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Annual Report 2001-2002
Global Learning Development Projects
An important goal of the global learning program is the transformation of at least one course in every program at Wichita State University so that it includes global learning by 2006. To achieve this goal we need a sequence of development projects involving teams led by faculty to steadily build up the number of global learning courses. Since we are unlikely to have the internal funds to totally support this, some seed funds have been sought. The strategy is to encourage the leveraging of these seed funds with external grants, ideally with a leveraging ratio of at least 10:1.
Strategies
During April a three-day strategic forum was held at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR). It was attended by senior representatives of the Boeing Company, including Frank Hughes (World Headquarters, Chicago), Jan Whilmot (Boeing Leadership Centre, St Louis), Doug Serrill and Steve Randolf (Seattle) and Bob Waner (Boeing Wichita). The WSU participants were Dr Gerald Graham (Distinguished Professor of Management, Barton School of Business) who acted as facilitator, Dr John Beehler (Dean, Barton School of Business) Dr Peter Zoller (Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs and Research) and Dr Ravi Pendse (CISCO Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering).
Global Learning 2002 Conference Planning
The inaugural Global Learning 2002 / Internet 2 Conference will be held on Friday, November 15th, just before International Education Week. It will be held in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex (29th and Oliver). It will feature keynote presentations by high profile industry representatives, who will discuss the importance of a globally-oriented workforce and the role of universities in its development. Important tips will be provided for applicants for a second round of Global Learning Development Seed Grants.
South Side Centre Interactive Television Project
President Beggs delivers an ITV class attended by Boeing Vice President Jeff Turner and students of the ME 250 Structure of Materials Class. Interactive television is an important tool in distance and global learning for encouraging synchronous interaction. It is typically used in combination with other communications technology, such as online course management systems (Blackboard), email and the world wide web. Motivation for the South Side Centre (SSC) project comes about from demand for courses by people living or working in close proximity to the SSC, for whom it is convenient to go directly from work to attend classes and then home. This is preferable to travelling to the Fairmount campus, negotiating a parking spot and then returning to southern Wichita afterwards. A good proportion of the attendees are Boeing employees, who are upgrading their education with a view to becoming engineers within the company.
Faculty Advisory Council on Global Learning
Members of the Faculty Advisory Council for Global Learning and Anna Anderson (SVP International Intrust Bank) join the Strategic Forum on Global Learning in the Hedrick Room of the National Institute for Aviation Research. Early in 2002 the Faculty Advisory Council for Global Learning was established to provide important advice and feedback to the Boeing Professor. The inaugural Council comprised Drs Philip Gaunt (Elliott School of Communication) Terry Noel (Center for Entrepreneurship) Ian Gibson (Educational Administration) Marvis Lary (Health Professions) Don Malzahn (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering) and Peter Zoller (Associate Vice President Academic Affairs and Research). Two meetings were held in the Spring, including a joint meeting as part of the Strategic Forum.
Industry Advisory Board for Global Learning
Inaugural members of an Industry Advisory Board are being canvassed with a view to setting up an initial Board during the Fall, 2002. Its purpose will be to provide advice and feedback from representatives of industry and government on their future requirements as well as to facilitate fund raising to support the global learning program.
gl.wichita.edu Web Site
An important part or promoting global learning is the gl.Wichita.edu web site. Established in Spring, 2002, it provides information on grants, conferences, links and news. Users can subscribe to the monthly news digest, which is circulated by email. A new feature of the site is an online forum, where users can discuss aspects of global learning. The site has already attracted a great deal of interest, not just among WSU faculty, but also from people overseas.
Development of Community Links
The Boeing Professor with Delegates of the American Committee Foreign Relations outside the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington DC. Links have been made with 3 community organizations that are concerned with global issues including the Global Learning Centre (GLC), Wichita World Trade Council (WWTC) and the Wichita Committee for Foreign Relations (WCFR). During 2001/2002, the Boeing Professor was invited to join the Board of the Global Learning Centre and represented the WCFR at the American Committee for Foreign Relations annual conference in Washington DC. Association with each of these community organizations provides important outreach for WSU's global learning program.
