reality and potential: expanding the circle of scholars of learning
DESCRIPTION
The keynote address at Innovations in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning at Liberal Arts College, at Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN, given with Barbara Cambridge on March 6, 2009.TRANSCRIPT
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
ofeachteam
Weliveina-mewhereweallneedtorelaxalioleandacceptthefactthatweliveinoneoftheworld’sgreat,epistemicerasofcommunica-onandinforma-onandintellectualtransforma-on.Wecannotstopit.AndI,forone,wouldn’twantto.Thebestwecando,astrueintellectuals,isforeachofustoworktounderstandhowwhatwearedoingbestcapitalizesupon,helpsusalltounderstand,andinotherwaysappreciatesthefactthatweliveinoneofthemostexci-ngandchallengingagesinrecenthumanhistory. CathyDavidson,interviewedbyRandyBass