Anticipating the Future in Universities and Colleges

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Anticipating the Future in Universities and
Colleges
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EDUCAUSE AustralasiaSurfers Paradise,
Australia May 21, 2001

• By David G. Brown
• Vice President and Dean
• Wake Forest University
• Winston-Salem, N.C., U.S.A.

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Outline
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• Your Observations about the Future
• Current Practice as Harbinger
• Wake Forest University
• My Own Course
• USAs Most Wired Campuses
• The .com Sector
• The University of 2020 (Best Guess)
• New Student Mentality
• New Faculty Role
• New Course Format
• New Campus
• Actions for Today

Please leave a message for me on your yellow card!
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Computers have been around for a while!What have
we already observed about their impact upon how
we live that is likely to shape the university of
the future?
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• At universities?
• In the business-commerce domain?
• About the thinking patterns of the new
  generation of students?

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3700 Undergraduate Students. North
Carolina, USA 500 students each in Medicine,
Business, Law, Divinity, and Doctoral Sciences.
Ranked 28/3000. Rhodes Scholars
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THE WAKE FOREST PLANIBM A21m, Pentium III, 800
Mhz, 20GB, 14.1ActMatrix, 192mbRAM, Re-writable
CD56k modem, 8MB Video Ram, 10/100 Ethernet,
Floppy, Lithium-ion Battery12mbps USB Serial
Parallel Infrared Ports, 6.7 lbs.
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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

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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
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Browns First Year Seminar
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• 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
• Chat During Lecture

• 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

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Computers Enhance My Teaching and/or Learning
Via--
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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
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Computers allow people----
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• 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

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93 Courses 36 Universities 143 Professors 26
Disciplines
http//www.ankerpub.com/
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Beliefs of 91/93 Vignette AuthorsPedagogy and
Philosophy
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From Interactive Learning January, 2000 From
Anker Publishing David G. Brown, Editor

• Interactive Learning
• Learn by Doing
• Collaborative Learning
• Integration of Theory and Practice
• Communication
• Visualization
• Different Strokes for Different Folks

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A Few Lessons Learned
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• Not during class
• Not faculty presentations in PowerPoint
• Not (yet) wireless
• Not wiring to every classroom seat
• Not all virtual courses

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The New Business Model
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• Provide Interactivity
• Use Metadata to Customize Individualize
• Outsource
• Partner. Integrate vertically. Seek
  Correspondent Relationships.
• Sell high prestige, high recognition branded
  services.
• Become an entry portal establish lifelong
  connectives.

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New Student Mentality
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• Learn by Trial and Error (Nintendo)
• Expect Immediate Feedback
• Accept Multi-Tasking Channel Changing
• Use Keyboard More Than Pen Pencil
• Keep In Touch Everywhere with Everybody
• Demand High Quality Multi-Media

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New Faculty Roles
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• Provide Interactive Group Learning Experiences
• Guide Sequence Individual Learning Strategies
• Rate and Certify Learning Resources
• Expect Second Opinions Open Classrooms
• Manage Corps of Adjuncts Course Assistants
• Teach Collaboratively

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New Course Formats
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• File-Cabinet-in-the-Sky for every course
• Flexible Classrooms and Seat Time
• Hybrid Pedagogy (The 80-20 Rule)
• Course Components Sold Bought
• Trans-Disciplinary
• Different Strokes for Different Folks

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The New Campus
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• Student-Centric Degrees Data Systems
• Brokering Packaging Course Components
• Lifelong Programming
• Trustful Learning Groups
• Bricks and Mortar Stay
• Consortia International Alliances

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Universities in 2020
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• Interactive. Collaborative
• Hybrid, Customized
• Student-Centric
• Fragmentation Recombination
• Branded

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ACT NOW (SPECIFIC)
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-Assume (faculty motion) that all students have
Internet -Create Student Expectation of Lifetime
Internet Access -Standardize technology to the
extent possible -Support a Preferred Laptop,
CMS, Presentation -Assure Robust Communication
Networks -Aim for 95 of Faculty Use of CEL,
Voluntarily -Budget for Electronic Databases
Create Sell Others -Think Lego (small
multi-purpose units) -Build Hybrid
Courses -Create Student Portfolios
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ACT NOW (VISION)
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-Maintain Aura of Impartiality
Rationality -Build Communities of
Learners -Build Brand Identity -Form Consortia
and International Alliances -Expand and Enrich
Co-Curricular Programs -Nurture A Few Areas For
Worldwide Prominence -Rejoice in the Flexibility
Survivability of Universities
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David G. BrownWake Forest UniversityWinston-Sale
m, N.C. 27109336-758-4878email
brown_at_wfu.eduhttp//www.wfu.edu/brownfax
336-758-4875
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