Support Strategies at Wake Forest

Support Strategies at Wake Forest

By David G. Brownat Acadia University

September 18, 2000 9:00 AM

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, 15”ActMatrix, CD-ROM, 90 modem

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

• 40+30 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

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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%

WHY COMPUTERS?…the faculty answer

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

Main Impact of Computers Upon Learning in College

• Student Self Confidence is Shaken When They Aren’t 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]

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I think we’re here because...

Our profession hasnew gardening tools.We want to learnwhich ones will be usefulin stimulating growthin our own gardens.

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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

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

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)

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

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

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

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