reality and potential: expanding the circle of scholars of learning

RealityandPoten-al:ExpandingtheCircleofScholarsofLearning

BarbaraCambridge&DarrenCambridgeInnova-onsintheScholarshipofTeachingandLearningat

LiberalArtsCollegesCrawfordsville,INMarch6,2009

TwoDirec-onsofExpansion

Kindsofscholarshipaboutlearning

Meaningsoflearning

ExpandingScholarshipAboutLearning

•  ScholarshipofDiscovery

•  Transla-onalResearch

•  ScholarshipofTeachingandLearning–Individual

•  ScholarshipofTeachingandLearning–Collabora-ve

•  Par-cipatoryScholarshipofLearning

ChangingRela-onshiptoLearners

Discovery Aboutlearners

Transla-onal Forlearners

TeachingandLearning Withlearners

Par-cipatory Throughlearning

ScholarshipofDiscovery

•  AmericanEduca-onalResearchAssocia-on(AERA)asepicenter

•  KrisGuiterrez,newpresidentandnewperspec-ve

Transla-onalResearch

•  BenchtoBedside

•  LabtoClassroom

ScholarshipofTeachingandLearning

•  Individual– PewScholars

•  Collabora-ve– CASTLScholarsandCampusProgram•  Interdisciplinary•  Ins-tu-onalchange

–  Inter/Na-onalCoali-onforElectronicPorVolioResearch•  Broaderconcep-onoflearning•  Broaderpar-cipa-onofeducators

ConnectedLearning

•  39%ofInternetusersreadblogs

•  8%writeblogs•  54%ofthoseauthorshave

neverpublishedtheirwri-nganywhereelse

•  35%ofadultshaveasocialnetworkprofile

•  65%ofteensdo•  94%ofcollegestudentsare

onFacebook•  Millionsofusersandbillions

ofpageviewseachday

•  Web2.0technology“convertstheactofcrea-ngcontentintoasocialandconnectedact” –StevenDownes

•  Messingaround•  Geekingout•  Buildingsocialcapital

Par-cipatoryLearning

Par-cipatorylearningincludeswaysinwhichnewtechnologiesenablelearners(ofanyage)tocontributeindiversewaystoindividualandsharedlearninggoals…Par-cipatorylearnerscometogethertoaggregatetheirideasandexperiencesinawaythatmakesthewholeul-matelygreaterthanthesumoftheparts. −MacArthurFounda-onDigitalMediaandLearningCompe--on

Par-cipatoryScholarship

Par-cipatoryscholarshipincludeswaysinwhichnewtechnologiesenablescholars(ofanyage)tocontributeindiversewaystoindividualandsharedlearninggoals…Par-cipatoryscholarscometogethertoaggregatetheirideasandexperiencesinawaythatmakesthewholeul-matelygreaterthanthesumoftheparts.

Par-cipatoryScholarshipofLearning

Par-cipatoryscholarshipoflearningincludeswaysinwhichnewtechnologiesenablelearner‐scholars(ofanyage)tocontributeindiversewaystoindividualandsharedlearninggoals…Par-cipatorylearner‐scholarscometogethertoaggregatetheirideasandexperiencesinawaythatmakesthewholeul-matelygreaterthanthesumoftheparts.

TheNa-onalGalleryofWri-ngfeatureswri-ng

• inallgenres• foranypurposeoccasionoraudience• judgedimportantbyanywriterwhoposts

• contributedbyindividualsandthroughgroups

WhoAretheLearnerScholars?

•  Thosewhopost– Occasion,purpose,andaudience

•  Thosewhorespond– Reflec-onandanalysis

•  Thosewhododesignedinquiries– Ques-onsdemandingdifferentkindsofscholarship

ExpandingtheMeaningofLearning

1990 ScholarshipofTeaching

Late1990s ScholarshipofTeachingandLearning

Today ScholarshipofTeachingand

Learning

Threecurricula

KathleenYancey,Reflec1onintheWri1ngClassroom

StudentsasScholars

•  WesternWashingtonUniversity– Seminarsforprofessionaldevelopmentcreditforfacultyandacademiccreditforstudents

– Co‐produceddescrip-onsofscholarshipofteachingandlearning

•  ElonUniversity– Projectsinthefield=funding– Co‐authoredproductsofscholarship

GeorgeMasonLeadershipPorVolio

•  Leadershipdevelopmentasageneraleduca-onoutcome

•  Learningthatisdistributedandintegrated

•  Socialchangetheoryofleadershipfromstudentaffairs

Par-cipa-oninScholarship

Students • Were“privilegedinformantsontheirownlearning”• ComposedporVoliothatpresentedascholarlyrepresenta-onoftheirleadershipiden-ty

Studentaffairseducators

• Providedtheore-calframework• Broughttacitknowledgeofstudentdevelopmenttocodingandinterpreta-onofdata

Facultymembers • Broughtclassroomexperienceanddisciplinaryknowledgetocodingandinterpreta-onofdata• Madeconnec-onstodisciplinaryandscholarshipofteachingandlearningliterature

ExpandingLearningBeyondStudents

•  Threecurriculaprovideabroaderunderstandingofthelearningofindividuallearners

•  Learningislifelong•  Learningissituatedandcollec-ve•  Whatisthescopeofthelearningcollegesanduniversi4esareresponsibleforcul4va4ng?

AugustaCommunityLiteracy

KindsofScholarshipofLearning

Discovery Ourques-on Us Disciplinaryknowledge

Transla-onal Ourques-onforthem

Us Disciplinaryknowledgethatinformslocalprac-ce

TeachingandLearning

Theirques-on Teachersandlearnersinthecommunity

Disciplinaryknowledgethatinformsprac-ce

Par-cipa-on Emergentques-ons Diversegroupsofcommunitymembersandus

Networkofpeopleandtextsthatproducesknowledge

AugustaCommunityPorVolio

•  Groupsinvolvedinliteracyprac-cesacrosscommunity

•  Mul-plerepresenta-onsofindividualandcommunityhistory,iden-ty,andinten-ons

•  Collec-vereflec-veevents

•  Individualcontribu-ons•  Researchersasmembers

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Weliveina-mewhereweallneedtorelaxalioleandacceptthefactthatweliveinoneoftheworld’sgreat,epistemicerasofcommunica-onandinforma-onandintellectualtransforma-on.Wecannotstopit.AndI,forone,wouldn’twantto.Thebestwecando,astrueintellectuals,isforeachofustoworktounderstandhowwhatwearedoingbestcapitalizesupon,helpsusalltounderstand,andinotherwaysappreciatesthefactthatweliveinoneofthemostexci-ngandchallengingagesinrecenthumanhistory. CathyDavidson,interviewedbyRandyBass