At IBM Online ‘Jam’ Session, College Students Voice Ideas for More Innovation
Posted on August 21, 2009 by Stefanie Henderson
Thanks to an insightful piece here at Campus Technology, we learn that IBM has issued its findings from its so-called Smarter Planet University Jam which it held in April and which involved more than 1,500 students. The session, which also included faculty and business people, had a wide-ranging scope of issues, but in one area – the future role of traditional as well as online education – the jammers were very vocal and specific.
According to IBM, eight of 10 students said they want universities to revamp traditional learning environments. …stated an IBM report on the jam session. “Jammers questioned the traditional role and model of university systems, as Internet-based applications begin to provide more course content and we shift to a system of global and service-based economies.”
Participants offered a description of this new model of learning:
It needs to adopt learning methods that are student-led versus instructor-led, with professors playing a mentor role in the learning process;
It needs to adopt videoconferencing as a means to accomplish distance learning without sacrificing interaction;
It needs to apply a broader use of virtual environments to enhance learning, interaction, networking, and communication; and
It needs to implement team-based projects across geographical, disciplinary, and institutional boundaries.
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