URI Harrington School Executive Advisory Board Meeting

HARRINGTON SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA

Challenging you to Think, Create, and Communicate

A Strategic Plan for Transforming the Harrington SchoolInto a School of Regional and National Distinction

Five Essential Elements of Schools of Regional and National Distinction

1. Curriculum that is cutting-edge and responsive to rapid changes in society

2. Nationally and internationally-recognized faculty engaged in meaningful research & creative projects that add value to society

3. Use of instructional practices that engage and challenge learners

4. Top-caliber students who have ambition, tenacity and focus

5. Learning facilities, including studios & classrooms, equipped with the latest tools and technologies

Harrington School Today: Opportunities

• Harrington School faculty, staff and students are highly motivated to build a school of regional and national distinction

• There is much consensus among stakeholders about what is needed to improve

• Faculty, alumni and friends of the school have the time, talent and treasure to assist in the process of advancing the Harrington School

Harrington School Today:Challenges

• The Harrington School’s current academic curriculum is dated and out of synch with the needs of employers

• To be competitive the Harrington School must align its curriculum and research program to meet the changing needs of the market and society

• The number of research-active faculty at the Harrington School is far below the standard for competitive schools of communication and media

• IT support is weak; buildings and facilities are dated and poorly maintained

Our Long Term Strategic Goal• Top 5 in 5. Within five years the Harrington School will be

ranked among the top 5 schools of communication and media in the Northeast.

• Top 10 in 10. Within ten years the Harrington School will be ranked among the top 10 public schools of communication and media on the East Coast.

Our Long Term Strategic Goal• Top 5 in 5. Within five years the Harrington School will be

ranked among the top 5 schools of communication and media in the Northeast.

• Top 10 in 10. Within ten years the Harrington School will be ranked among the top 10 public schools of communication and media on the East Coast.

How will we do it? Continuous curriculum renewalMaking real-world learning an essential component of all

programsAttracting the best faculty and students to make the

Harrington School a first-choice destination

Strategic Areas of Focus • Curriculum• Research• Real-World Learning • Faculty Development• Facilities and Infrastructure

Curriculum Focus• Creating an Interdisciplinary Major• Introducing a Strategy-Based Curriculum• Senior Capstone/Digital Portfolio Requirement

Current Harrington Majors

Today the Harrington School is comprised of six disparate majors

The Challenge:One-dimensional majors no longer prepare students for success in the multi-dimensional world of communication and media

Putting Our Majors and Minds Together

Communication Strategy is Positioned atHeart of the School

IntroductoryImmersion Course

TITLE: Communication Strategy in the Real World

Strategy Based Curriculum – All Majors

Senior Capstone Project

Digital portfolios encourage students to demonstrate the application of communication strategy

Strategy Based Curriculum – All Majors

IntroductoryImmersion Course

TITLE: Communication Strategy in the Real World

Communication Strategy is Positioned atHeart of the School

Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge & responsive to rapid changes in technology & society

Experiential Learning• Student Leadership• Field-based Courses• Internships• International Programs

Current AcademicMajors

Today: The Harrington School faculty are exploring interdisciplinary initiatives at Camp Harrington, which serves as a mechanism to initiate curriculum renewal

Field-based Courses inspire collaboration & community engagement

Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge & responsive to rapid changes in technology & society

Required Core Courses• Communication Strategy• Senior Capstone Digital Portfolio

Experiential Learning• Student Leadership• Field-based Courses• Internships• International Programs

Current AcademicMajors

Next Steps: Every student has fundamental vocabulary for applying communication strategy to real-world contexts

Every student has a digital portfolio of completed professional & creative work that demonstrates knowledge & competencies

Further out: Online certificate programs enable students from any undergraduate or graduate program to develop expertise in cross-cutting digital competencies that prepare them for career and workplace

Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge & responsive to rapid changes in technology & society

Harrington OnlineCertificate Programs• Social Media• Digital Video• Digital Publishing

Required Core Courses• Communication Strategy• Senior Capstone Digital Portfolio

Experiential Learning• Student Leadership• Field-based Courses• Internships• International Programs

Current AcademicMajors

Research Focus• Build upon existing strengths to identify three initial

areas for interdisciplinary research centers • Connect teaching and research using innovative

instructional practices with graduate students & undergraduates

• Double the number of research active faculty by 2015

Igniting Research at Harrington

GOAL: DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF RESEARCH ACTIVE FACULTY IN 3 YEARS

