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1. HARRINGTON SCHOOL
OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
Challenging you to Think, Create, and Communicate
A Strategic Plan for Transforming the Harrington School
Into a School of Regional and National Distinction

2. Five Essential Elements of
Schools of Regional and National Distinction
1. Curriculum that is cutting-edge and responsive to rapid
changes in society
2. Nationally and internationally-recognized faculty
engaged in meaningful research & creative projects that
add value to society
3. Use of instructional practices that engage and challenge
learners
4. Top-caliber students who have ambition, tenacity and
focus
5. Learning facilities, including studios & classrooms,
equipped with the latest tools and technologies

3. Harrington School Today:
Opportunities
• Harrington School faculty, staff and students are highly
motivated to build a school of regional and national
distinction
• There is much consensus among stakeholders about what is
needed to improve
• Faculty, alumni and friends of the school have the time, talent
and treasure to assist in the process of advancing the
Harrington School

4. Harrington School Today:
Challenges
• The Harrington School’s current academic curriculum is dated
and out of synch with the needs of employers
• To be competitive the Harrington School must align its
curriculum and research program to meet the changing needs
of the market and society
• The number of research-active faculty at the Harrington
School is far below the standard for competitive schools of
communication and media
• IT support is weak; buildings and facilities are dated and
poorly maintained

5. Our Long Term Strategic Goal
• Top 5 in 5. Within five years the Harrington School will be
ranked among the top 5 schools of communication and media
in the Northeast.
• Top 10 in 10. Within ten years the Harrington School will be
ranked among the top 10 public schools of communication
and media on the East Coast.

6. Our Long Term Strategic Goal
• Top 5 in 5. Within five years the Harrington School will be
ranked among the top 5 schools of communication and media
in the Northeast.
• Top 10 in 10. Within ten years the Harrington School will be
ranked among the top 10 public schools of communication
and media on the East Coast.
How will we do it?
 Continuous curriculum renewal
 Making real-world learning an essential component of all
programs
 Attracting the best faculty and students to make the
Harrington School a first-choice destination

7. Strategic Areas of Focus
• Curriculum
• Research
• Real-World Learning
• Faculty Development
• Facilities and Infrastructure

8. Curriculum Focus
• Creating an Interdisciplinary Major
• Introducing a Strategy-Based Curriculum
• Senior Capstone/Digital Portfolio Requirement

9. Current Harrington Majors
Today the Harrington School
is comprised of six disparate majors
The Challenge:
One-dimensional majors no longer
prepare students for success
in the multi-dimensional world of
communication and media

10. Putting Our Majors and Minds Together

11. Communication Strategy is Positioned at
Heart of the School
Introductory
Immersion Course
TITLE: Communication
Strategy in the
Real World
Strategy Based
Curriculum – All Majors

12. Senior Capstone
Project
Digital portfolios
encourage students to
demonstrate the
application of
communication
strategy
Strategy Based
Curriculum – All Majors
Introductory
Immersion Course
TITLE: Communication
Strategy in the
Real World
Communication Strategy is Positioned at
Heart of the School

13. Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge
& responsive to rapid changes in technology & society
Experiential Learning
• Student Leadership
• Field-based Courses
• Internships
• International Programs
Current Academic
Majors
Today: The Harrington School faculty are
exploring interdisciplinary initiatives at
Camp Harrington, which serves as a
mechanism to initiate curriculum renewal
Field-based Courses inspire collaboration
& community engagement

14. Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge
& responsive to rapid changes in technology & society
Required Core Courses
• Communication Strategy
• Senior Capstone Digital Portfolio
Experiential Learning
• Student Leadership
• Field-based Courses
• Internships
• International Programs
Current Academic
Majors
Next Steps: Every student has
fundamental vocabulary for applying
communication strategy to real-world
contexts
Every student has a digital portfolio
of completed professional & creative
work that demonstrates knowledge &
competencies

15. Further out: Online certificate
programs enable students from any
undergraduate or graduate program
to develop expertise in cross-cutting
digital competencies that prepare
them for career and workplace
Harrington School academic programs are cutting-edge
& responsive to rapid changes in technology & society
Harrington Online
Certificate Programs
• Social Media
• Digital Video
• Digital Publishing
Required Core Courses
• Communication Strategy
• Senior Capstone Digital Portfolio
Experiential Learning
• Student Leadership
• Field-based Courses
• Internships
• International Programs
Current Academic
Majors

16. Research Focus
• Build upon existing strengths to identify three initial
areas for interdisciplinary research centers
• Connect teaching and research using innovative
instructional practices with graduate students &
undergraduates
• Double the number of research active faculty by
2015

17. Igniting Research at Harrington
GOAL: DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF RESEARCH ACTIVE FACULTY IN 3 YEARS

18. Strategy-Based Research
Communication
Strategy

19. Ocean Tales: The Ever Changing Coast
Discover how best to
connect the public to
increasingly complex
information

20. Digital Engagement 2.0 Workshop, Feb 20, 2013
Discover how best to build
people’s competencies in
accessing, analyzing, creati
ng and collaborating in
digital environments

21. Gallery of Global Photography
Discover how best to
promote understanding
and innovation between
& across cultures

22. Percent of Research-Active Faculty
Current <20%
Future >80%
Research-active faculty build reputation and
attract external funding and new resources
Research-active faculty create new knowledge
and are nationally acknowledged as experts
Communication Strategy

23. A Named Research Fellowship Program
Research Fellows receive tuition stipend and salary over 1 – 4
years. They assist with grantwriting and help manage research
projects under faculty supervision. They coordinate
undergraduate student engagement in research and make
presentations at meetings and conferences, representing the
Harrington School.

