Agenda

Monday June 2, 2008

8:30 AM: Welcome, Introduction

Leaders: Thomas Harris, Alene Harris

9:00 AM: Assessment: Strategies for Teaching-As-Research I

Leader: Dianne Ebert-May

The Nature of Scientific Enquiry:

• Exploring:
  • Teaching and learning challenges
• Getting to the point with students’ prior knowledge and misconceptions
• Explain:
  • Preparing to teach with backwards design
  • Active assessments and formats for active learning
• Elaborate:
  • Tools for assessment
• Assess:
  • Evaluating the data

10:30 AM: Break

10:45 AM: Assessment: Strategies for Teaching-As-Research II

Leader: Dianne Ebert-May

11:45 AM: Lunch

12:45 PM: Assessment: Strategies for Teaching-As-Research III

Leader: Dianne Ebert-May

2:30 PM: Break

3:00 PM: Assessment: Strategies for Teaching-As-Research IV

Leader: Dianne Ebert-May

4:45 PM: Assessment of day's activities

Leader: Jean Alley

5:00 PM: Shuttle to hotel

Tuesday June 3, 2008

8:30 AM: Course and Learning Module Design I

Leader: Karl Smith

Course, Class Session, and Learning Module Design: From Objectives and Evidence to Instruction

• Design Framework – How People Learn
• Design & Backward Design Process (Felder & Brent, Dee Fink and Wiggins & McTighe)
• Pedagogies of Engagement - Instructional Format explanation (or exercise to engage workshop participants)
• Smith web site – www.ce.umn.edu/~smith
• University of Delaware PBL web site – www.udel.edu/pbl
• Design of Challenge-Based (PBL) exercises
• Creating High Quality Learning Environments (Bransford, Vye & Bateman) -- http://www.nap.edu/openbook/0309082927/html/
• Cooperative Learning (Johnson, Johnson & Smith)

Session Objectives

• Participants will be able to describe key elements of:
• Backward design process -
• Research on How People Learn
• Pedagogies of engagement, especially cooperative learning
• Participants will begin applying key elements to the design on a course, class session or learning module

10:00 AM: Break

10:15 AM: Course and Learning Module Design II

Leader: Karl Smith

11:30 AM: Lunch

12:30 PM: Course and Learning Module Design III

Leader: Karl Smith

1:30 PM: Diversity Issues in Teaching and Learning I

Leader: Sandy Courter

• What are the diversity issues?
• What research articles can help us?
• How does the article inform your responses?
• What can be done?
• What are the consequences of those actions?
• What resource materials are available?
• What can you learn from case studies?

2:30 PM: Break

3:00 PM: Diversity Issues in Teaching and Learning II

Leader: Sandy Courter

4:45 PM: Assessment

Leader: Jean Alley

5:00 PM: Snack and conversation

6:00 PM: Cookout

8:00 PM: Shuttle to hotel

Wednesday June 4, 2008

8:00 AM: Challenge Based Instruction I

Leaders: Alene Harris/Stacy Klein

• Examine your personal goals for the workshop
• Review backwards design process
• Review history of HPL Legacy Cycle in VaNTH courses
• Examine component parts of HPL (How People Learn) learning theory and Legacy Cycle lesson design
  • HPL – Knowledge, Learner, Assessment and Community Centeredness
  • Challenges – Generate ideas, multiple perspectives, research & revise, test your mettle, go public
• Work through a Legacy-Cycle module
• Review additional examples, including support technology
• Apply HPL to your pre-selected course
  • Revisit/refine your course objectives
  • Design effective, real-world challenges
  • Reviewing Legacy Cycle design for your course
  • Collaborate, design and develop a Legacy Cycle module
• Present lesson module ideas to fellow participants for feedback
• Make written commitments for module implementation

 

10:00 AM: Break

10:15 AM: Challenge Based Instruction II

Leaders: Alene Harris/Stacy Klein

11:30 AM: Lunch

12:30 PM: Challenge Based Instruction III

Leaders: Alene Harris/Stacy Klein

2:30 PM: Break

3:00 PM: Teaching with Technology

Leader: Richard Cyr

5:00 PM: Assessment

Leader: Jean Alley

5:30 PM: Shuttle to hotel or taxi to airport