joints and Connective Tissues
Anne Minenko Medicine
Course co-director for pre-clinical 2nd year Medical School course:
Bones, Joints and Connective Tissues
172 students; 16-1 hr.lectures; 3 – 1/2 day workshops = rotating activity stations
Challenge
Adapt 3 – ½ day workshops
to address logistical issues and
to meet Med 2010 principles
Solution
design team learning activities as computer-based interactive cases for the Active Learning Classroom

13. Anne Minenko
Medicine

14. Bernadette Longo Writing Studies
Course: Writing Studies Information Design
Required class in MS in Scientific & Technical Communication program
12 students, 2 auditors, 1 community collaborator
Hybrid class meets 5 times face-to-face
Challenge: Working with a community partner, First Step Initiative, a Minnesota-based microfinance organization, to facilitate communication & interaction among women entrepreneurs in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

15. Bernadette Longo
Writing Studies
Solution: Determine how mobile phones might be used in this effort.

16. Emerging Themes Moving students from passive to active learning
Active Learning Classroom
Team-based learning
Case-based learning

17. The View Our s Challenges: Teaching, learning, administrative
What have we learned?
What are the rewards?
Recommendations

18. Q & A

19. Contact the Presenters
Amy Garrett Dikkers:
Bernadette Longo,
Anne Minenko,
Catherine A. Solheim,
Kimerly J. Wilcox,

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21. The University of Minnesota is an equal opportunity educator and employer. This PowerPoint is available in alternative formats upon request. Direct requests to Kimerly J. Wilcox, Digital Media Center, Office of Information Technology, 212 Walter Library, 117 Pleasant Street SE, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, ,