Undergraduates as Public Digital Scholars

AAC&U Annual MeetingJanuary 24, 2013

Panelists

• Rebecca Davis, Program Officer for the Humanities, National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education

• Jeffrey McClurken, Chair and Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington

• James Proctor, Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Lewis and Clark College

• Daniel Chamberlain, Director, Center for Digital Learning and Research, Occidental College

NITLE www.nitle.org

• National Institute for Technology in Liberal Education

• NITLE helps liberal arts colleges integrate inquiry, pedagogy, and technology.

• Issues facing liberal arts colleges• Issues arising from community

Globally Networked World

Global Network by Flickr User WebWizzard

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

Three Challenges for Education

• Participation gap• Transparency problem• Ethics challenge

Learning for a World of Webs and Networks

Structural Barriers

• Classroom as safe, protected space• FERPA & privacy concerns• Control & authority of instructor• Wall of classroom & campus• Risk of public failure• Credit for work; copyright

Liberal Education: Essential Learning Outcomes

• Intellectual and practical skills, like – Inquiry and analysis– Critical and creative thinking– Written and oral communication– Quantitative literacy– Information literacy– Teamwork and problem solving

• Knowledge of human cultures and the physical and natural world;

• Personal and social responsibility, including civic knowledge and engagement both locally and globally;

• Integrative and applied learning.

High Impact Practices (Kuh)

• First-Year Seminars and Experiences

• Common Intellectual Experience

• Learning Communities• Writing-Intensive

Courses• Collaborative

Assignments and Projects

• Undergraduate Research

• Diversity/Global Learning

• Service Learning, Community-Based Learning

• Internships• Capstone Courses and

Projects

Public Digital Scholarship

Teaching Undergraduate Public Digital Scholarship

• James Proctor, Professor, Environmental Studies Program, Lewis and Clark College

• Daniel Chamberlain, Director, Center for Digital Learning and Research, Occidental College

• Jeffrey McClurken, Chair and Associate Professor of History and American Studies, University of Mary Washington