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Teaching, Learning and Culture at HBCUs
NILL
San Diego, California
January
Dr. Joyce Williams-GreenAssociate Provost for Information Resources / CIO
Winston-Salem State University
What is Culture?
The lens through whichwe view the world.
CultureSir. E. B. Taylor (1871)
“…that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, art, morals,law,custom,and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society”
Banks (1994)
Cultures are dynamic, complex and changing.
Cultures are systems, they must be viewed as wholes, not as discrete and isolated parts
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
• 116 Nationally• Most in South East• AN-MSIs• Technology Status
– NAFEO Infrastructure Study
– Cencus Reports
– Campus Computing Project
Cultural Nuances at HBCUs
Institutional
– Evolving networks– Limited staff – Increasing computer access– More diverse socioeconomic status of students– Evolving access to software and upgrades– Traditionally African American
Microculture*
• Oral traditions
• Communities e.g. it takes a village
• Ethos (We/they)
• *smaller cultures that make up the national shared macroculture
HBCU Student in the Knowledge Age
• Older
• With Children
• Working
• Limited Access
• Largely African American
• Larger Percent of white students
Teaching and Learning for the Knowledge Economy
and
HBCU Students
Instructional Applications and Culture
• Cultural Cognitiveness: Aware of and think about HBCU microculture as unique and distinct from other cultures– Dr. Bell’s Class– Community Knowledge Centers (CKCs)
• On-Line Courses and WSSU-TRI– Designed to meet need of Knowledge Age HBCU Student
• PDA Project– Designed to compensate for institutional cultural nuances and meet needs of
knowledge age student
• Center for Innovative Teaching Technology, Learning and Evaluation (CITTLE)– Implemented to support changing roles of faculty in teaching and learning
Dr. Bell’s Work
• Cultural Competence• Parental Involvement• Southern Poverty Law
Cultural Competence
Parental Involvement
Southern Poverty Law Center
Community Knowledge Centers(CKC)
On-line Courses
• Problem Based/Constructivist Approach
• More activities that require person-to-person interaction
• More visual and oral presentations
Blackboard – Welcome
Blackboard – Course List
Blackboard – Course Catalog
WSSU-TRI
• Computer and PDA Requirement for freshman, new, transfers, distance education students, and graduate students.
Remote Access
PDA Article in Black Issues in Higher Educationlink to article
Tools That Provide Access
• PDAs• Remote Access Tools• Off-Site Instruction
and Access Sources
PDA Pilot Project
- PDA Pilot Page- Call for Proposals- Proposal Bell – Berry – Hafar - Herring- Evaluation- Student Agreement- iPAQ
Center for Innovative Teaching, Technology, Learning and Evaluation
(CITTLE)
References
• DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk. Chicago:A.C. McClurg & Co. 1903. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/DubSoul.html
• Williams-Green, J. F. , Holmes, G. A. and Sherman, T. M.(1997-98) Culture As ADecision Variable in Instructional Design.. Journal of Instructional Development. V. 26, 1, p. 3-18.
Dr. Joyce Williams-Green
Winston-Salem State University
Wmsgreenj@wssu.eduWmsgreenj@wssu.edu
(336) 750-2092
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