Lovell Lecture Room, Baxter Hall
Thursday, September 25, 8:00 PM
Abstract: In the first wave of the Internet, most resources have been spent on the transmission of information and linking social networks. The next wave will likely also focus on how digital environments might actually change the way people learn and know. This presentation will look at a few of the paradigmatic changes that are part of this next wave, and will bear on the liberal arts. These shifts include the changing relationship between narrative and archive, experts and novices, and public and private space. In the midst of these shifts, what are the principles of learning design that will help make all this hyper activity add up to something significant?
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Randy Bass is Executive Director of Georgetown University's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship (CNDLS, pronounced "CANDLES"), a University-wide center supporting faculty work in new learning and research environments.
He is the director of the Visible Knowledge Project (VKP), a five-year scholarship of teaching project exploring the impact of technology on learning in the humanities. In conjunction with the VKP, he is also the Director of the American Studies Crossroads Project, an international project on technology and education in affiliation with the American Studies Association, with major funding in the past by the US Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education and the Annenberg/CPB Project. In conjunction with the Crossroads Project, Bass is the supervising editor of Engines of Inquiry: A Practical Guide for Using Technology to Teach American Studies, and executive producer of the companion video, Engines of Inquiry: A Video Tour of Learning and Technology in American Culture Studies. [ Randy Bass's Home Page ]