Where Computers Make a Difference in Learning By David G. Brown VP, Dean, and Professor of Economics Wake Forest University

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Where Computers Make a Difference in Learning By David G. Brown VP, Dean, and Professor of Economics Wake Forest University and Remarks at the Annual Meeting of the American Council on Education February 16, 1999

THE WAKE FOREST PLAN F96: IBM 365XD, 16RAM, 100Mhz, 810MB, CD-ROM, 14.4 modem F97: IBM 380D, 32 RAM, 130Mhz, 1.35GB, CD-ROM, 33.6 modem F98: IBM 380XD, 64 RAM, 233 Mhz, 4.1GB, CD-ROM, 56 modem Thinkpads for all New Every 2 Years Graduation Printer for all Wire Everything Standard Software Standard Template IGN for Faculty New People 50% Faculty Trained 75% CEI Users +$3000 Tuition 4 Year Phase In Pilot Year Plan for 2000 Now 3 Classes

-To help communities establish and use computers to Customize Collaboration through Communication -In Higher Ed, K-12, Businesses, and Towns -Via Conferences, Customized Visits (to WFU), Consultancies, and Publications -At Wake Forest’s International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning

Campuses Represented in Interactive Learning: Vignettes from America’s Most Wired Campuses

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?

For a free copy of this monograph, please come up at the conclusion of this session and sign the roster of recipients. Please take only one copy per institution.

SUMMARY Communication! Interactive Learning Ubiquitous Computing Essential Best Uses Easily Learned

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%

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

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

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

Ways to Provide Universal Access at Less Cost Desktop Computers Network Computers Public station computers Specified Threshold Annual Lease Phase in by classes Phase in by programs Hand me down Loaner Pool

The Big Three Tools for Collaborative Learning: + Web Pages for Each Course + URLs SUMMARY Communication! Interactive Learning Ubiquitous Computing Essential Best Uses Easily Learned

Anticipating the Future Digitized Scholarship Humanities Scholarship in Teams Weaker Disciplinary Boundaries New Typologies Specialized Institutions Collaborative Learning Collaborative Teaching

Anticipating the Future (cont.) Hybrid Courses Guide by the Side Globalization Apprenticeships Corps of Professorial Associates Lifelong Relationships Age of Experimentation Age of Assessment More Communities