All sessions will be in Colburn 102/3 unless noted otherwise. Breaks will be around 10:30; light snacks and coffee service will be available starting at 8:30.

to Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Lunch on your own.

Monday, Jan. 10	URL of the day: <www.udel.edu/inst/search>
8:30 - 9:00	Sign-in and refreshments Preliminary Survey of New Fellows
9:00 - 9:20	Welcoming Remarks -- Conrado Gempesaw - Vice Provost for Academic Programs and Planning Orientation to Winter Program   (slides) -- George Watson
9:20 - 9:35	An Introduction to Active Learning and Problem-Based Learning   (slides) -- Barbara Duch What is PBL? Why use these student-centered inquiry methods? What instructional models can be used in typical undergraduate courses?
9:35 - 10:35	Group Dynamics: How groups work effectively   (slides) -- Sue Groh and Betsy Lieux Participants will learn effective strategies for forming groups, initiating group activities, and helping students work cooperatively in their groups.
10:50 - noon	Experience It Yourself: A model for active/problem-based learning for all classes   (webpage) -- Deb Allen and Barb Duch 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.
	Photos of the morning
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch on your own.
1:00 - 1:30	Fellows'99 Each day following lunch, Fellows will present their transformation projects from prior years. Problem-Based Learning in EDUC 346 F'99   (webpage)   (EDUC346) -- Tony Whitson, School of Education -- Eugene Matusov, School of Education   (website)
1:30 - 2:00	Scouring the Web: Finding the resources you need -- George Watson Search strategies and techniques will be modeled by reviewing several web searches. The Internet Challenge
2:00 - 4:00	Searching the Web: Bringing the real world into your classroom -- Bob Hodson, George Watson, and Staff of PRESENT Participants will exercise several search engines and refine their Internet search techniques to find information relevant to the problem of the day. Session meets in Pearson 116 and Smith 040. ITUE Search Page
	Photos of the afternoon
Tuesday, Jan. 11	Bring learning objectives! URL of the day: <www.udel.edu/inst/problems>
9:00 - 10:00	Continuation of the Problem: The solution   (slides)
	-- Deb Allen and Barb Duch
10:00-10:30	From the Students' Point of View
	-- Valerie Hans and panelists: Megan Dalfovo, Sarah Hingston, Kristin, Englander, and Robyn Finkelman
	Students who have been in a PBL class will relate their experiences.
10:45 - 12:15	Writing Effective Problem-Based Materials   (slides) -- Valerie Hans and Barb Duch 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. Pew Charitable Trusts PBL Project at UD   (slides)
	Mostly photos of Tuesday morning
12:15 -1:15	Lunch on your own
1:15 - 1:30	Fellows'99 -- Penny Deiner, Individual and Family Studies   (webpage)
1:30-2:00	Building the Web: Publishing course resources -- George Watson The rudiments of publishing course materials on the web will be presented.
2:00 - 4:00	Publishing on the Web: Preparing your own problem for the Web -- Bob Hodson, George Watson, and Staff of PRESENT 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. Session meets in Pearson 116 and Memorial 033.
4:00 - 5:30	Social Event -- Photos President's Room of the Blue and Gold Club
Wednesday, Jan. 12	Bring syllabus! URL of the day: <www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/>
9:00 - 9:45	Participants will share materials and resources they developed for the web and receive feedback and suggestions. ME221 Engineering Mechanics   (webpage) -- Sudhir Mehta, Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, North Dakota State Univ. Bush Grant Component for Next Generation Interactive Classrooms   (webpage) PBL problem for an English class   (webpage) -- Gregory Weight, UD English
9:45 - noon	Getting Started   (slides) -- Hal White and Sue Groh Student-centered active or problem-based instruction is different from traditional teaching in many ways. This session will help participants to plan for your revised course, including what to put in a syllabus, how to introduce your students to these new instructional methods, and how to orient students to group work.
	Photos of the morning -- More photos!
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch on your own
1:00 - 1:30	Fellows'99 Julio Carrion, Political Science and International Relations   (webpage) Janet Hethorn, Consumer Studies Meeting location changed to Gore Hall 208
	Photos of the afternoon
1:30 - 2:00	Working the Web: Why have a website for your course?   (slides) -- George Watson Effective learning takes place through numerous channels; the more channels engaged in learning, the better. How can a course website improve student learning and the undergraduate experience? SCEN103: Silicon, Circuits, and the Digital Revolution PHYS208: Electricity and Magnetism for Engineers