Strategy-Based Research

Communicating Science

Digital Literacy

Global Collaboration Leadership &

Advocacy

Communication Strategy

Ocean Tales: The Ever Changing Coast

Communicating Science

Discover how best to connect the public to increasingly complex information

Digital Literacy

Digital Engagement 2.0 Workshop, Feb 20, 2013

Discover how best to build people’s competencies in accessing, analyzing, creating and collaborating in digital environments

Global CollaborationLeadership & Advocacy

Gallery of Global Photography

Discover how best to promote understanding and innovation between & across cultures

Percent of Research-Active FacultyCurrent <20% Future >80%

Research-active faculty build reputation and attract external funding and new resources

Research-active faculty create new knowledge and are nationally acknowledged as experts

Communication Strategy

A Named Research Fellowship Program

Communicating Science

Digital Literacy

Global Collaboration Leadership &

Advocacy

Research Fellows receive tuition stipend and salary over 1 – 4 years. They assist with grantwriting and help manage research projects under faculty supervision. They coordinate undergraduate student engagement in research and make presentations at meetings and conferences, representing the Harrington School.

Communication and MediaInterdisciplinary Majors

Communication Strategy

By integrating research with quality academic programs, students graduate with cutting-edge competencies

Real-World Learning Focus• Student Leadership• Internships• Field Based Learning• Urban Immersion Program

GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience

…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe

Make Real-World Learning

an Integral Part of the School

Real-World Learning

GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience

…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe

Make Real-World Learning

an Integral Part of the School

Real-World Learning

Student Leadership Harrington Rangers, Student ALA, and robust student media organizations including WRIU and the student newspaper provide opportunities to combine real-world leadership experience with strategic thinking in communication and media

GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience

…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe

Make Real-World Learning

an Integral Part of the School

Real-World Learning

InternshipsA student spends 135 hours in a workplace setting, applying communication strategy and contributing to a collaborative team

GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience

…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe

Make Real-World Learning

an Integral Part of the School

Real-World Learning

Field-Based CoursesA group of students, working with a faculty member, apply communication strategy to identify, address or solve a real-world problem with a real-world client

GOAL: 100% of StudentsGet Real-World Experience

…On Campus…In the Community…Around the Globe

Make Real-World Learning

an Integral Part of the School

Real-World Learning

Urban Immersion ProgramA 15-credit semester-long program for a cohort of students who take 4 carefully-integrated courses in Providence and apply communication strategy to find solutions for a real-world client

Real-World Learning

Communication Strategy at the Heart of the Curriculum

Research Active Faculty

Graduate Education & Named Fellowship Program

PR

Film/Media

Writing & Rhetoric

CommunicationStudies

Journalism

GLIS

Intro Course: Communication Strategy in the

Real WorldHarrington

Online

Digital MediaDesign & Production

Center

Network of Communication/Media

Professionals to Support Economic

Development

A Blueprint For Success

Senior Capstone

DigitalPortfolio

Immediate Needs for Faculty Development• Business of Media: To build expertise to address the gap between theory and practice, we

need a professional with expertise in media industry economics who will help develop and deliver the new Communication Strategy required course.

• Creative Entrepreneurship: To build connections to the business community and inspire students to understand how creative thinking about communication and media creates whole new industries, we need a professional with expertise in media, technology and new business development.

• Social Media: To develop and offer courses in social media and to develop the Harrington Online program in Social Media, we need a professional or academic with expertise in social media.

• Digital Filmmaker: To meet the growing student demand for film production expertise, we need an A-list filmmaker with HBO- or Sundance level track record and experience in digital marketing and distribution.

• Information Management: To build capacity for supporting students’ understanding of metadata, tracking, and analytics in online environments, we need an information management professional with experience with systems design.

• Teaching & Learning with Digital Media: To help students and faculty use digital tools effectively, we need an expert who can build capacity for innovative and effective online teaching and learning.

Business and community partnerships bring new ideas, new relationships & new resources

Putting It All Together:Connecting Students and Faculty with Business & CommunityCommunication and Media

Interdisciplinary Majors

Communication Strategy

Real-World Connections with

Business &Community

Facilities & Infrastructure• Journalism & GSLIS in one building• Renovation of Ranger Hall creates new

learning spaces• New building on the quad brings all programs,

faculty & students together as one community

A VISION OF THE FUTUREDigital Media Innovation Center

VISION. The Harrington School of Communication and Media unleashes creative energy to inspire the State of Rhode Island to be internationally recognized as the East Coast hub for digital media innovation by the year 2023.

Digital Media Innovation Center in Providence. Harrington School faculty are digital media entrepreneurs who engage with current students in a state-of-the-art center with conference & screening rooms, classrooms and studios, a soundstage, an art gallery, private offices, access to digital software tools, commercial broadband & post-production facilities, all in downtown Providence.

