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Undergraduates as Public Digital Scholars
AAC&U Annual MeetingJanuary 24, 2013
Panelists
• Rebecca Davis, Program Officer for the Humanities, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
• Jeffrey McClurken, Chair and Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington
• James Proctor, Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Lewis and Clark College
• Daniel Chamberlain, Director, Center for Digital Learning and Research, Occidental College
NITLE www.nitle.org
• National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
• NITLE helps liberal arts colleges integrate inquiry, pedagogy, and technology.
• Issues facing liberal arts colleges• Issues arising from community
Globally Networked World
Global Network by Flickr User WebWizzard
Participatory Culture
• Low barriers to artistic expression and civic engagement
• Strong support for creating and sharing one’s creations
• Informal mentorship by most experienced for novices• Members believe their contributions matter• Some degree of social connection
Henry Jenkins, Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture: Media Education for the 21st Century
Three Challenges for Education
• Participation gap• Transparency problem• Ethics challenge
Learning for a World of Webs and Networks
Structural Barriers
• Classroom as safe, protected space• FERPA & privacy concerns• Control & authority of instructor• Wall of classroom & campus• Risk of public failure• Credit for work; copyright
Liberal Education: Essential Learning Outcomes
• Intellectual and practical skills, like – Inquiry and analysis– Critical and creative thinking– Written and oral communication– Quantitative literacy– Information literacy– Teamwork and problem solving
• Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world;
• Personal and social responsibility, including civic knowledge and engagement both locally and globally;
• Integrative and applied learning.
High Impact Practices (Kuh)
• First-Year Seminars and Experiences
• Common Intellectual Experience
• Learning Communities• Writing-Intensive
Courses• Collaborative
Assignments and Projects
• Undergraduate Research
• Diversity/Global Learning
• Service Learning, Community-Based Learning
• Internships• Capstone Courses and
Projects
Public Digital Scholarship
Teaching Undergraduate Public Digital Scholarship
• James Proctor, Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Lewis and Clark College
• Daniel Chamberlain, Director, Center for Digital Learning and Research, Occidental College
• Jeffrey McClurken, Chair and Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington