How To Recognize Authentic Disruption: Social Media and Computing in Education
Gardner Campbell Baylor University

New developments in social media, and in computing generally, have the potential to disrupt education as thoroughly as the alphabet disrupted human civilization. Both Clay Shirky and Nassim Taleb insist that disruption and uncertainty should encourage experimentation, not timidity. We will explore some of these disruptions and experiments in the context of education. Bio: W. Gardner Campbell is Director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning at Baylor University, where he also serves as Assoc. Prof. of Literature and Media in the Honors College. Before coming to Baylor, he was Professor of English at the University of Mary Washington, where from 2003-2006 he also served as Assistant Vice-President for Teaching and Learning Technologies. He has been involved in teaching and learning technologies for nearly two decades, including work at the University of San Diego and the University of Richmond, where in the fall of 2006 he was Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology. Gardner received his B.A. in English from Wake Forest University, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from the University of Virginia. He is a Fellow of the Frye Leadership Institute (2005), was chair of the Electronic Campus of Virginia from 2006 to 2008, and has served on program committees for both EDUCAUSE and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. He currently serves on the ELI Advisory Board (2007-2010).