Proven Strategies for Teaching and Learning

International Conference on Computers in Education

Auckland (NZ), December 3, 2002

David G. Brown, University VP and Dean of theIntl. Center for Computer Enhanced Learning

Wake Forest University (USA) http://www.wfu.edu/~brown

brown@wfu.edu

The Fresh Intellectual Fashions Shape Decisions in Academe• Textbooks• Books of Reading• Role of Gender, Nationality, Ethnicity, and Age in Dissertation Research• Now Computers

“…trends in teaching and learning will be shaped by the teaching strategies that are best supported by the computer and the associated Internet.”

EXAMPLES

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Reasons 150 Professors Added Computer Enhancements

1. Communication-Interaction

2. Collaboration-Teams

3. Controversy-Debate

4. Customization-Diversity

5. Consultants-Adjuncts

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• 3700 undergrads• 92% residential• 1300 average SAT• 500 each: Med, Law, MBA, PhD• $900M endowment• 26th in US News & World Report • Rhodes Scholars

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• 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• +15% Tuition for 37 Items• +40 Faculty and 30 Staff

THE WAKE FOREST PLANIBM A30, Pentium III, 1.13GHz Processor, 30GB Hardrive, 384 MB RAM

15”ActMatrix Screen, CD-RW/DVD, Floppy, 56k modem, 16MB Video Ram, 10/100 Ethernet, USB&Serial&Parellel&Infrared Ports

Standard Load Includes—MS Office, Dreamweaver, SPSS, Maple,Acrobat, Photoshop, Shockwave, Flash,Net Meeting, Real Producer & Player,Media Player, Windows XP Moviemaker,Apple QuickTime, Netscape & Explorer,Netscape Calendar & Communicator, Windows XP Professional

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• To understand a liberal arts education as an opportunity to study with professors who think by their own set of concepts

• To learn how to apply economic concepts• To learn how to work collaboratively• To learn computer skills• To improve writing and speaking

FIRST YEAR SEMINARThe Economists’ Way of Thinking:

Students = 15All FreshmenRequired Course

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Communication-Interaction

Computers Enhance Teaching & Learning Via--

PresentationsBetter--20%

More Opportunities toPractice & Analyze--35%

More Access to SourceMaterials via Internet--43%

More Communication with Faculty Colleagues, Classmates,and Between Faculty and Students--87%

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Communication-Interaction

•1247 emails •One Minute Quiz•Muddiest Point•Student Profiles•Booce Tournament

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Collaboration-Teams

•2 Students Submit 1 Answer•Edit Rough Draft Papers•PowerPoint in Class•Public Web Page•Name 3 Most Helpful Students

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Ways YOU Increase Communication/Interaction/Collaboration

[with & without “the new technology”]

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Ways YOU Increase Communication/Interaction/Collaboration

[with & without “the new technology”]

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Ways YOU Increase Communication/Interaction/Collaboration

[with & without “the new technology”]

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Ways YOU Increase Communication/Interaction/Collaboration

[with & without “the new technology”]

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Controversy-Debate

•More Class Time •Cross-Culture Projects•Best Web Sites•Competitive Team Projects•Double Jeopardy Quiz

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Customization-Diversity

•Cybershows (lectures, demos)•Personal Notes (email again)•Hierarchy of Help•Preview and Review•Just In Time TeachingJust In Time Teaching

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Consultants-Adjuncts

•Alumni Editors

•Globe Theatre

•Guests in Class

•Disciplinary Colleagues

•Computer Tip Talks

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Ways YOU Customize and/orUse Consultants & Stimulate Controversy-Debate

[with & without “the new technology”]

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Ways YOU Customize and/orUse Consultants & Stimulate Controversy-Debate

[with & without “the new technology”]

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Ways YOU Customize and/orUse Consultants & Stimulate Controversy-Debate

[with & without “the new technology”]

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Ways YOU Customize and/orUse Consultants & Stimulate Controversy-Debate

[with & without “the new technology”]

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The 5 C’s---New Opportunities Through Technology

• Communication-Interaction• Collaboration-Teams• Controversy-Debate• Customization-Diversity• Consultants-Adjuncts

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The Millennium Context

• Personal. Customized. Interactive.• Learner-Centered Curriculum• Teams of Professionals to Support

Learning• “Houses” instead of Disciplines• Hybrid Courses (80-20 and 20-80)• Loose-leaf Collections of Course

Components, instead of Textbooks

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• Most Important to Anticipate– Customized & Interactive– Learner-Centered– Teams of Professionals– Houses instead of Disciplines– Hybrid Courses & Curricula– Chunks instead of Textbooks

• Least Important to Anticipate– Customized & Interactive– Learner-Centered– Teams of Professionals– Houses instead of Disciplines– Hybrid Courses & Curricula– Chunks instead of Textbooks

Your Reactions to Millenium List

Thoughts About Conducting Faculty Workshops at Your Universities

• Understanding Wake Forest Strategies• Getting Faculty to Attend• Focusing on Meaningful Content• Conducting the Workshops• Other Tips • YOUR successes

Types of Workshops (for blended teaching)

• Basic Training provided by Library Professionals, in two-hour segments and groups of 5-15, usually around Course Management System routines

• Discipline-Specific Training provided by Computer Specialists within Each Discipline, in groups of 1-5.

• Highly sophisticated programs taught by Campus-wide computer experts, in three-hour segments to “the same” highly motivated group of about 15 faculty members

• Other one-on-one training is done by departmentally based specialists, by specially training students, and by the staff of our multi- media center (in the library)

Getting Faculty to Attend• Use respected faculty as instructors• Garner the sponsorship of the Teaching-

Learning Center (not the technology center)• Hold sessions in the library (or a location

equally respectable even to reluctant adopters)• Limit the aspirations of each session, so that

faculty leave with a sense of achievement• Be prepared to take the workshop to a

particular department, if asked

Focusing Upon Meaningful Content

• Start from Teaching Strategies, not educational theory & not specific software

• Emphasize first the strategies that are best supported by technology--- i.e. interactive, collaborative, customized learning that is presented in a controversial format with assistance from adjuncts & consultants

• Teach and support the low hanging fruit• Stress just-in-time sessions centered around the

use of a Course Management System (e.g., Blackboard or WebCT)

KISS

Running the Workshops• Always coffee, soda, and cookies• Lunch for all day sessions• Roving support staff who enable the

“podium instructor” to keep moving, even when a particular individual needs special help

• Printed material that accompanies presentation• Computers that are “identical” to the ones

faculty will actually be using• Note to each faculty member’s department chair

& dean regarding his/her participation

Other Tips• Form learning pairs, so that each

person has a “buddy” in the group• Identify an expert who will be ready to assist

workshop participants after workshop day• Ask each department chair to name a faculty

member within the department to serve as liaison to the technology training effort

• Recognize that different disciplines use the computer in very different ways, and therefore require different training and help-desk support

Your Ideas/Tips Re Workshop Strategies

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Your Ideas/Tips Re Workshop Strategies

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Your Ideas/Tips Re Workshop Strategies

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Your Ideas/Tips Re Workshop Strategies

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Student

Teacher

•My.wakeforest•Custom learning team•Custom delivery•Custom learning resources

Learner-Centered Learning

in the New Millennium

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David G. BrownWake Forest University

Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109336-758-4878

email: brown@wfu.eduhttp//:www.wfu.edu/~brown

fax: 336-758-5012

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