24. Communication and Media
Interdisciplinary Majors
Communication Strategy
By integrating research with
quality academic
programs, students graduate
with
cutting-edge competencies

25. Real-World Learning Focus
• Student Leadership
• Internships
• Field Based Learning
• Urban Immersion Program

26. GOAL: 100% of Students
Get Real-World Experience
…On Campus
…In the Community
…Around the Globe
Make Real-World
Learning
an Integral Part of
the School
Real-World Learning

27. GOAL: 100% of Students
Get Real-World Experience
…On Campus
…In the Community
…Around the Globe
Make Real-World
Learning
an Integral Part of
the School
Real-World Learning
Student Leadership
Harrington Rangers, Student ALA, and robust
student media organizations including WRIU
and the student newspaper provide
opportunities to combine real-world
leadership experience with strategic thinking in
communication and media

28. GOAL: 100% of Students
Get Real-World Experience
…On Campus
…In the Community
…Around the Globe
Make Real-World
Learning
an Integral Part of
the School
Real-World Learning
Internships
A student spends 135 hours in a workplace
setting, applying communication strategy and
contributing to a collaborative team

29. GOAL: 100% of Students
Get Real-World Experience
…On Campus
…In the Community
…Around the Globe
Make Real-World
Learning
an Integral Part of
the School
Real-World Learning
Field-Based Courses
A group of students, working with a faculty
member, apply communication strategy to
identify, address or solve a real-world problem
with a real-world client

30. GOAL: 100% of Students
Get Real-World Experience
…On Campus
…In the Community
…Around the Globe
Make Real-World
Learning
an Integral Part of
the School
Real-World Learning
Urban Immersion Program
A 15-credit semester-long program for a
cohort of students who take 4 carefully-
integrated courses in Providence and apply
communication strategy to find solutions for a
real-world client

31. Real-World Learning
Communication Strategy
at the Heart of the Curriculum
Research Active Faculty
Graduate Education & Named Fellowship Program
P
R
Film/Media
Writing & Rhetoric
Communication
Studies
Journalism
GLIS
Intro Course:
Communication
Strategy in the
Real World
Harrington
Online
Digital Media
Design & Production
Center
Network of
Communication/Media
Professionals to
Support Economic
Development
A Blueprint For Success
Senior
Capstone
Digital
Portfolio

32. Immediate Needs for Faculty Development
• Business of Media: To build expertise to address the gap between theory and
practice, we need a professional with expertise in media industry economics who
will help develop and deliver the new Communication Strategy required course.
• Creative Entrepreneurship: To build connections to the business community and
inspire students to understand how creative thinking about communication and
media creates whole new industries, we need a professional with expertise in
media, technology and new business development.
• Social Media: To develop and offer courses in social media and to develop the
Harrington Online program in Social Media, we need a professional or academic
with expertise in social media.
• Digital Filmmaker: To meet the growing student demand for film production
expertise, we need an A-list filmmaker with HBO- or Sundance level track record
and experience in digital marketing and distribution.
• Information Management: To build capacity for supporting students’
understanding of metadata, tracking, and analytics in online environments, we
need an information management professional with experience with systems
design.
• Teaching & Learning with Digital Media: To help students and faculty use digital
tools effectively, we need an expert who can build capacity for innovative and
effective online teaching and learning.

33. Business and community
partnerships bring new
ideas, new relationships
& new resources
Putting It All Together:
Connecting Students and Faculty with
Business & CommunityCommunication and Media
Interdisciplinary Majors
Communication Strategy
Real-World
Connections with
Business &
Community

34. Facilities & Infrastructure
• Journalism & GSLIS in one building
• Renovation of Ranger Hall creates new
learning spaces
• New building on the quad brings all
programs, faculty & students together as one
community

35. A VISION OF THE FUTURE
Digital Media Innovation Center
VISION. The Harrington School of Communication and
Media unleashes creative energy to inspire the State of
Rhode Island to be internationally recognized as the East
Coast hub for digital media innovation by the year 2023.
Digital Media Innovation Center in Providence.
Harrington School faculty are digital media entrepreneurs
who engage with current students in a state-of-the-art
center with conference & screening rooms, classrooms and
studios, a soundstage, an art gallery, private offices, access
to digital software tools, commercial broadband & post-
production facilities, all in downtown Providence.
Digital Media Trade Association
Harrington School faculty initiate a membership-based organization that serves as a trade
association for digital media makers, media arts organizations, investors and venture
capitalists, public relations and design professionals, distributors, software developers, equipment
manufacturers, and educational leaders. The HIVE fuels the growth of the digital communication
and media industry in RI by catalyzing collaboration and providing a platform for professional
networking.

