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 the Intl. Center for Computer Enhanced Learning Wake Forest University (USA)

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Proven Strategies for Teaching and
LearningInternational Conference on Computers
in EducationAuckland (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/
brownbrown_at_wfu.edu
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The Fresh Intellectual Fashions Shape Decisions
in Academe
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• Textbooks
• Books of Reading
• Role of Gender, Nationality, Ethnicity, and
• Age in Dissertation Research
• Now Computers

E X A M PL E S
trends in teaching and learning will be shaped
by the teaching strategies that are best
supported by the computer and the associated
Internet.
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Reasons 150 Professors Added Computer Enhancements
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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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THE WAKE FOREST PLANIBM A30, Pentium III,
1.13GHz Processor, 30GB Hardrive, 384 MB
RAM15ActMatrix Screen, CD-RW/DVD, Floppy, 56k
modem, 16MB Video Ram, 10/100 Ethernet,
USBSerialParellelInfrared Ports
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• IBM Laptops for all
• Printers for all
• New Every 2 Years
• Own _at_ 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

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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FIRST YEAR SEMINARThe Economists Way of
Thinking

• 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

Students 15 All Freshmen Required Course
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Communication-Interaction
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Communication-Interaction

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

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Collaboration-Teams
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• 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/Colla
boration with without the new technology
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Ways YOU Increase Communication/Interaction/Colla
boration with without the new technology
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Ways YOU Increase Communication/Interaction/Colla
boration with without the new technology
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Ways YOU Increase Communication/Interaction/Colla
boration with without the new technology
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Controversy-Debate
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• More Class Time
• Cross-Culture Projects
• Best Web Sites
• Competitive Team Projects
• Double Jeopardy Quiz

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

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Consultants-Adjuncts
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• Alumni Editors
• Globe Theatre
• Guests in Class
• Disciplinary Colleagues
• Computer Tip Talks

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Ways YOU Customize and/or Use Consultants
Stimulate Controversy-Debate with without the
new technology
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Ways YOU Customize and/or Use Consultants
Stimulate Controversy-Debate with without the
new technology
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Ways YOU Customize and/or Use Consultants
Stimulate Controversy-Debate with without the
new technology
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Ways YOU Customize and/or Use Consultants
Stimulate Controversy-Debate with without the
new technology
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The 5 Cs---New Opportunities Through Technology
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• Communication-Interaction
• Collaboration-Teams
• Controversy-Debate
• Customization-Diversity
• Consultants-Adjuncts

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The Millennium Context
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• 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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Your Reactions to Millenium List

• 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

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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

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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)

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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

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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)

K I S S
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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 members department chair
  dean regarding his/her participation

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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

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Student
Teacher

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

Learner-Centered Learningin the New Millennium
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David G. BrownWake Forest UniversityWinston-Sale
m, N.C. 27109336-758-4878email
brown_at_wfu.eduhttp//www.wfu.edu/brownfax
336-758-5012
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ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2002