using disruption to stay on course (for liberal education)

2014 Annual Meeting #aacu14!Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)!

Using Disruption to Stay on Course!

Liberal Education in a Networked World!•  Rebecca Frost Davis, Director of Instructional and

Emerging Technology, St. Edward’s University!•  Fellow, National Institute for Technology in Liberal

Education (NITLE)!–  Intercampus Teaching!

•  Digital Humanities and Undergraduate Education!•  Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: Models, Keywords,

and Prototypes!•  http://rebeccafrostdavis.wordpress.com !•  @frostdavis #aacu14!

Agenda!2:00 PM !Introductions!2:30 PM !Presentation: Mapping the Landscape of

! !Disruption!3:00 PM !Reflection: What is the most significant !

! !disruption for your campus?!3:30 PM !Break (Independence Foyer)!3:45 PM !Breakout Discussions: Disruption & Liberal

! !Education!4:30 PM !Final Discussion!

•  A process by which a product or service takes root initially in simple applications at the bottom of a market and then relentlessly moves up market, eventually displacing established competitors !

•  http://www.claytonchristensen.com/key-concepts/ !

Disruptive Innovation!

Introductions !•  Name!•  Title/Role!•  Institution and Type!•  What disruptions (disruptive technologies) most

concern your campus?!

Mapping the Landscape ofDisruption and Liberal

Education!

Disruptions!•  Online education!•  Information explosion!•  Participatory culture!•  Globally networked world!•  Gaming!•  Digital workflow and practice!

“Going  the  Distance:  Online  Educa5on  in  the  United  States”  (2011),  p.  7.            100%                                    MOOC                            Massive  Open  Online  Course  

Online Learning as Delivery Method!

Massive Open Online Course!

Image  courtesy  of  Phil  Hill  

•  Industrial (xMOOC)!–  Faculty expert!–  Homogeneous

Network!–  One perfect lecture(r)!–  Knowledge transfer!

•  Networked (cMOOC)!–  Peer learning!–  Heterogeneous

Network!–  Knowledge is situated!–  Knowledge production!

Two Visions for MOOCs!

Networks!

Mass  Industrializa5on  MOOC  

Mass  Customiza5on  Amazon  

Small  Liberal  Arts  Colleges  Humani5es  Projects  

Local    

The Long Tail!

Reading the Gesta Francorum!

Networked Courses!•  Local classes in a Larger Network!–  Sunoikisis intercampus courses (ICCs) in advanced

Greek & Latin!–  FemTechNet: Distributed Online Collaborative Course

(DOCC)!•  FAQ for FemTechNet!

•  Aggregate Expertise!•  Share local resources!•  Share local perspective!

Sunoikisis  Network,  Fall  2006  

Scarcity! Abundance!

(Open) Educational Resources!•  Kahn Academy: www.khanacademy.org/!•  Codeacademy.com!

New Role: Curator!•  Finding educational materials!•  Evaluating educational materials!•  Curating collections of educational materials!•  Connecting materials and learners!

Open Learning Initiative (OLI)!•  Carnegie Mellon!•  Computer-based, interactive

tutorials and quizzes!•  Customized learning!•  Instant feedback!!

•  Improve learning resources based on usage data!

•  How do you achieve scale?!

•  How do you adapt resources to your context?!

Big (Learning) Data!

Blended Learning in a Liberal Arts Setting!

•  Bryn Mawr College, NGLC grant-funded program!•  “Using Blended Learning in a Liberal Arts

Environment to Improve Developmental and Gatekeeper STEM Course Completion, Persistence, and College Completion” !

•  Open Learning Initiative modules!•  http://nextgenlearning.blogs.brynmawr.edu/!

Outcomes!•  Student preparation = better student-faculty

interaction!–  Metacognition!

•  Assessment data for learning analytics!•  Mastery vs. grades!

Challenges!•  Uneven availability of resources!–  OLI had poor coverage of economics, biology,

geology, chemistry, developmental math!•  Start-up costs: time to find, evaluate, apply &

integrate computer-based materials!•  Doesn’t apply in every case, e.g., basic math

skills!

