Good Design isGood Citizenship

Rich Halstead-Nussloch

Bill Carpenter

Zvi Szafran

Overview

• Defining “citizenship” is difficult• Determining “good citizenship” is harder• Thesis: Good design is good citizenship• Physical design• Psychological design• Governance design• Recommendations for scholars and educators• Q&A

Defining “Citizenship”

• The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines “Citizenship” as:1. The status of being a citizen

2. (being in a community)a. Membership in a community (as a college)

b. The quality of an individual’s response to membership in a community

Identifying “Good Citizenship”Being a citizen (entitled to rights and privileges)

• Ensuring that all citizens maintain their rights and privileges

• Fulfilling well and positively the roles and responsibilities of being a citizen

Being in a community, e.g., a university

• Maintaining qualifications for membership in that community

• Responding and behaving positively to meet standards of conduct for that community.

Our Experience: Good Design isGood Citizenship

• Communities of design and communities of learning:– Have norms and qualifications that aim high– Support members in positively fulfilling roles and

responsibilities – Establish and maintain conduct standards

• Examples from SPSU– Physical Design- Teaching architecture– Psychological Design- Principles of learning– Governance Design- Building community

Physical Design

Good Design Good Citizenship

Physical Design

Good Design Good Citizenship

Psychological Design

Good Design

• Provide guidance in what is to be learned, e.g., course outcomes

• Provide feedback along the way, e.g., knowledge of results

Good Citizenship

• Articulate codes of conduct, e.g., citation of references

• Assess behavior with respect to those codes, e.g., use of appropriate reference citations

Psychological Design

Good Design

• Deming’s theory of Profound Knowledge- Knowledge of Psychology– Intrinsic Motivation- People

want to do a good job and succeed

– Management’s job is to tap this intrinsic motivation and “drive out fear.”

Good Citizenship

• Aim to tap the intrinsic motivation in everyone

• Channel for good• Drive out fear

Governance DesignArticulation with Technical Colleges

Good Design Good Citizenship

Articulate programs with local technical colleges

Increase access to rural students

Articulated programs offered in low-residency format

Increase access to working adults

By aligning curricula through articulation, students do not lose credits on transfer

Provide pathway for advancement for A.A.S. degree holders (dead end degrees)

Students can complete program without living in Marietta

Promote rural development (end brain-drain to Atlanta)

Governance DesignAdult Learning Consortium

Good Design Good Citizenship

Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) allows college credit to be given for prior classroom and outside-the-classroom learning

Lower the cost of a college degree for non-traditional students

PLA to give credit for learning demonstrated by industrial certification; allow for demonstration of learning through portfolios and other forms of assessment

Provide shorter degree path and opportunities for working adults

PLA to give credit for learning through military courses (DANTES)

Provide shorter degree path and opportunities for soldiers and ex-military

Governance DesignLewis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation

and African-American Male Initiative

Good Design Good Citizenship

Minority STEM majors are given LSAMP grant stipends as long as program requirements are met

Increase number of minority college graduates

As part of program, LSAMP students are required to do outreach in middle schools and high schools

Provide peer outreach and tutoring to middle and high school students in math and science

AAMI first-year students and their families are given strong support to enhance retention; become LSAMP members in soph. year.

Provide support network for new college students and their families

Recommendations

• Define “good citizenship” and “good design” as appropriate on your campus

• Identify opportunities or “teachable moments” to bridge between good design and good citizenship

• Build the links and connections to exploit those opportunities and synergistically enhance both design and citizenship

Q&A