LESSON #1: SYNCHRONOUS / ASYNCHRONOUS TIME

•2001 – 3 continents – STUDIO class

Different schedules / time framesDifferent time zonesDifferent academic cultures

LESSON #2: SEMINAR class: •Students performed MUCH better when asked blog instead of write papers during research / •Communicated MUCH better with Professor over e-mail and skype then in person

LESSON #3: LARGE LECTURE class

Large lecture classes are better conducted as an online delivery with sections in physical space

This solves a lot of problems with space…

LOST IN TRANSLATION?

Suggestion: students volunteer to translate and work with peers in their native country

Korean students in Interface class consider cultural exchange (not only language)

BLACK BOARD PROS & CONS

Easy to use Instructors and Students familiar with structure – Based on established teaching models that work: calendar / syllabus / assignments / midterm / final /…

Not dynamic Instructors and Students have little direct communication Lack of sense of community / participation One size (does not) fit all

CLASS INTERFACE MODEL: UCLA FILM

EXISTING FACULTY ON CAMPUSARE A GREAT RESOURCE!

EXISTING FACULTY ON CAMPUSARE A GREAT RESOURCE!

• Incorporate social networking

• Create simple modular designs for faculty and students to customize

• Develop a multi-lingual system for foreign students (ever growing body)

• Focus on developing video live streams and archives

• Develop mobile systems that can easily be moved from lecture halls to classrooms

• Enhance server bandwidth and access

MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!

MOVING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!

MODEL FOR VIDEO DELIVERY

• VIDEO ARCHIVE

• LIVE VIDEO STREAM

Promotion – public awareness and recruitment Real time participation – for classes and public, depending on the event

TECHNOLOGICAL

Put together a team to develop a beta curriculum to test the technology / administration

Create a list of STAR faculty – approach to develop beta RECORDED classes / lectures / print on demand / short term agreement

Enlist a Collab class in Parsons to work on this project with a end of Spring deadline

Beta test a series of FREE classes in the Summer

ENTREPRENEURIAL

Create infrastructure for activating satellite locations / develop multi-lingual systems / hire bi-lingual teaching assistants

Develop business model for online classes to be “leased” or “bought” by Universities not in a position to afford to offer the class or the Professor.

Establish Royalty system / Relation to Teaching load for Faculty

OVERVIEW

• CURRICULUM DESIGN + • LIVE VIDEO STREAMS +• VIDEO ARCHIVE +• MOBILE DELIVERY +• ONLINE OFFICE HOURS +• BI-LINGUAL TRANSLATIONS +• MULTI-LOCATION CLASSES +• PUBLISHING +• BUSINESS MODEL +

CONCLUSION

1. THIS IS A JOB FOR A DEDICATED TEAM OF PEOPLE:• BUSINESS / ADMINISTRATOR(S)• CURRICULUM ADMINISTRATOR(S)• INTERFACE DESIGNER(S)• TECHNOLOGIST / PROGRAMMER(S)

2. DEFINE CLEARLY THE VISION, THE PEOPLE WHO WOULD COMMIT TO MAKING THIS HAPPEN AND THEN LOOK FOR SOMEONE WHO SHARES THIS VISION AND WILL LEAD AND OVERSEE THE ABOVE.

CONCLUSION 2

3. THIS MAY HAVE TO BE 2 POSITIONS

4. OPPORTUNITY TO LEVERAGE THIS HIRE/PROJECT INTO A LARGE FUNDING STREAM—THERE IS ARGUABLY MORE MONEY AVAILABLE FOR EDUCATION INNOVATION THAT ANY OTHER TECHNOLOGY ARENA.

5. SEEK A NEW APPROACH, AVOID HAVING IT on one side, experimenters on the other.