Creating Resources!•  Spohrer (Bryn Mawr) reports 50 hours!•  Collaborative Projects from ACS!–  Analyzing and Creating Maps!–  Beyond the (Online) Handbook: Writing Resources

Designed for the Digital Environment!

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!!

Undergrad Sourcing!

Public Digital Scholarship!

Globally Networked World!

Global  Network  by  Flickr  User  WebWizzard  

World is Flat!•  Global access to information & people!•  Creating citizens & workers for this context!•  Challenges!–  Vs. residential liberal arts experience or immersive

study abroad experience!–  Developing skills in this context!–  Communicating across domains!

•  First-­‐Year  Seminars  and  Experiences  

•  Common  Intellectual  Experience  

•  Learning  Communi5es  •  Wri5ng-­‐Intensive  Courses  •  Collabora5ve  

Assignments  and  Projects  

•  Undergraduate  Research  •  Diversity/Global  Learning  •  Service  Learning,  

Community-­‐Based  Learning  

•  Internships  •  Capstone  Courses  and  

Projects  

High  Impact  Prac.ces  (Kuh)  

Situating the Global Environment!•  Lewis & Clark College!•  https://sge.lclark.edu/ !•  Jim Proctor,

“Situated Social Learning”!•  Interdisciplinary

environmental research!•  Situated research!

–  Local focus on global issues!

Social learning!•  Document research process!•  Share research resources!•  Share references !•  Aggregate projects on blog!

–  Maps!–  Tags!–  Concept maps!–  Mashups!

Globally Networked High Impact Practices!

•  Common intellectual experience!–  Reflecting on research!

•  Learning communities online!•  Collaborative projects!•  Undergraduate research!•  Global learning!•  Community-based learning!•  Documenting learning experiences!

New Learning Models: Gaming!•  Zone of proximal development!•  Agency (self-directed learning)!•  Just-in-time learning!•  Motivation!

WOOChttps://writing.opencourse.stedwards.edu/ !

Prototype!•  An early sample, model or release of a product

built to test a concept or process or to act as a thing to be replicated or learned from!

•  Prototyping serves to provide specifications for a real, working system rather than a theoretical one.!

•  from πρῶτος (protos), "first" and τύπος (typos), "impression"!

Individual Reflection!•  What other disruptions are there?!•  What opportunities do you see? !–  Identify a model or suggest a prototype!

•  What challenges does your campus or institution face? !

•  Which disruptions could be adapted or redirected to meet challenges on your campus or at your institution? !

•  What would have to change?!

Breakout Discussions: Choose One Disruption!

•  Big Data or Information Explosion!•  Gaming!•  Globally Networked World!•  MOOC (Massive Open Online Course)!•  Networked Learning!•  Online Education!•  Open Educational Resources (OER)!•  Participatory Cultures!

Discuss!1.  What is the nature of this disruption? What

threat does it present to liberal education? !2.  Can you achieve liberal education learning

outcomes or practice high impact practices in this context? Does this disruption change liberal education? If so, how?!

3.  Can this disruption work for liberal education on your campus? How would you implement it/have you already implemented it?!

Prototype!1.  Design a prototype based on this disruption that

would advance the goals of liberal education. You can adapt a model suggested earlier or come up with something completely new.!

2.  Who is the intended audience, e.g., traditional or non-traditional undergrads, grad, residential or online, etc.?!

Prototype!3.  How would this prototype be received by

different stakeholders, e.g., students, faculty, staff, administrators, trustees, etc.? How could you address their concerns or use them as champions?!

4.  How would this prototype impact different areas on campus, e.g., curriculum, learning outcomes, faculty development, academic support services, student life, other initiatives on campus or various schools? !

Share your prototypes.!

ReflectionWhat best fits your context?!

Final Discussion!•  How should those focused on liberal education

respond to disruptions?!•  What are recommended approaches? !