Charting our Course: Technology and Learning for the 21st Century

Malcolm Brown

Thursday, 18 Feb 2010 at 8:30 am – Sun Room, Memorial Union

Malcolm Brown is the director of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology. Prior to assuming the position of director of the Learning Initiative, Brown was the Director of Academic Computing at Dartmouth College. He is a graduate of the EDUCAUSE Frye Leadership Institute and the Harvard Management Development Program and is currently serving as the editor of the New Horizons column for the EDUCAUSE Review. Brown holds a PhD in German studies from Stanford University and was a Fulbright Scholar at Albert Ludwigs Universitat in Freiburg, Germany. The 2010 ComETS Symposium Keynote Lecture.

ComETS is an Iowa State University community that promotes dialog on educational technology.

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Lecture Abstract
There are forces in play - some technical, some social, and some cultural - that are challenging the traditional paradigms of higher education. The advent of the read/write web has initiated a period of rapid and far-reaching change, with no end in sight. There is no doubt that higher education is changing and that it is in the area of teaching and learning that the change is most pronounced and happening most rapidly. In this presentation, we will look at these changes and consider their implications for our pedagogy in higher education. We will look at two areas in particular: the change in faculty and student roles and the impact of mobile technology, and will bring into relief the implications of these changes for our pedagogical practice.

For symposium details and registration information, go to www.comets.iastate.edu/symposium/2010/

Cosponsored By:

• ComETS
• Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)