ITUE: FORMASUP June 2001 Schedule

Program for FORMASUP Special Session

Meeting locations for Monday through Thursday are at the UD Wilmington Downtown Center.
Friday's meeting location is on the UD main campus in 110 Memorial Hall.

Monday, June 4	(Photos)

8:30 - 9:00	Introductions (Slides)

9:00 - 9:30	Orientation to Summer Program -- George Watson (Slides: French, English)

9:30 - 10:00	An Introduction to Active Learning and Problem-Based Learning -- Barb Duch (Slides: French, English) What is PBL? Why use these student-centered inquiry methods? What instructional models can be used in typical undergraduate courses?

10:00 - noon	Experience It Yourself: A model for active/problem-based learning for all classes -- Deb Allen and Barb Duch (Slides: French, English) Participants will work through a PBL problem, exploring a variety of strategies to use in problem-based instruction, including a jig-saw pattern of regrouping students. Problem for the Workshop: Part 1: French, English; Part 2: French, English; Part 3: French, English

12:15 - 1:15	Lunch at the Brandywine Suites Hotel

1:30 - 2:00	Reflections and Questions -- Hal White

2:00 - 5:00	Searching the Web: Bringing the real world into your classroom -- George Watson Search strategies and techniques will be modeled by reviewing several web searches. Participants will exercise several search engines and refine their Internet search techniques to find information relevant to the problem of the day. Searching for Online Resources

6:30	Dinner at Deep Blue Bar and Grill

Tuesday, June 5	(Photos)

8:30 - 10:00	Continuation of the Problem: The solution -- Deb Allen and Barb Duch

10:00-11:00	Getting Started I -- Hal White and Sue Groh (Slides: French, English) Student-centered active or problem-based instruction is different from traditional teaching in many ways. This session will help participants to plan for course revisions, including what to put in a syllabus.

11:00 - noon	Writing Effective Problem-Based Materials -- Barb Duch and Deb Allen (Slides: French, English) Participants will learn to write materials suitable for a problem-based course. By the end of the morning, participants will have a draft of a problem or case for their own course. Problem Writing Worksheet (Word document: French, English)

12:15 -1:15	Lunch in the Green Room at the Hotel Dupont

1:30 - 2:30	Writing Effective Problem-Based Materials (contd). -- Barb Duch and Deb Allen

2:30 - 4:30	Publishing on the Web: Preparing your own problem and course resources for the Web -- George Watson The rudiments of publishing course materials on the web will be presented. Participants will finish developing their PBL problem or case, learn to how to publish it in web-ready form, and select and list Internet resources for their students to use when working through the problem in their course. PBL Problem Template - Special Characters in Word for Windows Authoring for the Web with Word for Windows

5:00	Depart for Dinner at the Mendenhall Inn Excursion: Longwood Gardens

Wednesday, June 6	(Photos)

8:30 - 9:30	Sharing -- George Watson Participants will share materials and resources they developed for the web and receive feedback and suggestions.

9:30 - 11:00	Getting Started II -- Hal White and George Watson (Slides: French, English) Student-centered active or problem-based instruction is different from traditional teaching in many ways. This session will help participants to plan for course revisions, including how to introduce your students to these new instructional methods and how to orient students to group work. Welcome to the First Day of Class (Slides: French, English)

11:00 - noon	Group Dynamics: How groups work effectively -- Deb Allen and Sue Groh (Slides: French, English) Participants will learn effective strategies for forming groups, initiating group activities, and helping students work cooperatively in their groups.

12:15 - 1:15	Lunch at 821 Restaurant

1:30 - 2:30	Group Dynamics: How groups work effectively (contd.) -- Deb Allen and Sue Groh

2:30 - 5:00	Publishing on the Web: Preparing your own problem and course resources for the Web (contd.) -- George Watson

6:00	Depart for Frawley Stadium Excursion: Minor League Baseball Game Dinner at Kahunaville

Thursday, June 7

8:30 - 9:30	Sharing -- Hal White Participants will share materials and resources they developed for the web and receive feedback and suggestions.

9:30 - noon	Assessment of Learning in Student-Centered Courses -- Barb Duch and Sue Groh (Slides: French, English) Instructors need to examine how they assess student learning and how they grade students in an active learning, group-based course. Participants will learn a variety of methods for assessing higher-order thinking skills and group activities related to their own course goals. Sample Rubric 1: French, English Sample Rubric 2: French, English

12:30 - 1:30	Lunch at the Downtown Brewing Company

1:45 - 2:15	Assessment Strategies Shared

2:15 - 3:30	Introduction and Orientation to the PBL Clearinghouse -- George Watson (Slides: French, English) Gain access to the newest resource for PBL available on the web!

3:30 - 4:30	Free Time in the Computer Lab ITUE leaders will be available for private consulation on either technology or active-learning issues.


5:00	Depart for dinner at the Holy Trinity Church Excursion: Greek Festival

Friday, June 8

8:00	Board bus, depart for University of Delaware campus

8:30 - 9:00	Continental Breakfast in Memorial Hall 110

9:00 - 9:30	Questions and Answers (so far...)

9:30 - 10:30	Administrative Issues in PBL Discussion led by Bobby Gempesaw, Vice-Provost for Academic Programs and Planning.

10:30 - 11:30	Models for Problem-Based Learning in Small, Medium and Large Classes -- Barb Duch, Sue Groh, and Deb Allen (Slides: French, English) Participants will learn about a variety of models of problem-based instruction. [Note: this portion of the program was replaced with identification of barriers associated with adopting PBL and prospective solutions.]

11:30 - noon	Wrap Up and Program Evaluation (Form: French Word *.doc, English HTML)

12:00 - 2:30	Lunch at Klondike Kate's (Photos 1 and 2)

2:30 - 3:00	Presentation of certificates (Photos)

3:00 - 3:30	PBL Syllabi on the Web -- George Watson Examples will be shown of syllabi and other resources for PBL courses.

3:00 - 3:30	Group photos

4:00 - 5:30	Reception at Blue and Gold (Photos)

5:45	Depart for dinner at the Chesapeake Inn (Photos)

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Last updated June 11, 2001.
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