2. Why and How Professors Are Using Technology in Their Teaching By David G. Brown (Professor of Economics, Vice President) Dean of the International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning Wake Forest University, USA University of Melbourne May 9, 2001 1

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4. Metaphors for Professors’ Role Coach and team Master and apprentices Sage on the Stage Guide by the Side Fountain of Information Salesperson ___________________ 3

5. What Works for You? [6 Ways to “tease out” your answer] Types of assignments and/or lectures that seem to be most effective? Want to give your student more of what? Your philosophy of teaching? Idea behind your course? Metaphors for your role? 3 Most Important Principles of Good Teaching? Diagram? 4

6. 93 Courses 36 Universities 143 Professors 26 Disciplines http://www.ankerpub.com/ 5

7. 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 6

8. WHY COMPUTERS FOR ALL? …the institutional answer Communication! Level Playing Field After College Use Faculty/Students Demand Them Customized/Personalized Digitized Scholarship Avoid Dumbing-Down Curriculum 7

9. The Big Five Hows #1. Continuous Communication #2. Preview and Review #3. Controversy and Debate #4. Different Strokes, Different Folks #5. Outsider Involvement 8

10. The Low Hanging Six  Email & Listservs  URL addresses (in syllabus)  Annotations within word processed documents  Powerpoint “lecture outlines”  Mini-movies that show successive computer screens  Course Management System (CourseInfo) 9

11. 3700 undergraduates 92% residential 500 each: Med, Law, MBA, PhD Winston-Salem, NC 1300 average SAT 28th in US News & World Report Top 35 Privates in Barron’s Guide Rhodes Scholars Wake Forest University 10

12. 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. 11

13. 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% 12 Source: Wake Forest Students and Faculty

14. 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 13

15. 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 14

16. 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 15

17. Faculty Development Strategies-- Most Effective Friends and Neighbors! Full Time Academic Computer Specialists Trained and Located in Disciplines (ACS) Well Trained Students Assigned to One Faculty Member for Full Semester (STARS) Seminars Sponsored by the Center for Teaching and Learning (not only technology) Tutorials re Equipment by Librarians All Campus Help Desk 16

18. 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 17

19. Thoughts About the Future Customized Learning Collaboration in All Disciplines Hybrid Methodologies Every Person A Server Electronic Publications Confederations Branding Always in Touch 18

20. David G. Brown Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109, USA 336-758-4878 email: brown@wfu.edu http//:www.wfu.edu/~brown fax: 336-758-4875 19