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Intercampus Language Learning Rebecca Frost Davis, Ph.D. Program Officer for the Humanities National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education [email protected]
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Collaborative Language Learning Online

Nov 17, 2014

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Presentation on the possibilities of using shared academics as an approach to language learning. Campuses can collaborate to meet the challenges of language teaching and offer more languages.
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Intercampus Language Learning• Rebecca Frost Davis, Ph.D.• Program Officer for the Humanities• National Institute for Technology in Liberal

Education• [email protected]

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National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education

http://www.nitle.org

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Intercampus Language Learning • Lessons Learned from Previous

Experiments – Shared Academics: Sunoikisis– Global Education

• High Definition Videoconferencing• Current Experiments

– Virtual Language Learning Project– Global Cities Program– Shared Academics project

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CASE STUDIESShared Academics and Global Education

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Shared Academics• Sunoikisis, Virtual Department of

Classical Studies• http://www.sunoikisis.org • Intercampus Team Taught Courses

– Weekly live online sessions using desktop videoconferencing

– Remaining course meetings on individual campuses

• Summer Course Planning Seminars

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Program Evaluation• PIs: Susan Frost, Emory University &

Deborah Olsen, Virginia Tech • Model design for how to evaluate this

type of program• Evaluation Report and How to guide

available at: • http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/A

rchives/reports.html

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Sunoikisis Evaluation Conclusions• Furthers a core goal of liberal

education• Successful collaboration of

formerly competitive colleges• Unbundling of instructional

components to pool instructional resources

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Sunoikisis Lessons Learned• Hybrid model: include asynchronous

interaction• Need for collaboration lead• Models for academic credit

– Sunoikisis: Each campus offers course– CGMA: GIS in Mediterranean

Archaeology• DePauw University, Millsaps College, Rhodes

College, The College of Wooster• Rotating teaching responsibilities and course

offering

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Sunoikisis Challenges• Challenges

– Poor student engagement with faculty and students on other campuses

– Need to adapt teaching & learning to virtual classroom

– Technology infrastructure– Inadequate recognition for faculty work

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Global EducationSmall Liberal Arts Colleges• Residential, Local• Close Personal

Interaction • Face-to-Face Focus• Traditional study

abroad with complete immersion in another culture

Globally Networked World• Always connected• Access to global

resources & information

• High-speed digital networks

• High-definition video

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Pitzer College and global study• Collaborative coursework with South

Africa– Based on study abroad relationships

• Synchronous class sessions• Intercampus collaborative projects

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Distance & Time

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Challenges• Logistics

– Room scheduling– IT support after hours

• Intercultural understanding– Value of grades

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TECHNOLOGY TODAYNew Opportunities

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New Strategies• High-Definition Videoconferencing, S

hared Academics and the Liberal Arts College, Eric Jansson, NITLE

• Victor Ferrall, Liberal Arts at the Brink

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Telepresence EvolutionThen:• $50,000+ stationary

solutions• ISDN/non-standards

network connectivity• Dedicated support model

Now:• Solutions ~$3000 for

mobile unit• IP/Standards-based

for interoperability• Plug and play model

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Quality of the ExperienceThen:• Standard definition

(704x480 pixel density) video quality

• High latency• Out of sync audio and

video

Now:• High definition

(1280x720 pixel density) video quality

• Low latency• Life-like audio/video

experience

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Virtual Language Learning Project (VLLP)• Consortium for Innovative Environments in

Learning (CIEL)

• Enrich language learning opportunities for students of all its schools;

• Enable faculty to connect expanded virtual and immersive place-based language learning;

• Increase the Consortium’s capacity for aligned technological infrastructure, and the ability to support high definition videoconferencing among all campuses and international field sites.

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Shared Academics• American University of Paris• Eugene Lang College• Programs

– Global Cities– Global Communications– Global Literary Studies

• Transatlantic Seminars

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Technology Ecosystem• Eric Gordon and David Bogen,

Designing Choreographies for the "New Economy of Attention”– Managing the Backchannel

• Synchronous & Asynchronous• Hybrid Courses

Anya Kamenetz, author of DIY U discusses her ideas with leaders from the NITLE Network.

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Strategic Areas for Collaboration• Using digital technologies to expand

opportunities for students via international partnerships, service learning, and study abroad

• Creating more flexible approaches to tenure and promotion aimed at supporting risk-taking and innovation

• Using an evidence-based approach to blended learning and balancing the residential model with use of digital environments

• Creating heightened exchange and connections between institutions to leverage unique strengths within a collective

Finding a Place for Liberal Arts in a Networked World

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National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education• The National Institute for Technology in

Liberal Education (NITLE) helps liberal arts colleges and universities integrate inquiry, pedagogy, and technology. With its NITLE Network members, NITLE works to enrich undergraduate education and strengthen the liberal arts tradition. Established in 2001, NITLE is the key organization for liberal arts colleges and universities seeking to engage students in the unique learning experience that liberal education provides and to use technology strategically to advance the liberal-arts mission.

• www.nitle.org