New Media in Higher Education and Learning:


An International iCS Conference

Wednesday, Oct 27th
4-5 pm Panel Discussion: 'Globalization and Communication': Skeptics and Radicals
A panel discussion on Globalization and Communication will take place in the Annenberg Auditorium. The panel of international scholars on globalization will include James Beniger from the University of Southern California, Russ Neuman from the University of Pennsylvania, Majid Tehranian from the University of Hawaii, and Nicholas Garnham from the University of Westminster, UK and William Drake from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. 		Annenberg School Auditorium
ASC G-21
5-6pm Reception:
The panel will be followed by a reception for participants in 'New Media in Higher Education and Learning' as well as participants in a concluding Annenberg-LSE event on 'Managing the Global'		 Annenberg East Lobby
Thursday Oct 28th
9am Coffee ASC Room 201
9.45am Welcome and Introduction by Conference Chairs
  • Brian Loader, Editor of iCS
  • William Dutton, North American Editor of iCS
ASC Room 205
10am-noon Session 1: Trends in Distance Education and Online Learning
Chair: Dr. Jack Nilles, JALA Associates
  • Walter Baer, The RAND Corporation, 'Competition and Collaboration in Online Learning'
  • Oliver Boyd-Barrett, Associate Dean of the College of the Extended University for California State University Polytechnic, 'Measuring the Distance in Distance Education: British and U.S. Models'
  • Alain Dumort, New Technologies in Education and Training Sector, European Commission, 'New Technology and Distance Education in the EU'
Respondent: Professor Trevor Haywood, University of Central England, Birmingham
 ASC Room 205
Noon Lunch Available in Room 201
1-3pm Session 2: Wiring Universities for Education and Learning: Opportunities, Problems, and Prospects
Chair: Helen Pickering, Deputy Vice Chancellor, University of Teesside
  • David Bogen, Emerson College, 'Building Digital Culture'
  • Charles Crook, Loughborough University, 'Learning Nests'
  • John Silvester, Professor of Engineering and Vice Provost of Academic Computing, USC, 'An Information Infrastructure for Education at USC'
Respondent: Leigh Estabrook, Dean and Professor, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
 ASC Room 205
4-5pm Public Lecture: 'The Internet and Society' by Professor Manuel Castells, University of California, Berkeley
Professor Castells will open up a broad panorama of issues tied to the development and use of the Internet, ranging from sociability to education, business, and politics. This session will be opened by Professor Geoffrey Cowan, Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication at USC. [See @Anneberg Session] 		Annenberg Auditorium
ASC G-21
5-6pm Reception immediately following Professor Castells' lecture for conference participants, students, and other guests. Annenberg East Lobby
Friday Oct 29th
9.00 Coffee ASC 2nd Floor Lobby
9.45 Introduction by Conference Chairs, Brian Loader and Bill Dutton ASC Room 205
10-11am Keynote Presentation:
'The Information Society as Theory or Ideology:
A Critical Perspective on Technology, Education, and Employment in the Information Age' by Professor Nicholas Garnham, University of Westminster		 ASC Room 205
11am-12.45

Please note:
Two concurrent
sessions will
occur at this time.		 Session 3a: Innovative Projects and Technologies Online for Higher Education
Chair: Margaret McLaughlin, University of Southern California
  • Professor Edward Schneider, Dean of the Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, USC, 'An Online Post-Graduate Degree in Gerontology'
  • Sylvia Sensiper, Harvard Business School, 'Making the Case Online'
  • Russell Stockard, California Lutheran University, 'Old and New Media in Higher Education: the Case for Internet Radio'
  • Matt Moynahan, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Reciprocal Publishing, `Managing Digital Assets for Higher Education'
Respondent: Professor Jan Tonnemacher, Katholic Universitaet Eichstaett 		ASC Room 205
Session 3b: Virtual Universities and Digital Libraries: A New Paradigm for Education and Learning?
Chair: Patricia Riley, Director, Annenberg School of Communication at USC
  • Christine Borgman, UCLA, 'Digital Libraries: Implications for Higher Education'
  • Dr Martin Harris, Brunel University, 'The Virtual Campus'
  • Michele Jackson, University of Colorado, Boulder, and Stephen McDowell, Florida State University, 'New Technology, Higher Education, and the Need for Public Knowledge'
Respondent: Sally Jackson, University of Arizona 		ASC Room 201
12.45-1.45 Lunch ASC 2nd Floor Lobby
1.45-3:30 pm