External Funding Applications
Applications for external funds have been encouraged among faculty and are expected for recipients of the global learning development seed grants so that we can leverage those funds. The following is a list of associated external grant applications and their status:
1. Development, implementation and evaluation of didactic education and clinical rotation tracking on the web. Richard Muma, Health Professions, $177,000 2002 2005, DHHS/HRSA - funded.
2. Use of wireless laptops for problem solving exercises in ITV classes. Glyn Rimmington, $15,000, 2002, Boeing - funded
3. I-SEE Paradigm for Multi-Disciplinary Learning and Collaboration. Dennis Siginer (Dean Engineering), Krishna Krishnan (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering), Jharna Chaudhuri (Mechanical Engineering), Mara Alagic (Curriculum & Instruction), Glyn Rimmington, $99,998, 2003, ,NSF - funded.
4. Facilitating Engineering Thinking with the Aid of a Dynamic Content Environment. Mara Alagic (Curriculum & Instruction), Randy Ellsworth (Associate Dean, Education), David Koert (Associate Dean, Engineering), Glyn Rimmington, $100,000, 2003, NSF, submitted
Faculty Development & Orientation
In August, 2002, global learning was introduced as a focus for faculty and unclassified professional orientation. New faculty were exposed to the concept of the Global Faculty and aspects of global learning. Importantly, they saw presentations by representatives of the Library, Media Resources Centre, Education M3 Project, and UCATS so they now know where they can seek support in global learning developments.
Industry and University Linkages
The Boeing Professor began and continues an active program of making contacts with industry with a view to promoting global learning. During the past year contact has been made with representatives of the following companies and organizations: Boeing, Raytheon, Bombardier, Cessna, IFR, KTQW, KPTS, KPMG, Intrust Bank, Bank of America, High Performance Systems Inc., ADEC, CISCO, Sustainability Institute VT, City of Wichita, Sprint, Southwestern Bell, NSF, Sedgwick County, LSI Logic, Heartland Cardiology, Oracle, Capital Federal Bank, Jenzabar, Kansas Dept Commerce & Housing, Lesson Lab, Koch Industries, Clark Investment Group, Absolute Value Inc., Kansas World Trade Center, Fullbright Association, Ozefox Enterprises, Commerce Bank, Space Imaging CO, Depco Inc, The World Bank, IndoSuccess, Celestaire, Pioneer Balloon, Right Management Consultants.
Academic Activities
It is important that global learning is supported by research activities to provide answers to many questions concerning its development and implementation. Our first postgraduate student is Julie Bath, who is completing a Masters program concerned with the transition from traditional to global learning. Some of the development activities described elsewhere in this report are providing useful case study data to support this research. Global learning is a multidisciplinary activity and as such requires postgraduate programs that allow integration of education, communication technology, cross-cultural studies and other discipline areas. WSU currently has a Masters program that provides for this possibility and a similar Doctoral program would allow the full development of this new academic area.
Global Learning Classroom Model
This project concerns the development of an experimental global learning space, which integrates ITV and wireless technologies to allow for full, interactive collaboration between students who are working in teams. A start has been made with this project. It involves the selection of appropriate room configurations and assembly and implementation of a range of new software and hardware. A more important priority is that both faculty and students receive preparatory training and development so they can make the most of such a facility. Once a model space is proven, then a number of such classrooms can be built to cater for an increasing number of global learning courses. The South Side Center project serves as an opportunity to test and refine such a concept before implementation on a global scale.
Further Reading
Rimmington, G.M. (2002). Strategy Forum on Global Learning April 2-4, 2002 Wichita State University Report. Rimmington, G.M. (2002). Forward. Diversity and global learning for world peace. Journal of Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction 3(3), 4-6.
