David G. BrownProfessor of Economics, VP and Dean

International Center for Computer Enhanced LearningWake Forest University

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Policies That Have Made A Difference:

The Wake Forest Experience

“…new media in educationand the arts …”

2nd Annual Davis Symposium@ Emerson College, April 7,

2000

Policies that Make a Difference

• Students First

• Standardize

• Ubiquitous Access

• Explicit Faculty Endorsement

• Eager Faculty

• Marketable Difference

• The 80-20 Maxim

• Low Hanging Fruit• Communication• Interactive Learning

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

• 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

• 50% Faculty Trained

• 85% CEI Users

• 98% E-Mail

• +15% Tuition

• ~$1500/Yr/Student

• 4 Year Phase In

• Pilot Year

• Now 4 Classes

• Plan for 2000ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000

Order at---http://iccel.wfu.edu

The Big Three#1. E-mail

#2. Web Pages (for each course)

#3. Internet URLs

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93 Courses36 Universities143 Professors26 Disciplines

http://www.ankerpub.com/

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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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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“The Economists’ Way of Thinking”

A Course Required of All Freshmen

For 15 Students

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What’s BeingDone?

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

• 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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Results Compared to Other First Year Courses

(Student Response to Brown’s FYS Over 5 Terms)

More Same Less

How Much Learned? 2 of 3 1 of 3

How Much Time? 2 of 3 1 of 3

How Much Fun? 3 of 3

How Can Colleges MakeUbiquitous Computing

Affordable for All Students?

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8 BASIC MODELS OFUBIQUITOUS COMPUTING

(Ordered by total cost, starting with the most expensive)

• All + Powerful + Laptops + Annual Refresh UMC• Refresh Less Frequently WFU WVWC• Substitute Desktop Computers USAFA• Provide One Computer Per Two Beds Chatham• Specify Threshold Level SSU UNC• Substitute Network Computers• Provide Public Station Computers BC• Teach with Explicit Assumption of Access

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WAYS TO REDUCE START UP COSTS

• Annual Lease

• Phase in by classes

• Phase in by programs

• Phase in by type of program

• Phase in by category (faculty, students, staff)

• Hand me down

• Loaner PoolICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000

Policies that Make a Difference

• Students First

• Standardize

• Ubiquitous Access

• Explicit Faculty Endorsement

• Eager Faculty

• Marketable Difference

• The 80-20 Maxim

• Low Hanging Fruit• Communication• Interactive Learning

We must not Dumb Down the curriculum because our

students--• Have no textbooks

• Have no library

• Have no Internet Access

• Learn in different ways

• Are better with computers

Instead, let’s RAISE THE BAR!

David G. BrownWake Forest University

Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109336-758-4878

email: brown@wfu.eduhttp//:www.wfu.edu/~brown

fax: 336-758-4875

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