ICS 131: Social Analysis of Computerization

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ICS 131 Social Analysis of Computerization

• Lecture 12
• Education Academia

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Announcement
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Visitor from overseas

• What time/day is it?
• What are you doing in Japan?
• Quick conference report.
• Thoughts on the impact of time zones on academic
  research.
• Any questions for Eric?

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Teleconferencing

• Pros, cons

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Impediments to collaboration?
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Academic conferences
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How many of you plan to be researchers?
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Key Idea

• Computerization is changing academia in research,
  teaching and service areas.

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Research
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New Research Areas

• Computer Science
• Mobile computing
• Ubicomp
• HCI
• CSCW
• Many more

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Rapid change of technology

• Affects funding model
• Need substantial equipment budget
• Different publication model (conferences vs.
  journals)
• Fast publication is important

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Online Publications

• Acceptance and respectability
• Rate limiting step - peer review
• Online library resources
• Google Scholar vs. Windows Live Academic Search

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Industry outpacing certain areas of scholarly
research

• Graphics
• Biotech
• Others

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Teaching
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Powerpoint

• Powerpoint doesnt make bad presentations.
• People make bad presentations.

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Instant Feedback in the Classroom

• Multiple choice inputs at each seat
• Online discussion
• Other kinds?

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E-learning

• Online courses
• What are the benefits?
• What attributes of traditional learning settings
  does e-learning miss?

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Service
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New Service Roles

• Web site is a major part of public face of
  department.

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Hiring

• The Web Search
• Expectations?
• Extracurriculars?
• Is it public? Should it be fair game?
• Compare to letters of recommendation from known
  colleagues.

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The Meaning of Email Addresses

• wmt_at_uci.edu
• wmt_at_ics.uci.edu
• bill_tomlinson_ab94_at_post.harvard.edu
• badger_at_media.mit.edu
• badgerStuckInFrankfurt_at_hotmail.com
• btomlins_at_indy1.calarts.edu
• no_at_no.com
• and several more
• How many email addresses do you have? What do
  they say about you?

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Key Idea

• The American people see that computation can play
  a role in education, but its not clear what that
  role should be.

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Teaching about computers vs.Teaching through
computers

• Is there a clear separation?

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No Child Left Behind Act

• G. W. Bush
• Jan 8, 2002
• Increased accountability
• More choices for parents and students
• Greater flexibility for states, school districts
  and schools
• Proven educational methods

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Problems with NCLB

• NY Times, Feb 23, 2005 A bipartisan panel of
  state lawmakers that studied the effectiveness of
  President Bush's No Child Left Behind initiative
  assailed it today as a flawed, convoluted and
  unconstitutional education reform effort that had
  usurped state and local control of public
  schools.

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Federalism

• Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution The
  powers not delegated to the United States by the
  Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States,
  are reserved to the States respectively, or to
  the people.

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Teaching to the Test

• Vs. Teaching to the Student
• Stifling creativity?
• Conscientious objectors

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Accountability

• What disciplines lend themselves to
  accountability?

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Purchasing of the media

• Washington Post, Jan 8, 2005 The Education
  Department paid commentator Armstrong Williams
  241,000 to help promote President Bush's No
  Child Left Behind law on the air, an arrangement
  that Williams acknowledged yesterday involved
  "bad judgment" on his part.

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Topic for Discussion

• University admissions is now largely done online.
  Different admissions committees have different
  tools for viewing/searching.
• Questions
• What kind of applicants does online admissions
  favor?
• How would you change your application for
  graduate school knowing that professors will be
  able to search the full text of your application?
• What is the next step in technological change for
  admissions process?
• Does online/searchable admissions make the
  process better or worse? Why?
• Please take 5 minutes to discuss.

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Todays experts

• please come up front!

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Announcements

• 2 students have quota exceeded
• Please turn in long paper