2:00 - 4:00	Choose one of the two following sessions:
	Leading Reform at Your Institution   (slides) -- Sue Groh, Barb Duch, and Deb Allen Informal session for participants who would like to work with ITUE leaders in planning and training faculty development efforts at their institutions. Changed to Gore Hall 208.
	Expanding the Web: Starting your course web page -- Paul Hyde and staff of PRESENT, Bob Hodson, and George Watson Participants will activate their homepages, create a course web page, and learn how to post course materials. UD participants without active homepages should go to Smith 040 [note the change!] for introduction to web site activation and file management. Pearson 116 will be available for others to continue working on their course materials. Instructions for Publishing your Syllabus on the Web from PRESENT Tools and Templates for UD Faculty
Thursday, Jan. 13	URL of the day: http://www.udel.edu/present/ Meeting location changed to Gore Hall 104.
9:00 - 9:45	Participants will share materials and resources they developed for the web and receive feedback and suggestions.
9:45 - noon	Assessment of Learning in Student-Centered Courses   (slides) -- Barb Duch, Sue Groh, and Betsy Lieux 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.
	Not a good room for photos!
12:00 - 1:00	Lunch on your own
1:00 - 1:30	Special Presentations "Aalborg University, Denmark: Presentation of the university and impressions of the problem-oriented project-organized learning concept"   (slides) -- Ole Thomsen (photo), Institute of Mechanical Engineering, Aalborg University Currently visiting the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering at UD. Pew Charitable Trusts Grant: Learning Excellence at Delaware   (slides) -- Joseph Revelt, Institutional Research and Planning, U. Delaware
1:30 - 2:00	Stretching Your Web: Reaching the next level   (webpage) -- George Watson Some thoughts on optimizing student use and re-use of course web sites... PHYS345: Electricity and Electronics for Engineers
2:00 - 4:00	Choose one of the two following sessions:
	Advanced Problem Writing -- Barb Duch, Sue Groh, and Betsy Lieux Informal session for participants or past Fellows who would like to work with other faculty on problems they are writing or problems they would like to revise. Facilitators will demonstrate ways of: keying course objectives to problems, staging and timing of problems. Memorial Hall 109.
	Moving to the Web: Converting existing materials for online use -- Bob Hodson, George Watson, and staff of PRESENT Participants will learn how to convert existing documents and move them online. You may practice on your existing syllabus document, modifying as needed to reflect your transformations. Presentation on document conversion and other relevant issues in Pearson 116. Participants may bring existing materials on floppy disk for conversion and uploading to their websites. Memorial 033 will also be available to continue working on course materials.
Friday, Jan. 14	URL of the day: <www.udel.edu/inst/fellows>
9:00 - 9:15	Questions and Answers (so far...) Saving American Airlines, a PBL problem for physics of aerodynamics   (webpage) -- Randy Stiles, Information Technology Services, Colorado College
9:15 - 10:30	Models for Problem-Based Learning in Small, Medium and Large Classes   (slides) -- Valerie Hans and Harry Shipman Participants will learn about a variety of models of problem-based instruction. PBL in Engineering Mathematics   (slides) -- Vincent Wertz, Département d'ingénierie mathématique, Universite Catholique de Louvain
10:45 - noon	Peer Tutors: A Multi-Layered Learning System   (slides) -- Deborah Allen and Hal White Peer tutors have successfully helped some faculty facilitate many groups in a typical undergraduate class. Participants will learn about the strengths and benefits of using them in their courses. Tutorial Methods of Instruction: Fall 1999, Spring 2000
12:00 - 12:30	Wrap Up Program Evaluation
12:30 - 2:00	Lunch on your own -- Photos at the Deer Park
2:00 - 4:00	Choose one of the two following sessions:
	Putting Things into Practice -- Deb Allen, Barbara Duch, Sue Groh, Betsy Lieux, and Hal White Participants or teams of participants will work with ITUE leaders as they write problems, syllabi, or assessment items. Memorial Hall 109
	Taking Care of Loose Ends -- Last photos! -- Bob Hodson and George Watson Open computer lab in Smith 040 to help with specific questions or hands-on training. In particular, a digital camera will be available and graphics editing software will be reviewed.

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