What Follows Thinkpads For All?

Maintaining the Advantage

A Keynote Lecture-Discussion Led by David G. Brown, Vice President and Dean (ICCEL)

Wake Forest University atThink Tank 2000, Montreal, June 5, 2000

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 modemF00: IBM A20m, 500 Mhz, 11GB, 15”ActMatrix, CD-ROM, 90 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

• ACS in Each Dept.

• 85% CEI Users

• 99% E-Mail

• +15% Tuition

• ~$1500/Yr/Student

• 4 Year Phase In

• Pilot Year

• Plan for 2000

• Cindy McEneryICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000

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

What’s Next? the vision

OK. We’ve done it! All students have Thinkpads. So…•What’s next? •What specific actions should we be taking now in order to maintain our advantage? •What actions are you (and your institution) planning?

•WRITE IT DOWN! (You’ll need it later.)

An Environmental Scan (2020)

• New Student Mentality

• New Faculty Roles

• New Professoriate

• New Curriculum

• New University

New “Student” Mentality

• Nintendo Problem Solving• Immediacy• Multi-Tasking & Channel Changing• Keyboarding; Not Handwriting• Always In Touch• Interactivity• Open Information (visible backyard)• Shared Authority & Second Opinions

New Faculty Roles• Less Content Transmission: More Access & Evaluation

Strategy + Applications (Practice)• Certifying & Sequencing Learning Strategy• Forming & Monitoring Learning Groups• Less Control (More Textbook-like Supplements, Alternate

Authorities, Less Standardization, Competitive Options)• Open for Inspection• Continuous Interaction (Never Ending)• Collaborative Teaching (with content specialists, designers,

students)

The New Professoriate

Team Research--science methods spread

Electronic Publications--most rigorous format

Paper Archiving--most enduring format

Collaborative Teaching--design teams & confederations

Adjunct Faculty--alumni & practitioners

Institutes & Centers--departments & disciplines recede

The New Curriculum

The 80-20 Rule--not all F2F or Virtual

On Campus Distance Learning--3 in residence, 2 by distance

Intimate F2F Classes--greater variability

Customized Textbooks--from many vendors

Learning Cohorts & Communities--essential for motivation

Lifelong Programming--email, portals, tech support

Continuous Communication--before & after degrees

The Student-Designed Degree--learning objectives & styles

The Math Emporium Model--one of the new models

The New University

Bricks and Mortar Stay--including health clubs

Brokers Emerge--the most common function

Entrepreneurship Thrives--focus required

Libraries Become Resource Centers--help

Confederations Flourish--mergers too

International Alliances Multiply--not only distance ed

Schedules Metabolize Around Commencement

Outsourcing Expands--services and courses

Funding Diversifies--mix public and entrepreneurial

Databases Center Around the Student--my.yahoo

Act Now (Technology)

-Pass Faculty Motion That All Teaching May Proceed on the Assumption That All Students Have Internet Access

-Assure Robust Communication Networks

-Aim for 95% of Faculty Use of CEL by Voluntary Means

-Adopt & Support a “Preferred” Laptop, CMS, & Software

-Budget for Electronic Databases

-Outsource More Bureaucracy & Instructional Components

Act Now (Your Turn)What’s Next?

--Identify logical next steps for your own institution.

--Merge your list from before with your current ideas.

--From your list, select the “next step” that will most enlighten

decisions in another college or university.

--Find a buddy sitting nearby (preferably from another college)

--Coach your buddy on how to present your “best next step”

to the larger group. Be prepared to make presentation: Cite a

“bullet” with 8 or fewer words to summarize the point.

--Be coached by your buddy re his/her “best next step.”

Act Now (Vision)

-Build Brand Identity

-Build “Communities of Learners” & Link All Programs to Participation in and Access to Those Communities

-Expand and Enrich Co-Curricular Programs

-Choose & Nurture A Few Areas For Worldwide Prominence

-Maintain Aura of Impartiality & Rationality

-Rejoice in the Flexibility & Survivability of Universities

History Lesson

Universities Adapt!

67/74 oldest institutions are universities!

Lead Toward YOUR Purposeand Comparative Advantage

• Personal and Individual

• Cost Minimization

• Options Maximizer

• Regional Servant

• International Research

• Ethical Imperative

• Special Emphasis

• Network Builder

David G. BrownWake Forest University

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

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

fax: 336-758-4875

ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000ICCEL -- Wake Forest University, 2000