Anticipating the Future in Universities and Colleges By David G. Brown Vice President and Dean Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, N.C., U.S.A. EDUCAUSE Australasia Surfers’ Paradise, Austr May 21, 2001 1
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Anticipating the Future in Universities and Colleges
By David G. BrownVice President and DeanWake Forest University
Winston-Salem, N.C., U.S.A.
EDUCAUSE AustralasiaSurfers’ Paradise, AustraliaMay 21, 2001
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Outline• Your Observations about the Future• Current Practice as Harbinger
– Wake Forest University– My Own Course– USA’s 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
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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?
• 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, USA500 students each in Medicine, Business, Law, Divinity, andDoctoral Sciences. Ranked 28/3000. 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
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THE WAKE FOREST PLANIBM A21m, Pentium III, 800 Mhz, 20GB, 14.1”ActMatrix, 192mbRAM, Re-writable CD
56k modem, 8MB Video Ram, 10/100 Ethernet, Floppy, Lithium-ion Battery12mbps USB & Serial & Parallel & Infrared Ports, 6.7 lbs.
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Ways of Thinking AboutPresidential Campaigns and DebatesA First Year Seminar IntroducingStudents to the Liberal Arts
15 FreshmenMeet twice per weekAll with open laptops
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Brown’s First Year Seminar• 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--
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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Computers allow people----
• 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 Courses36 Universities143 Professors26 Disciplines
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Beliefs of 91/93 Vignette AuthorsPedagogy and Philosophy
• Interactive Learning
• Learn by Doing
• Collaborative Learning
• Integration of Theory and Practice
• Communication
• Visualization
• Different Strokes for Different Folks
From Interactive Learning January, 2000From Anker PublishingDavid G. Brown, Editor
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A Few Lessons Learned
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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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• Interactive. Collaborative
• Hybrid, Customized
• Student-Centric
• Fragmentation & Recombination
• Branded
Universities in 2020
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ACT NOW (SPECIFIC)
-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)
-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 University
Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109336-758-4878
email: [email protected]//:www.wfu.edu/~brown
fax: 336-758-4875
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