Hendrix College, named a top up and coming liberal arts college by US News & World Report for the past five years, seeks to bring high-quality education to its students beyond the boundaries of its Arkansas campus. To spread its liberal arts wings, Hendrix College coordinates with the Associated Colleges of the South (ACS), a consortium of 16 distinguished liberal arts colleges, to co-teach between campuses. Instantly, the curriculum and teaching assets blossomed to include more than 3,000 faculty of the combined ACS schools. Hendrix instructors also created their own blended learning experiences, coordinating with universities as far away as China. Discover how Hendrix College’s CIO David J. Hinson created a robust yet cost-efficient technology infrastructure that supports this new blending of traditional and digital liberal arts learning and enriches the academic experience of Hendrix students without ever leaving campus. Best practices for incorporating a digital liberal arts curriculum, including which comes first, technology or curriculum? Technical issues to consider, such as bandwidth, bridging, network, and video conferencing platforms How a cloud-based video conferencing solution can bring flexibility and affordability in blended learning initiatives Examples of blending learning in action, including American politics and Chinese cross-cultural relations

2. David J. Hinson, EVP & CIO
Hendrix College
THE DIGITAL LIBERAL ARTS EXPERIENCE:
EXPAND LEARNING WITHOUT LEAVING
CAMPUS

3. Named a top up and coming
liberal arts college by US News
& World Report for the past five
years, Hendrix College provides
a high-­‐‑quality education to its
students beyond the boundaries
of its Arkansas campus.
Hendrix College is a member of
the Associated Colleges of the
South (ACS), a consortium of 16
distinguished liberal arts
colleges.

4. The curriculum and teaching
assets potentially include more
than 3,000 faculty of the
combined ACS schools.
Hendrix instructors have also
created their own blended
learning experiences,
coordinating with universities as
far away as China.
Let’s discuss how Hendrix
College created a robust, yet
cost-­‐‑efficient, technology
infrastructure that supports this
new blending of traditional and
digital liberal arts learning and
enriches the academic
experience of Hendrix students,
without ever leaving campus.

5. Which Comes
First: Technology
or Curriculum?
Pedagogy always
drives
Technology

6. Which Comes
First: Technology
or Curriculum?
The Challenge:
Design “Future
Proof” Teaching
Spaces, that
Support Engaged
Learning

7. Platforms, Bridging,
and Networks
The Design

8. The Design
Platform: Endpoints
that support SIP /
h.323
Bandwidth: More is
Always Be`er.
Bridging: SaaS –
Software as a Service
Teaching Space: Put
the Technology
Where Teaching
Happens

12. Bridging

16. American Political
Parties and Elections
Blending
Learning in
Action

18. Writing the
Natural State
Blending
Learning in
Action

23. Constructive
Postmodernism
Journeys East and
West
Blending
Learning in
Action

29. TART 120: Voice,
Articulation, and
Text Reading
Blending
Learning in
Action

30. TART 120 Video

33. Best Practices

34. Best Practices
Plan
Facilitate
Backchannel
Plan B
Audience
Practice

35. Questions?

36. Thank You!

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38. h`p://www.slideshare.net/davidjhinson/

39. hinson @ hendrix.edu
@davidjhinson