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Teaching, Learning and Culture at HBCUs NILL San Diego, California January Dr. Joyce Williams-Green Associate Provost for Information Resources / CIO Winston-Salem State University

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Teaching, Learning and Culture at HBCUs. NILL San Diego, California January. Dr. Joyce Williams-Green Associate Provost for Information Resources / CIO Winston-Salem State University. What is Culture?. The lens through which we view the world. Culture Sir. E. B. Taylor (1871). - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Teaching, Learning and Culture at HBCUs

NILL

San Diego, California

January

Dr. Joyce Williams-GreenAssociate Provost for Information Resources / CIO

Winston-Salem State University

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What is Culture?

The lens through whichwe view the world.

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CultureSir. E. B. Taylor (1871)

“…that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,law,custom,and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”

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Banks (1994)

Cultures are dynamic, complex and changing.

Cultures are systems, they must be viewed as wholes, not as discrete and isolated parts

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Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

• 116 Nationally• Most in South East• AN-MSIs• Technology Status

– NAFEO Infrastructure Study

– Cencus Reports

– Campus Computing Project

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Cultural Nuances at HBCUs

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Institutional

– Evolving networks– Limited staff – Increasing computer access– More diverse socioeconomic status of students– Evolving access to software and upgrades– Traditionally African American

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Microculture*

• Oral traditions

• Communities e.g. it takes a village

• Ethos (We/they)

• *smaller cultures that make up the national shared macroculture

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HBCU Student in the Knowledge Age

• Older

• With Children

• Working

• Limited Access

• Largely African American

• Larger Percent of white students

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Teaching and Learning for the Knowledge Economy

and

HBCU Students

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Instructional Applications and Culture

• Cultural Cognitiveness: Aware of and think about HBCU microculture as unique and distinct from other cultures– Dr. Bell’s Class– Community Knowledge Centers (CKCs)

• On-Line Courses and WSSU-TRI– Designed to meet need of Knowledge Age HBCU Student

• PDA Project– Designed to compensate for institutional cultural nuances and meet needs of

knowledge age student

• Center for Innovative Teaching Technology, Learning and Evaluation (CITTLE)– Implemented to support changing roles of faculty in teaching and learning

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Dr. Bell’s Work

• Cultural Competence• Parental Involvement• Southern Poverty Law

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Cultural Competence

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Parental Involvement

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Southern Poverty Law Center

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Community Knowledge Centers(CKC)

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On-line Courses

• Problem Based/Constructivist Approach

• More activities that require person-to-person interaction

• More visual and oral presentations

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Blackboard – Welcome

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Blackboard – Course List

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Blackboard – Course Catalog

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WSSU-TRI

• Computer and PDA Requirement for freshman, new, transfers, distance education students, and graduate students.

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Remote Access

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PDA Article in Black Issues in Higher Educationlink to article

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Tools That Provide Access

• PDAs• Remote Access Tools• Off-Site Instruction

and Access Sources

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PDA Pilot Project

- PDA Pilot Page- Call for Proposals- Proposal Bell – Berry – Hafar - Herring- Evaluation- Student Agreement- iPAQ

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Center for Innovative Teaching, Technology, Learning and Evaluation

(CITTLE)

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References

• DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago:A.C. McClurg & Co. 1903. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DubSoul.html

• Williams-Green, J. F. , Holmes, G. A. and Sherman, T. M.(1997-98) Culture As ADecision Variable in Instructional Design.. Journal of Instructional Development. V. 26, 1, p. 3-18.

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Dr. Joyce Williams-Green

Winston-Salem State University

[email protected]@wssu.edu

(336) 750-2092

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