1. Anticipating the Future in Universities and Colleges By David G. Brown Vice President and Dean Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, N.C., U.S.A. EDUCAUSE Australasia Surfers’ Paradise, Australia May 21, 2001 1

2. Outline Your Observations about the Future Current Practice as Harbinger –Wake Forest University –My Own Course –USA’s Most Wired Campuses –The.com Sector The University of 2020 (Best Guess) –New Student Mentality –New Faculty Role –New Course Format –New Campus Actions for Today Please leave a message for me on your yellow card! 2

3. Computers have been around for a while! What have we already observed about their impact upon how we live that is likely to shape the university of the future? At universities? In the business-commerce domain? About the “thinking patterns” of the new generation of students? 3

4. 3700 Undergraduate Students. North Carolina, USA 500 students each in Medicine, Business, Law, Divinity, and Doctoral Sciences. Ranked 28/3000. Rhodes Scholars 4

5. 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 THE WAKE FOREST PLAN IBM A21m, Pentium III, 800 Mhz, 20GB, 14.1”ActMatrix, 192mbRAM, Re-writable CD 56k modem, 8MB Video Ram, 10/100 Ethernet, Floppy, Lithium-ion Battery 12mbps USB & Serial & Parallel & Infrared Ports, 6.7 lbs. 5

6. Ways of Thinking About Presidential Campaigns and Debates A First Year Seminar Introducing Students to the Liberal Arts 15 Freshmen Meet twice per week All with open laptops 6

7. Brown’s First Year Seminar Before Class –Students Find URLs & Identify CriteriaStudents Find URLs –Interactive exercises –Lecture NotesLecture Notes –E-mail dialogue –Cybershows During Class –One Minute QuizOne Minute Quiz –Computer Tip Talk –Class Polls –Team Projects –Chat During LectureChat During Lecture After Class –Edit Drafts by TeamEdit Drafts by Team –Guest EditorsGuest Editors –Hyperlinks & Pictures –Access Previous Papers Other –Daily Announcements –Team Web PageTeam Web Page –Personal Web Pages –Exams include Computer –Materials Forever 7

8. Computers Enhance My Teaching and/or 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% 8

9. Computers allow people---- to belong to more communities to be more actively engaged in each community with more people over more miles for more months and years TO BE MORE COLLABORATIVE 9

10. 93 Courses 36 Universities 143 Professors 26 Disciplines http://www.ankerpub.com/ 10

11. Beliefs of 91/93 Vignette Authors Pedagogy and Philosophy Interactive Learning Learn by Doing Collaborative Learning Integration of Theory and Practice Communication Visualization Different Strokes for Different Folks From Interactive Learning January, 2000 From Anker Publishing David G. Brown, Editor 11

12. A Few Lessons Learned Not during class Not faculty presentations in PowerPoint Not (yet) wireless Not wiring to every classroom seat Not all virtual courses 12

13. The New Business Model Provide Interactivity Use Metadata to Customize & Individualize Outsource Partner. Integrate vertically. Seek Correspondent Relationships. Sell “high prestige, high recognition” branded services. Become an entry portal & establish lifelong connectives. 13

14. New “Student” Mentality Learn by Trial and Error (Nintendo) Expect Immediate Feedback Accept Multi-Tasking & Channel Changing Use Keyboard More Than Pen & Pencil Keep In Touch Everywhere with Everybody Demand High Quality Multi-Media 14

15. New Faculty Roles Provide Interactive & Group Learning Experiences Guide & Sequence Individual Learning Strategies Rate and Certify Learning Resources Expect Second Opinions & Open Classrooms Manage Corps of Adjuncts & Course Assistants Teach Collaboratively 15

16. New Course Formats File-Cabinet-in-the-Sky for every course Flexible Classrooms and Seat Time Hybrid Pedagogy (The 80-20 Rule) Course Components Sold & Bought Trans-Disciplinary Different Strokes for Different Folks 16

17. The New Campus Student-Centric Degrees & Data Systems Brokering & Packaging Course Components Lifelong Programming Trustful Learning Groups Bricks and Mortar Stay Consortia & International Alliances 17

18. Interactive. Collaborative Hybrid, Customized Student-Centric Fragmentation & Recombination Branded Universities in 2020 18

19. ACT NOW (SPECIFIC) -Assume (faculty motion) that all students have Internet -Create Student Expectation of Lifetime Internet Access -Standardize technology to the extent possible -Support a “Preferred” Laptop, CMS, & Presentation -Assure Robust Communication Networks -Aim for 95% of Faculty Use of CEL, Voluntarily -Budget for Electronic Databases; Create & Sell Others -Think Lego (small multi-purpose units) -Build Hybrid Courses -Create Student Portfolios 19

20. ACT NOW (VISION) -Maintain Aura of Impartiality & Rationality -Build “Communities of Learners” -Build Brand Identity -Form Consortia and International Alliances -Expand and Enrich Co-Curricular Programs -Nurture A Few Areas For Worldwide Prominence -Rejoice in the Flexibility & Survivability of Universities 20

21. David G. Brown Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109 336-758-4878 email: brown@wfu.edu http//:www.wfu.edu/~brown fax: 336-758-4875 21