36. HARRINGTON SCHOOL
OF COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA
Challenging you to Think, Create, and Communicate
A Strategic Plan for Transforming the Harrington School
Into a School of Regional and National Distinction

37. A Few Highlights of the 2012 – 2013 academic year:
 IGNITE HARRINGTON: Active Involvement of Alums and Friends
of the School
 FIELD-BASED LEARNING: Connecting to Business and Community
Organizations
 HARRINGTON RANGERS AND STUDENT ALA: Supporting Student
Leadership
 CONVERGENCE AND COMMUNITY & BOOK CLUB: Increasing
Community Connectedness
 THE HUB: Increasing Technology Competencies

38. 9/27/12
Memorial Union Ballroom – 6 p.m.
University of Rhode Island

39. VIDEO

40. Advisory Board Members Actively Support
Harrington School Students & Faculty
THANKS!
Kathleen Reardon
Bob Beagle
John Palumbo
Steve Malkiewicz
Bob Vincent
Fred Joyal
Dick Harrington
Lori Merola
Kathy O’Donnell

41. Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #1
Promoting Active Involvement of Alums and Friends of
the School
What strategies could enable Advisory Board
members, alums and friends of the Harrington School to
contribute their time and talent to support students and
faculty?

42. Urban Immersion Pilot Program
Field-Based Learning (3 credits)
Partnership with the Institute for the Study and Practice of Nonviolence
Spring 2013
VIDEO
Created by
Harrington School
students about the
Employment
Services of the
Institute
VIDEO
Harrington School
student reflects on
the power of field-
based learning

43. Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #2
Connecting to Business and Community Organizations
What strategies could help us scale up our ability to partner
with business and community organizations?

44. Harrington Rangers
peer advisors &
brand ambassadors

45. Harrington School GSLIS Students Win the
2013 Student Chapter of the Year Award
The ALA Student Chapter of the Year Award is presented in
recognition of a chapter's outstanding contributions to the
American Library Association, their school, and the profession.
The purpose of the award is to increase student involvement
in ALA through student chapters, and to recognize future
leaders in the profession.

46. Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #3
Supporting Student Leadership
What strategies could help promote and extend student
leadership opportunities for Harrington School students?

47. Convergence and
Communities
Preparing Future Workers for the
New Knowledge Network in
Libraries, Newsrooms, Studios, and
Agencies
January 16 – 17, 2013
FACULTY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

48. SEPTEMBER 2012
Creating Innovators by Tony Wagner
OCTOBER 2012
The End of Growth
by Richard Heinberg
NOVEMBER 2012
Flatland by Edwin Abbott
FEBRUARY 2013
Heart, Smart, Guts & Luck
By Anthony Tjian,
Dick Harrington, Tony Hsien
MARCH 2013
The Public and its Problems
By John Dewey
MAY 2013
Present Shock by Doug Rushkoff
Harrington School Book Club

50. Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #4
Increasing Community Connectedness
What strategies could help build a sense of community
among Harrington School faculty and connect to other
media and communication leaders
locally, regionally, nationally and internationally?

51. THE HUB
@LLRC
Equipment checkout
and just-in-time
digital technology
learning lab
301 Swan Hall

52. THE HUB
@LLRC
Equipment checkout
and just-in-time
digital technology
learning lab
301 Swan Hall
NOV 14
Information Literacy 2.0
NOV 5
Using Screencasts in Class
OCT 17
Teaching with the iPad
SEPT 21
Digital Storytelling

53. Harrington School Faculty Share
New Ideas at the
Technology Symposium
• Eli Peer Review Software
• Google Drive for Collaborative Online Exams
• Short Films from Digital
Storytelling Limbo Game-
Play
• Soundslide
• Student-Produced Video in Just One Class Period
• Screencasting to Enhance Instructor Presence in Online
Classes
• Etherpad
• Podcasting
• LibGuides

54. Brainstorming & Discussion Topic #5
Increasing Technology Competencies
What approaches could best support and enhance the
technology and digital media competencies of Harrington
School students and faculty?

55. A Few Highlights of the 2012 – 2013 academic year:
 IGNITE HARRINGTON: Active Involvement of Alums and Friends
of the School
 FIELD-BASED LEARNING: Connecting to Business and Community
Organizations
 HARRINGTON RANGERS AND STUDENT ALA: Supporting Student
Leadership
 CONVERGENCE AND COMMUNITY & BOOK CLUB: Increasing
Community Connectedness
 THE HUB: Increasing Technology Competencies

56. Ignite Award Recipients are
Recognized for Helping to
Build the Future of the
Harrington School of
Communication and Media