Global Learning Development Projects
An important goal of the global learning program is the transformation of at least one course in every program at Wichita State University so that it includes global learning by 2006. To achieve this goal we need a sequence of development projects involving teams led by faculty to steadily build up the number of global learning courses. Since we are unlikely to have the internal funds to totally support this, some seed funds have been sought. The strategy is to encourage the leveraging of these seed funds with external grants, ideally with a leveraging ratio of at least 10:1.
Strategies
During April a three-day strategic forum was held at the National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR). It was attended by senior representatives of the Boeing Company, including Frank Hughes (World Headquarters, Chicago), Jan Whilmot (Boeing Leadership Centre, St Louis), Doug Serrill and Steve Randolf (Seattle) and Bob Waner (Boeing Wichita). The WSU participants were Dr Gerald Graham (Distinguished Professor of Management, Barton School of Business) who acted as facilitator, Dr John Beehler (Dean, Barton School of Business) Dr Peter Zoller (Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs and Research) and Dr Ravi Pendse (CISCO Fellow, Electrical and Computer Engineering).
Global Learning 2002 Conference Planning
The inaugural Global Learning 2002 / Internet 2 Conference will be held on Friday, November 15th, just before International Education Week. It will be held in the Hughes Metropolitan Complex (29th and Oliver). It will feature keynote presentations by high profile industry representatives, who will discuss the importance of a globally-oriented workforce and the role of universities in its development. Important tips will be provided for applicants for a second round of Global Learning Development Seed Grants.
South Side Centre Interactive Television Project
President Beggs delivers an ITV class attended by Boeing Vice President Jeff Turner and students of the ME 250 Structure of Materials Class. Interactive television is an important tool in distance and global learning for encouraging synchronous interaction. It is typically used in combination with other communications technology, such as online course management systems (Blackboard), email and the world wide web. Motivation for the South Side Centre (SSC) project comes about from demand for courses by people living or working in close proximity to the SSC, for whom it is convenient to go directly from work to attend classes and then home. This is preferable to travelling to the Fairmount campus, negotiating a parking spot and then returning to southern Wichita afterwards. A good proportion of the attendees are Boeing employees, who are upgrading their education with a view to becoming engineers within the company.
Faculty Advisory Council on Global Learning
Members of the Faculty Advisory Council for Global Learning and Anna Anderson (SVP International Intrust Bank) join the Strategic Forum on Global Learning in the Hedrick Room of the National Institute for Aviation Research. Early in 2002 the Faculty Advisory Council for Global Learning was established to provide important advice and feedback to the Boeing Professor. The inaugural Council comprised Drs Philip Gaunt (Elliott School of Communication) Terry Noel (Center for Entrepreneurship) Ian Gibson (Educational Administration) Marvis Lary (Health Professions) Don Malzahn (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering) and Peter Zoller (Associate Vice President Academic Affairs and Research). Two meetings were held in the Spring, including a joint meeting as part of the Strategic Forum.
Industry Advisory Board for Global Learning
Inaugural members of an Industry Advisory Board are being canvassed with a view to setting up an initial Board during the Fall, 2002. Its purpose will be to provide advice and feedback from representatives of industry and government on their future requirements as well as to facilitate fund raising to support the global learning program.
gl.wichita.edu Web Site
An important part or promoting global learning is the gl.Wichita.edu web site. Established in Spring, 2002, it provides information on grants, conferences, links and news. Users can subscribe to the monthly news digest, which is circulated by email. A new feature of the site is an online forum, where users can discuss aspects of global learning. The site has already attracted a great deal of interest, not just among WSU faculty, but also from people overseas.
Development of Community Links
The Boeing Professor with Delegates of the American Committee Foreign Relations outside the Benjamin Franklin Room of the State Department in Washington DC. Links have been made with 3 community organizations that are concerned with global issues including the Global Learning Centre (GLC), Wichita World Trade Council (WWTC) and the Wichita Committee for Foreign Relations (WCFR). During 2001/2002, the Boeing Professor was invited to join the Board of the Global Learning Centre and represented the WCFR at the American Committee for Foreign Relations annual conference in Washington DC. Association with each of these community organizations provides important outreach for WSU's global learning program.
