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Powerpoint from "Engaging Liberal Education at a Distance" panel at 2011 AAC&U Annual Conference. Panel organized by NITLE.TRANSCRIPT
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLQa6qtIK5c
Engaging Liberal Education at a Distance
AAC&U Annual MeetingJanuary 28, 2011
This Session is sponsored by the National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education.
Participants• Gret Antilla, Executive Director, Consortium for
Innovative Environments in Learning• Kebokile Dengu-Zvobogo, Associate Dean,
International Programs, Pitzer College• Paul Burkhardt, Executive Vice-President for
Academic Affairs and Provost, Prescott College• Ed Clausen, Vice President for Academic Affairs,
Daemen College• Rebecca Davis, Program Officer for the
Humanities, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education
http://www.nitle.org
Liberal Education in the Globally Networked WorldSmall Liberal Arts Colleges• Residential, Local• Close Personal
Interaction • Face-to-Face Focus• Traditional study
abroad with complete immersion in another culture
Globally Networked World• Always connected• Access to global
resources & information
• High-speed digital networks
• High-definition video
Session Outline• Discuss projects
exploring how high-speed digital networks and high-definition video can enable institutions committed to liberal education to share academic expertise
• Undergraduate Research
• Inter-institutional Collaborative Courses & Curriculum
• Global Competence• International sites• Foreign Language
Acquisition
Telepresence EvolutionThen:• $50,000+ stationary
solutions• ISDN/non-standards
network connectivity• Dedicated support model
Now:• Solutions ~$3000 for
mobile unit• IP/Standards-based
for interoperability• Plug and play model
Quality of the ExperienceThen:• Standard definition
(704x480 pixel density) video quality
• High latency• Out of sync audio and
video
Now:• High definition
(1280x720 pixel density) video quality
• Low latency• Life-like audio/video
experience
Intercampus Courses• High-Definition Videoconferencing, S
hared Academics and the Liberal Arts College, Eric Jansson, NITLE
• Sunoikisis, Virtual Department of Classical Studies– Intercampus Team Taught Courses– Program Evaluation and Model Design,
PIs: Susan Frost, Emory University & Deborah Olsen, Virginia Tech
– Evaluation Report and How to guide available at:
– http://www.colleges.org/techcenter/Archives/reports.html
Sunoikisis Evaluation Conclusions• Furthers a core goal of liberal
education• Successful collaboration of
formerly competitive colleges• Unbundling of instructional
components to pool instructional resources
Sunoikisis Lessons Learned• Hybrid model: include asynchronous
interaction• Need for collaboration lead• Models for academic credit
– Sunoikisis: Each campus offers course– CGMA: GIS in Mediterranean
Archaeology• DePauw University, Millsaps College, Rhodes
College, The College of Wooster• Rotating teaching responsibilities and course
offering
Sunoikisis Challenges• Challenges
– Poor student engagement with faculty and students on other campuses
– Need to adapt teaching & learning to virtual classroom
– Technology infrastructure– Inadequate recognition for faculty work
What is CIEL?Consortium for Innovative Environments
in LearningAlverno College - Daemen College - The Evergreen State College - Fairhaven College at Western Washington University - Hampshire College - Johnston Center for Integrative Studies at the University of Redlands - Marlboro College - New College at the University of Alabama - New College of Florida - New Century College and University Life of George Mason University - Pitzer College - Prescott College - Richard Stockton College of New Jersey
CIEL schools put innovation and experimentation at the core of their mission, organization, and everyday work. Though each school is distinct, each shares a commitment to the following goals and practices:
• Interdisciplinary, Integrative and Experiential learning
• Integration of theory and practice• Independent and individualized
learning• Authentic assessment strategies• Globalized curriculum and
commitment to teaching and learning for social justice
CIEL institutions share a common goal: to advance innovations in student learning.
CIEL’s mission is three-fold:• Continued improvement and
innovation in student learning • Sharing information and
practices • Outreach to higher education
Projects that engage across distance
• Virtual Student Symposium• Collaborative Curriculum• Pitzer College and global study• Virtual Language Learning
Project
Virtual Language Learning Project (VLLP)• The CIEL VLLP is a multiyear collaboration
to enrich language learning opportunities for students of all its schools; enable faculty to connect expanded virtual and immersive place-based language learning ; increase the Consortium’s capacity for aligned technological infrastructure, and the ability to support high definition videoconferencing among all campuses and international field sites.
The future• Daemen College and virtual reality
NITLE Thought Leader SeriesAnya Kamenetz, DIY U discusses her ideas with leaders from the NITLE Network.
Shared Academics• American University of Paris• Eugene Lang College• Programs
– Global Cities– Global Communications– Global Literary Studies
• Transatlantic Seminars