In England…
Week 1—Philanthropic/Social Innovation
9 May 2008 (Friday)—
Overnight flight; arrive London 10 May (hotel to be determined—conference/ work space within the hotel will be obtained for discussion sessions not held at visitation sites)
Saturday, 10 May—
Afternoon: Original London Walks—London Tour (informal discussion on Plague and how it affected politics, societal behavior, and demographics—connect to Rischard’s ideas in Part 1 of High Noon, Reader Response due)
Sunday, 11 May—
Morning Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion on the differences between discoveries and innovations—definitions, applications, and problems
Visit British Museum for tours and research (approx. 4 hours = 2 contact hours): students will locate 5 examples of discoveries and 5 examples of innovations in the Museum and compare the effects these items have had on subsequent cultures (also included will be Parthenon Marbles—discussion of the practicality and politics of who owns world treasures and whether all cultures can flourish without infringing on other cultures and Egyptian section—the fading of dominant cultures); Reading Room for research of prominent innovators’ writings (based on innovators selected from The Creation of the Modern World)
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discuss effects of the innovations and discoveries located in the Museum; critique the applications of those items in subsequent cultures (Critical Question Writing #1 due)
Monday, 12 May—
Breakfast at 15, Jamie Oliver’s restaurant/education project staffed by trainees from underprivileged backgrounds and lecture led by representative of 15 on the history and nature of this innovative philanthropic/educational approach; discussion on application for other under-served populations (1 contact hour)
Visit to Bunhill Fields cemetery, near John Wesley’s chapel, to see grave of Quakerism founder George Fox (informal discussion on faith’s place in changing the world); visit to National Gallery (informal discussion on how art and the humanities record and influence society)—discussions led by students based on readings from The Creation of the Modern World—approx. 4 hours activity = 2 contact hours
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Altruism, Humanities, and Practicality—
using readings from High Noon and the day’s experiences, students will compare and critique these “humanistic” approaches to innovation on the bases of practicality and effectiveness (Critical Question Writing #2 due)
Tuesday, 13 May—
Morning Roundtable (1 contact hour): The Effects of Innovations and Discoveries in Health Care—using historical context from The Creation of the Modern World, discuss how health care innovations have changed their societies
Original London Walks—Penicillin and Pox (Alexander Fleming’s discovery of penicillin and its effects on world health, social programs, and demographics; informal discussion on National Health) (2 hours activity = 1 contact hour)
Evening Roundtable: (1 contact hour): Using readings from The World is Flat and High Noon, discuss disparities in health care and whether technology is the only means of innovation for solutions (Critical Question Writing #3 due)
Wednesday, 14 May—
Morning Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion on social responsibility and the role of all populations (Wollstonecraft readings in The Creation of the World with connection to The World is Flat—Critical Question Writing #4 due)
Visit to London office of Room to Read, not-for-profit organization that builds libraries in Nepal and provides scholarships for girls, for lecture on the successes and diffculties of cultural innovations (2 hours activity = 1 contact hour)
Westminster Abbey (informal discussion on lessons taught by those buried there)—approx. 2 hours = 1 contact hour
Thursday, 15 May—Environmental Innovation
Travel to Cornwall by train (St. Austell); field trip to Eden Project (lecture by onsite scientist regarding agricultural/environmental innovations)—approx. 3 hours activity = 1.5 contact hours
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Based on readings from High Noon Part 2 and the scientist’s lecture, discussion on the effectiveness and practicality of current environmental innovations and requirements for new sustainability projects (Critical Question Writing #5 due)
Week 2
Friday, 16 May—
Return to Eden Project for service learning and student interviews with onsite scientists regarding practical innovations and anticipated effects—approx. 5 hours activity = 2.5 contact hours
Saturday, 17 May—
Field trip to Looe, observational walk on Cornish Coastal Path (informal discussion on encroachment of development/tourism, appropriate use of sea’s resources, and what innovations might be used to sustain or improve the local environment)—approx. 3 hours activity = 1.5 contact hours
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion on applying concepts in High Noon Part 3 to environmental innovations—brainstorming solutions for local problems (Critical Question Writing #6 due)
Sunday, 18 May—
Field trip to English Heritage sites (Restormel and Tintagel Castles) to see “innovations” of tourism—approx. 6 hours = 3 contact hours
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Debate on commerce and use of the environment—Innovation, Preservation, or Destruction? (students will work in teams to write two-page argument with evidence from texts and observations)
Monday, 19 May—
Depart for Harlaxton College, near Grantham, via train; tour of facility led by docent (informal discussion on innovative use of old buildings)
Tuesday, 20 May—Technological Innovation
Morning Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion of how technological innovations of the Enlightenment resonate today (based on readings from The Creation of the Modern World and The World is Flat) (Critical Question Writing #7 due)
Field trip to Woolsthorpe Manor, birthplace of Isaac Newton (informal discussion on how scientific advancements can be nurtured by need rather than by profit)—approx. 2 hours = 1 contact hour
Research time
Wednesday, 21 May—
Morning Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion of how technological innovations of each era have affected changes in societal class (based on The Creation of the Modern World and The World is Flat) (Critical Question Writing #8 due)
Field trip to The Workhouse, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (informal discussion on how technological innovations have changed the concept of “work”)—approx. 2 hours = 1 contact hour
Research time—Nottingham University
Thursday, 22 May—
Guest Lecturer from Ford Motor Company England: Innovations in Automotive Manufacturing Technologies and Their Effects on the Marketplace, the Environment, and the Working Class (2 contact hours)
Research time
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion of lecturer’s perspectives in comparison to The World is Flat (Critical Question Writing #9 due)
Week 3
Friday, 23 May—
Field trip to Oxford and Bodleian Library for tours (request has been made for research access as well, which is available in all Oxford libraries, even for scholars not connected to Oxford); visit The Eagle and Child—approx. 4 hours = 2 contact hours
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion on C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and writers/eductors’ roles in innovation (connected to High Noon Part 3)
Saturday, 24 May—
Morning group activity: Grantham Market
Project development day, Harlaxton
Sunday, 25 May—
Field trip to Lincoln Cathedral (return to discussion of the church’s role in innovation for social change, based on readings in The Creation of the World)—approx. 4 hours activity = 2 contact hours
Research time
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Debate on the “best” approach to innovative social change: through interpersonal altruism or long-distance technology? (students work in teams to create 2-page argument using all texts and observations as evidence)
Monday, 26 May (Bank Holiday)—
Project development day, Harlaxton
Tuesday, 27 May—
Field trip to London Science Museum: Students will locate three innovative new technologies and collect information for alternative uses of each—approx. 3 hours activity = 1.5 contact hours
Visit Shakespeare’s Globe and The Rose Theatres; visit to Tower and St. Paul’s (informal discussion on innovative ways of preserving culture and history)
Wednesday, 28 May—
Morning Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion on best alternative use of technology located in the museum (students will make presentations and arguments)
Project development day, Harlaxton
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion on what the ethical code for technological innovations should be, based on reading from The World is Flat (Critical Question Writing #10 due)
Thursday, 29 May—
Depart Harlaxton for London (hotel to be determined)
Afternoon group activity: Karla’s World Famous London Scavenger Hunt
Evening Roundtable (1 contact hour): Discussion on criteria to determine an innovation’s worth, how an innovation should be analyzed, and which innovation students have seen that qualifies as “the best”
30 May—
Depart for USA
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