External Funding Applications
Applications for external funds have been encouraged among faculty and are expected for recipients of the global learning development seed grants so that we can leverage those funds. The following is a list of associated external grant applications and their status:
1. Development, implementation and evaluation of didactic education and clinical rotation tracking on the web. Richard Muma, Health Professions, $177,000 2002 2005, DHHS/HRSA - funded.
2. Use of wireless laptops for problem solving exercises in ITV classes. Glyn Rimmington, $15,000, 2002, Boeing - funded
3. I-SEE Paradigm for Multi-Disciplinary Learning and Collaboration. Dennis Siginer (Dean Engineering), Krishna Krishnan (Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering), Jharna Chaudhuri (Mechanical Engineering), Mara Alagic (Curriculum & Instruction), Glyn Rimmington, $99,998, 2003, ,NSF - funded.
4. Facilitating Engineering Thinking with the Aid of a Dynamic Content Environment. Mara Alagic (Curriculum & Instruction), Randy Ellsworth (Associate Dean, Education), David Koert (Associate Dean, Engineering), Glyn Rimmington, $100,000, 2003, NSF, submitted
Faculty Development & Orientation
In August, 2002, global learning was introduced as a focus for faculty and unclassified professional orientation. New faculty were exposed to the concept of the Global Faculty and aspects of global learning. Importantly, they saw presentations by representatives of the Library, Media Resources Centre, Education M3 Project, and UCATS so they now know where they can seek support in global learning developments.
Industry and University Linkages
The Boeing Professor began and continues an active program of making contacts with industry with a view to promoting global learning. During the past year contact has been made with representatives of the following companies and organizations: Boeing, Raytheon, Bombardier, Cessna, IFR, KTQW, KPTS, KPMG, Intrust Bank, Bank of America, High Performance Systems Inc., ADEC, CISCO, Sustainability Institute VT, City of Wichita, Sprint, Southwestern Bell, NSF, Sedgwick County, LSI Logic, Heartland Cardiology, Oracle, Capital Federal Bank, Jenzabar, Kansas Dept Commerce & Housing, Lesson Lab, Koch Industries, Clark Investment Group, Absolute Value Inc., Kansas World Trade Center, Fullbright Association, Ozefox Enterprises, Commerce Bank, Space Imaging CO, Depco Inc, The World Bank, IndoSuccess, Celestaire, Pioneer Balloon, Right Management Consultants.
Academic Activities
It is important that global learning is supported by research activities to provide answers to many questions concerning its development and implementation. Our first postgraduate student is Julie Bath, who is completing a Masters program concerned with the transition from traditional to global learning. Some of the development activities described elsewhere in this report are providing useful case study data to support this research. Global learning is a multidisciplinary activity and as such requires postgraduate programs that allow integration of education, communication technology, cross-cultural studies and other discipline areas. WSU currently has a Masters program that provides for this possibility and a similar Doctoral program would allow the full development of this new academic area.
Global Learning Classroom Model
This project concerns the development of an experimental global learning space, which integrates ITV and wireless technologies to allow for full, interactive collaboration between students who are working in teams. A start has been made with this project. It involves the selection of appropriate room configurations and assembly and implementation of a range of new software and hardware. A more important priority is that both faculty and students receive preparatory training and development so they can make the most of such a facility. Once a model space is proven, then a number of such classrooms can be built to cater for an increasing number of global learning courses. The South Side Center project serves as an opportunity to test and refine such a concept before implementation on a global scale.
Further Reading
Rimmington, G.M. (2002). Strategy Forum on Global Learning April 2-4, 2002 Wichita State University Report. Rimmington, G.M. (2002). Forward. Diversity and global learning for world peace. Journal of Critical Inquiry into Curriculum and Instruction 3(3), 4-6.
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