2. David G. Brown Professor of Economics, VP and Dean International Center for Computer Enhanced Learning Wake Forest University Policies That Have Made A Difference: The Wake Forest Experience “…new media in education and the arts …” 2nd Annual Davis Symposium @ Emerson College, April 7, 2000

3. Policies that Make a Difference Students First Standardize Ubiquitous Access Explicit Faculty Endorsement Eager Faculty Marketable Difference The 80-20 Maxim Low Hanging Fruit Communication Interactive Learning

4. THE WAKE FOREST PLAN 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 F99: IBM 390, 128 RAM, 333 Mhz, 6GB, CD-ROM, 56 modem F99: IBM 390, 128 RAM, 333 Mhz, 6GB, CD-ROM, 56 modem Thinkpads for all New Every 2 Years Own @ Graduation Printers for all Wire Everything Standard Software Full Admin Systems IGN for Faculty Keep Old Computers 40+30 New People 50% Faculty Trained 85% CEI Users 98% E-Mail +15% Tuition ~$1500/Yr/Student 4 Year Phase In Pilot Year Now 4 Classes Plan for 2000 Order at--- http://iccel.wfu.edu

5. The Big Three #1. E-mail #2. Web Pages (for each course) #3. Internet URLs

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

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

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%

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

10. Http://iccel.wfu.edu

11. “The Economists’ Way of Thinking” A Course Required of All Freshmen For 15 Students What’s Being Done?

12. Brown’s First Year Seminar Before Class –Students Find URLs & Identify Criteria –Interactive exercises –Lecture Notes –E-mail 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 –Materials Forever

13. Results Compared to Other First Year Courses (Student Response to Brown’s FYS Over 5 Terms)

14. How Can Colleges Make Ubiquitous Computing Affordable for All Students?

15. 8 BASIC MODELS OF UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING (Ordered by total cost, starting with the most expensive) All + Powerful + Laptops + Annual Refresh UMCUMC Refresh Less Frequently WFU WVWCWFUWVWC Substitute Desktop Computers USAFAUSAFA Provide One Computer Per Two Beds ChathamChatham Specify Threshold Level SSU UNCSSUUNC Substitute Network Computers Provide Public Station Computers BCBC Teach with Explicit Assumption of Access

16. WAYS TO REDUCE START UP COSTS Annual Lease Phase in by classes Phase in by programs Phase in by type of program Phase in by category (faculty, students, staff) Hand me down Loaner Pool

17. Policies that Make a Difference Students First Standardize Ubiquitous Access Explicit Faculty Endorsement Eager Faculty Marketable Difference The 80-20 Maxim Low Hanging Fruit Communication Interactive Learning

18. We must not Dumb Down the curriculum because our students-- Have no textbooks Have no library Have no Internet Access Learn in different ways Are better with computers Instead, let’s RAISE THE BAR!

19. 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