FooCamp session
"Fix College"
(This presentation is based on ideas I have expanded on here.)
In June 2012, I led a session at FooCamp called "Fix College". We had a great group of people and an excellent conversation. I started by asking participants some of the things about college they think are broken. Here are my notes:
We also talked about some trends and experiments that are happening now:
I presented some of the ideas I have been thinking about:
1) A microcollege that delivers an 8-semester lock-step curriculum, offering 4 semester per year.
2) A studio workspace for students where they have dedicated space, and instructors bring the class to them.
3) Community engagement and work-life balance.
(More details about these ideas here.)
Participants had a lot of interesting questions and comments. Finally, we talked a bit more about places where experiments are happening now (and a couple of random notes from other parts of the conversation).
Many thanks to the participants, and to Damien, who took these pictures.