Please note:
Two concurrent
sessions will
occur at this time.		 Session 4a: Implications for Innovation and Productivity in Scholarship and Teaching
Chair: Barry Hague, University of Teesside
  • Tamara Sumner, University of Colorado, Boulder, 'Promoting Scholarship through Design'
  • Holly Crawford, Indiana University, 'Balancing Act: The Scope of the Visible and Invisible Work for Teaching On-Line Education Courses'
  • Gordon Freedman, Hungry Minds, 'The Knowledge Economy - Life on the Otherside of the Digital Divide'
Discussant:Walter Wolf, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California		 ASC Room 205
Session 4b: Lessons from Real and Virtual Classrooms
Chair: Professor Heiderose Wagner, Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
  • Rob Kling and Noriko Hara, Indiana University, 'Learning via Web-based Distance Education'
  • Lecia J. Barker, University of Colorado, Boulder, 'Learning Climate and Learning'
  • Peter Monge, Annenberg School at USC, 'An Experiment with Distributed Teaching and Learning'
Discussants:
  • Nicole Ellison, Editor and Senior Producer, SurfMonkey.com, Inc.
  • A. Michael Noll, Professor, Annenberg School for Communication, USC
ASC Room 201
3.45-5.15 pm Forces for Change and Stability in the Institutions of Higher Education
Chair: Majid Tehranian, University of Hawaii and Toda Institute
  • Professor Sandra Braman, The Reese Phifer Professor, Department of Telecommunications and Film, University of Alabama
  • James Cornford, John Goddard, Kevin Robins, Neil Pollock, and David Charles, 'The Virtual University is (Paradoxically) the University Made Concrete: Information Technology and the Re-institutionalization of the University'
  • Professor Phil Agre, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UCLA, 'Infrastructure and Institutional Change in the Networked University'
Discussant: William G. Tierney, Wilbur-Kieffer Professor of Higher Education and Director of the Center for Higher Education Policy Analysis, Rossier School of Education, USC 		ASC Room 205
5.15 pm Tea and refreshments and organizing transportation to an optional group dinner ASC 2nd Floor Lobby
Saturday Oct 30th
9 am Coffee
Please note: The concluding sessions of the iCS Conference will be held
at the Getty Center, which is hosting this session 		J. Paul Getty Museum Lecture Hall
9:45 am Welcome and Introduction
  • Jim Bower, The Getty Trust
  • Bill Dutton, The Annenberg School
  • Brain Loader, CIRA, University of Teesside
J. Paul Getty Museum Lecture Hall
10-11am

New Actors in Education
Chair: Marty Kaplan, Associate Dean of the Annenberg School for Communication

  • Alan Arkatov, founder and Chairman of OnlineLearning.net. Mr. Arkatov is an appointee of the Secretary of Education to the National Web-Based Education Commission, and a State Commissioner for the California Post-Secondary Education Commission.
  • John P. Gould, President of Cardean
  • Dr Pamela Pease, President, Jones International University Ltd, 'The University of the Web'
  • Dr Kenneth Hamma, Project Director, Getty.edu
J. Paul Getty Museum Lecture Hall
11-12.00 am Perspectives on the Future
Chair: Helen Pickering, University of Teesside
  • Alfred Bork, Professor Emeritus, UC Irvine, and Director of Educational Technology Center, 'A New Model for Learning in the 21st Century'.
  • Paul Gandel, Vice Provost for Information Services, and Dean of the University Libraries, University of Rhode Island
J. Paul Getty Museum Lecture Hall
12.00-12.30 pm Final Synthesis Roundtable: 'The Next New University'
Chair: Tracy Westen, Institute for Governmental Studies

Many new universities are on the horizon, including a 10th campus for the University of California. A panel will draw together insights gained over the course of this conference to discuss how the next new university could best incorporate new media in higher education and learning.

Roundtable:

  • Walter Baer
  • Alfred Bork
  • Sandra Braman
  • Alain Dumort
  • Paul Gandel
  • Kenneth Hamma
  • Trevor Haywood
  • Pamela Pease
  • Helen Pickering
  • Tamara Sumner
J. Paul Getty Museum Lecture Hall
12.30 pm Close by The Getty Center and Conference Chairs, Jim Bower, Brian Loader and Bill Dutton

A box lunch will be served. 		J. Paul Getty Museum Lecture Hall
Afternoon Participants are invited to tour the Getty Center.  

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