Digital Media Trade AssociationHarrington School faculty initiate a membership-based organization that serves as a trade association for digital media makers, media arts organizations, investors and venture capitalists, public relations and design professionals, distributors, software developers, equipment manufacturers, and educational leaders. The HIVE fuels the growth of the digital communication and media industry in RI by catalyzing collaboration and providing a platform for professional networking.

HARRINGTON SCHOOL OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA

Challenging you to Think, Create, and Communicate

A Strategic Plan for Transforming the Harrington SchoolInto a School of Regional and National Distinction

A Few Highlights of the 2012 – 2013 academic year:

IGNITE HARRINGTON: Active Involvement of Alums and Friends of the School

FIELD-BASED LEARNING: Connecting to Business and Community Organizations

HARRINGTON RANGERS AND STUDENT ALA: Supporting Student Leadership

CONVERGENCE AND COMMUNITY & BOOK CLUB: Increasing Community Connectedness

THE HUB: Increasing Technology Competencies

9/27/12Memorial Union Ballroom – 6 p.m.University of Rhode Island

VIDEO

Advisory Board Members Actively Support Harrington School Students & Faculty

THANKS!

Kathleen Reardon Bob Beagle

John PalumboSteve Malkiewicz

Bob VincentFred Joyal

Dick HarringtonLori Merola

Kathy O’Donnell

Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #1Promoting Active Involvement of Alums and Friends of the School

What strategies could enable Advisory Board members, alums and friends of the Harrington School to contribute their time and talent to support students and faculty?

Urban Immersion Pilot ProgramField-Based Learning (3 credits)Partnership with the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence Spring 2013

VIDEOCreated by Harrington School students about the Employment Services of the Institute

VIDEOHarrington School student reflects on the power of field-based learning

Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #2Connecting to Business and Community Organizations

What strategies could help us scale up our ability to partner with business and community organizations?

Harrington Rangerspeer advisors &

brand ambassadors

Harrington School GSLIS Students Win the 2013 Student Chapter of the Year Award

The ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award is presented in recognition of a chapter's outstanding contributions to the American Library Association, their school, and the profession. The purpose of the award is to increase student involvement in ALA through student chapters, and to recognize future leaders in the profession.

Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #3Supporting Student Leadership

What strategies could help promote and extend student leadership opportunities for Harrington School students?

Convergence and CommunitiesPreparing Future Workers for the New Knowledge Network in Libraries, Newsrooms, Studios, and Agencies

January 16 – 17, 2013

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

SEPTEMBER 2012Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner

OCTOBER 2012The End of Growth by Richard Heinberg

NOVEMBER 2012Flatland by Edwin Abbott

FEBRUARY 2013 Heart, Smart, Guts & Luck By Anthony Tjian, Dick Harrington, Tony Hsien

MARCH 2013The Public and its ProblemsBy John Dewey

MAY 2013Present Shock by Doug Rushkoff

Harrington School Book Club

Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #4Increasing Community Connectedness

What strategies could help build a sense of community among Harrington School faculty and connect to other media and communication leaders locally, regionally, nationally and internationally?

THE HUB@LLRC

Equipment checkout and just-in-time digital

technology learning lab

301 Swan Hall

THE HUB@LLRC

Equipment checkout and just-in-time digital

technology learning lab

301 Swan Hall

NOV 14Information Literacy 2.0

NOV 5Using Screencasts in Class

OCT 17Teaching with the iPad

SEPT 21Digital Storytelling

Harrington School Faculty ShareNew Ideas at the Technology Symposium

• Eli Peer Review Software • Google Drive for Collaborative Online Exams • Short Films from Digital Storytelling

Limbo Game-Play • Soundslide • Student-Produced Video in Just One Class Period • Screencasting to Enhance Instructor Presence in Online

Classes • Etherpad • Podcasting • LibGuides

TECH SYMPOSIUM – Wed, March 20, 2013 11 am

Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #5Increasing Technology Competencies

What approaches could best support and enhance the technology and digital media competencies of Harrington School students and faculty?

A Few Highlights of the 2012 – 2013 academic year:

IGNITE HARRINGTON: Active Involvement of Alums and Friends of the School

FIELD-BASED LEARNING: Connecting to Business and Community Organizations

HARRINGTON RANGERS AND STUDENT ALA: Supporting Student Leadership

CONVERGENCE AND COMMUNITY & BOOK CLUB: Increasing Community Connectedness

THE HUB: Increasing Technology Competencies

Ignite Award Recipients are Recognized for Helping to

Build the Future of the Harrington School of

Communication and Media