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Hybrid Learning:
Keys to Student and Instructor Success
Technology of Learning Conference
Edmonton, CA, November 13, 2002
Using Technology in Learner-Centered Education
Concluding Keynote by David G. BrownWake Forest University
• Student-Centered Learning—Remember it’s all about students learning, not professors teaching!
• Hybrid Learning—Redesign use of time with more tools within time-tested theories, not mush!
• Interactive Learning--Get students dialoging with each other about things they partially understand!
Takeaway Themes of the Conference
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Takeaway One Liners
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•Technology is today’s Trojan Horse of Pedagogy.•A Lecturer is someone who talks while someone else sleeps.•Hybrid learning is sexy!•Interaction centered•Less I teach the more they learn•Personalize don’t standardize
• Write down your favorite among MY passions! (card one)
• Write down one of your “passions” about learner-centered teaching that should be a candidate for my list! (card one, side two)
• Pass Card One to the aisle!---------------------------------------------• Write down two actions you will take in the
next several weeks because you came to this conference! Be honest! Use card 2 and keep it!
• Let’s interact!
Your Turn!!!
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CLUB CC
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CLUB CC
COMMUNICATION
BLENDED-HYBRID
LEARNER-CENTERED
UBIQUITOUS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CHUNKSICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2002ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2002
Communication-Interaction
Computers Enhance Teaching & 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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COMMUNICATION
• To understand a liberal arts education as an opportunity to study with professors who think by their own set of concepts
• To learn how to apply economic concepts• To learn how to work collaboratively• To learn computer skills• To improve writing and speaking
FIRST YEAR SEMINARThe Economists’ Way of Thinking:
Students = 15All FreshmenRequired Course
COMMUNICATION
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Communication-Interaction
•1247 emails •Announcements•One Minute Quiz•Student Profiles
COMMUNICATION
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Collaboration-Teams
Examples---•2 Students Submit 1 Answer•Edit Rough Draft Papers•PowerPoint in Class•Listserv Between Classes•Public Web Page
•Professors Share Resource Materials•Students Study Together•Departments Create Shared Databases
COMMUNICATION
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Student
Teacher
•My.yahoo•Custom learning team•Custom delivery•Custom learning resources
LEARNER-CENTERED
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• 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
Computers allow people---
LEARNER-CENTERED
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Different Strokes for Different Folks
•Cybershows (lectures, demos)
•Personal Notes (email again)
•Hierarchy of Help
•Muddiest Point
•Hyperlinks
•Just In Time TeachingJust In Time Teaching
LEARNER-CENTERED
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• IBM Laptops for all• Printers for all• New Every 2 Years• Own @ Graduation• 31.000 Connections• Standard Software• 99% E-Mail• Start 1995, 4 Year Phase In• +15% Tuition for 37 Items• +40 Faculty and 30 Staff
THE WAKE FOREST PLANIBM A30, Pentium III, 1.13GHz Processor, 30GB Hard-drive, 384 MB RAM15”ActMatrix Screen, CD-RW/DVD, Floppy, 56k modem, 16MB Video Ram,
10/100 Ethernet, USB&Serial&Parellel&Infrared Ports
Standard Load Includes—MS Office, Dreamweaver, SPSS, Maple,Acrobat, Photoshop, Shockwave, Flash,Net Meeting, Real Producer & Player,Media Player, Windows XP Moviemaker,Apple QuickTime, Netscape & Explorer,Netscape Calendar & Communicator, Windows XP Professional
UBIQUITOUS
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• +SAT Scores & Class Ranks
• +Retention & Grad Rates
• +Satisfaction
& Learning
• +Faculty
Recruitment
Consequences for Wake ForestUBIQUITOUS
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The Millennium Context
• Teams of Professionals Support Learning
• “Houses” instead of Disciplines
• Hybrid Courses (80-20 and 20-80)
• University of Central Florida Research http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~irps/
BLENDED-HYBRID
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Consultants-Adjuncts
•Alumni Editors
•Globe Theatre
•Session with Expert
•Disciplinary Colleagues
•Previous Students
BLENDED-HYBRID
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Face-to-Face Vs Virtual(illustrative numbers)
Activity Face to Face
Virtual Comparative Advantage
Lecture Monologue
100% 90% Virtual
12 Way Discussion
100% 25% Face to Face
Repetitious Exercises
60% 100%
Team Problem Solving
100% 100%
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE
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CHUNKS
•Loose-Leaf Chunks•Decade of Pedagogy•KISS & Accessible•Separate Perishable & Permanent
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1.Communication2.Learner-Centered3.Ubiquitous4.Hybrid5.Comparative Advantage6.Chunks
My Six Passions[CLUB CC]
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• Write down your favorite among MY passions! (card one)
• Write down one of your “passions” about learner-centered teaching that should be a candidate for my list! (card one, side two)
• Pass Card One to the aisle!---------------------------------------------• Write down two actions you will take in the
next several weeks because you came to this conference! Be honest! Use card 2 and keep it!
• Let’s interact!
Your Turn!!!
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• Support for faculty and students (5)• Equipping instructors to do job more efficiently• Accessibility– approachable technology—the
simple tools are often the most powerful• Accessibility– constituencies otherwise denied• Creating institutional change• Collegiality and working together• Developing new skills adding to our own
knowledge• If you’ve come to learn, you will not fail• Separate permanent & perishable chunks• Clarify objectives and outcomes
Your Favorite T-L Passions
• New ways to get knowledge to students• Repetition until work satisfies everyone• Adaptability (3)• Many ways to learn• Engage your students• Technology is a tool, not an end-all• Partnerships with students, peers, administration• Make learning FUN• Student responsibility and preparedness• Use the computing power of the computer• Make PowerPoint interactive• Tell stories
Your Favorite T-L Passions
• Faculty and student learn together• Computers foster creativity• Smorgasbord of learning models. Hybrid learning
offers more choice for students• Start where students are• Feedback is essential• Stress exploration by students• Work together (collegiality)• Authentic assessment (2)• Computers allows updating of materials• Media must be well designed
Your Favorite T-L Passions
• Create institutional change• Encourage integration of knowledge• Love the futurist stuff (fun to be a pioneer)• E-learning is in its infancy• Personalize teaching• Different strokes for different folks• Required is a strong community infrastructure• Don’t be afraid not to use the technology• Reuse, don’t rebuild• Virtual learning let’s one set own pace• Interactive learning (4) • Quality teachers build relationships
Your Favorite T-L Passions
CLUB CC
COMMUNICATION
BLENDED-HYBRID
LEARNER-CENTERED
UBIQUITOUS
COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CHUNKSICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2002ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2002
• Learner-Centered Learning—Remember it’s all about students learning, not professors teaching!
• Hybrid Learning—Redesign use of time with more tools within time-tested theories, not mush!
• Interactive Learning--Get students dialoging with each other about things they partially understand!
Takeaway Themes of the Conference
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Computers Make A Difference!
Hu and Kuh (CSEQ data from 18,000+ students) http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v9n49.html
CSEQ Questionnaire http://www.indiana.edu/~cseq/overview.html and http://www.indiana.edu/~nsse/html/mbp/confra1.html
Johnson and Howell (Grant MacEwan) www.artsci.gmcc.ab.ca/people/johnsong
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David G. BrownWake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC 27109336-758-4878
email: [email protected]//:www.wfu.edu/~brown
fax: 336-758-4012
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