Support Strategies at Wake Forest

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Support Strategies at Wake Forest

• By David G. Brown
• at Acadia University
• September 18, 2000 900 AM

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THE WAKE FOREST PLANF96 IBM 365XD, 16RAM,
100Mhz, 810MB, CD-ROM, 14.4 modemF97 IBM 380D,
32 RAM, 130Mhz, 1.35GB, CD-ROM, 33.6 modemF98
IBM 380XD, 64 RAM, 233 Mhz, 4.1GB, CD-ROM, 56
modemF99 IBM 390, 128 RAM, 333 Mhz, 6GB,
CD-ROM, 56 modem F00 IBM A20m, 500 Mhz, 11GB,
15ActMatrix, CD-ROM, 90 modem

• 4030 New People
• 75 Faculty Trained
• 85 CEI Users
• 99 E-Mail
• 15 Tuition
• 1500/Yr/Student
• 4 Year Phase In
• Pilot Year
• Plan for 2000

• Thinkpads for all
• New Every 2 Years
• Own _at_ Graduation
• Printers for all
• Wire Everything
• Standard Software
• Full Admin Systems
• IGN for Faculty
• Keep Old Computers

Order at--- http//iccel.wfu.edu
ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000
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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
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WHY COMPUTERS?the faculty answer

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

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Main Impact of Computers Upon Learning in College

• Student Self Confidence is Shaken When They
  Arent Computer Savvy
• Availability of New Methods of Teaching
  Learning has greatly increased how much and how
  we think about effective teaching.
• Different strokes for different folks--
  individualization w/o necessarily personalization
• Community is strengthened in every way! Always
  in Touch

ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000
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I think were here because...
Our profession has new gardening tools. We want
to learn which ones will be useful in stimulating
growth in our own gardens.
ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000
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Concepts Underlying Strategy

• Eager Faculty
• Faculty Ownership
• Centrality of Educational Theory
• Communication Conversation
• Hybrid Instruction

• Friendly Sharing
• Flexibility
• Diversity among Disciplines
• Non-threatening Innovation
• Patience

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The Big Five
1. Continuous Communication 2. Repetition 3.
Controversy and Debate 4. Different Strokes,
Different Folks 5. Outsider Involvement
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The Low Hanging Six

• Email Listservs
• URL addresses (in syllabus)
• Annotations within word processed documents
• Powerpoint lecture outlines
• Mini-movies that show successive computer screens
• Practice quizzing prior-to-class (via WebCT)

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Agencies for Encouraging Use

• Academic Computer Specialists
• Computer Enhanced Learning Initiative
• Committee on Information Tech.
• The Academic Tech Initiative
• Deans Department Chairs

• Information System the Help Desk
• Student Technology Advisors
• Residence Hall Tech Advisors
• Library Trainers
• Business Industry Advisory Group

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Ways to Exchange Information

• Swap Share
• Benchmarking Trip
• Workshop by Off-Campus VIPs
• Computer Tip Talk
• Best Practices Conference

• National Computer Meetings
• Training On Call
• Summer Workshop
• CAI Newsgroup
• File of Best Local Practice

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Others Ways to Stimulate Computer Use

• Standard Software and Equipment (Threshold)
• Standard Filing System
• Well-defined Academic Policy
• Portability Classroom, Home, Vacation, Abroad
• Use Outside the Classroom

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WORKSHEETWhat are the barriers to more use of
technology by faculty?For your own campus,
allocate 100 points among the three major barrier
categories!

• _____ Faculty Need Time
• _____ Faculty Need Access to Expertise
• _____ Faculty Need to Motivation