ITUE: June 2001 Schedule

Program for Summer Session
June 18-22, 2001
Registration Information
List of Participants - Home Groups
Map of Meeting Locations - Selected Restaurants
Meetings are in 208 Gore Hall unless otherwise indicated in the program.

go to Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

Monday, June 18

8:30 - 9:00	Sign-in and refreshments Preliminary Survey of New Fellows

9:00 - 9:20	Orientation to Summer Program (Slides) -- George Watson

9:20 - 9:40	An Introduction to Active Learning and Problem-Based Learning (Slides) -- Barb Duch What is PBL? Why use these student-centered inquiry methods? What instructional models can be used in typical undergraduate courses?

9:40 - 10:00	Formation of Groups (Slides) -- Hal White

10:00 - 11:30	Experience It Yourself: A model for active/problem-based learning for all classes (Slides) -- 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. Problem for the session: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 Photos of the morning.

11:30 - noon	Reflections and Questions -- Hal White

12:00 - 1:15	Lunch on your own.

1:15 - 1:30	Fellows 2000 Following lunch most days, past Fellows will present transformation projects from prior years. -- Leslie Goldstein (Political Science and International Relations) and Anne Boylan (History)

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.

2:00 - 4:00	Searching the Web: Bringing the real world into your classroom (Details) -- George Watson, Paul Hyde, 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. Special "power user" tips and tricks will be revealed to take advantage of the latest advances in search engine technology. UD participants meet in Pearson 116; All others meet in Memorial 033 - (Photos). ITUE Search resources Mini-Internet Challenge

Tuesday, June 19	*Bring learning objectives!*

9:00 - 10:00	Continuation of the Problem: The solution
	-- Deb Allen and Barb Duch

10:00-10:45	Getting Started I (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 course revisions, including what to put in a syllabus.

10:45 - noon	Writing Effective Problem-Based Materials (Slides) -- Barb Duch and Deb Allen 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

12:00 -1:15	Lunch on your own

1:15 - 1:45	Writing Effective Problem-Based Materials (contd). -- Barb Duch and Deb Allen

1:45 - 2:00	Publishing on the Web -- George Watson A brief motivational presentation on publishing course materials on the web will be offered.

2:00 - 4:00	Building the Web: Publishing course resources (Details) -- George Watson, Paul Hyde, 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. This session will also include a review of several existing course web sites as the basis for a discussion of how web site design can contribute to learning. Pearson 116 and Memorial 033 - (Photos). PBL Problem Template Authoring for the Web with Word for Windows Special Characters in Word for Windows

4:00 - 6:00	Social Event President's Room of the Blue and Gold Club (Photos)

Wednesday, June 20	*Bring syllabus!*

9:00 - 9:30	Participants will share materials and resources they developed for the web and receive feedback and suggestions. Projects shared by Ken Gooding (Chisholm Institute, Australia), Debbie Huerta (Colgate Univ.), and Lora Kaisler (Illinois Math and Science Academy)

9:30 - 10:45	Getting Started II (Slides) -- Hal White and George Watson 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) Hal White's Final Course Evaluation form

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

12:00 - 1:15	Lunch on your own

1:15 - 1:30	Fellows 2000 -- Avron Abraham (Health and Exercise Sciences) (Slides)

1:30 - 2:00	PBL Syllabi on the Web -- George Watson Examples will be shown of syllabi for PBL courses.

2:00 - 4:00	Expanding the Web: Starting your course web page (Details) -- George Watson, Paul Hyde, and staff of PRESENT WebCT will be presented as versatile teaching environment in which a robust course web site can be built. Using a PBL-style template, participants will activate their WebCT course sites and learn how to post their PBL web page and other course materials. Demonstrations will include maintaining a web presence outside of WebCT and tools and strategies for collaborative learning online. Pearson 116 and Memorial 033.

Thursday, June 21

9:00 - 9:45	Participants will share materials and resources they developed for the web and receive feedback and suggestions. Projects shared by Erin Hagar (Montgomery College), Phil Cottell (Miami Univ.), Carl Huether (U. Cincinnati), and Charles Baker-Clark (Morehead State U.)

9:45 - noon	Assessment of Learning in Student-Centered Courses (Slides) -- Barb Duch and Sue Groh 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 Rubrics: 1 and 2

12:00 - 1:15	Lunch on your own

1:15 - 1:30	Fellows 2000 -- Jinfa Cai (Mathematical Sciences)

1:30 - 2:30	Lessons Learned: Technical Challenges, Teaching Responses (Details) -- Paul Hyde Using technology in teaching can be challenging as well as rewarding. This session will share how UD faculty have responded to these challenges and provide specific suggestions for how you can benefit from their experience. Consideration will also be given to addressing the escalating expectations of students. Paul's presentation

2:30 - 3:00	Introduction to the PBL Clearinghouse (Slides) -- George Watson Debut of the newest resource for PBL available on the web!


3:00 - 4:00	Orientation to the PBL Clearinghouse -- George Watson Gain access to a variety of problems and resources for PBL in the undergraduate setting. Pearson 116 and Memorial 033.

Friday, June 22

9:00 - 9:30	Questions and Answers (so far...) Projects shared by Joan Couch (U. Delaware) and Kathleen Donnelly (Florida International Univ.)

9:30 - 11:30	Models for Problem-Based Learning in Small, Medium and Large Classes (Slides) -- Barb Duch, Sue Groh, Hal White and Deb Allen Participants will learn about a variety of models of problem-based instruction and interact with a student panel. Panel: Suzanne Biehn, Catherine Visintainer, James Psathas, Aditya Sharma, Todd Greco

11:30 - noon	Wrap Up Program Evaluation An Invitation from Ken Gooding Photos of the morning.

noon - 1:30	Lunch in the Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center

1:30 - 3:00	PRESENT Open House - (Photos) The PRESENT, UD's teaching, learning, and technology center, will be open for wrapping up any unfinished web work or discussion of any unresolved technical issues. Present website ITUE leaders will be available for private consultation on either technology or active-learning issues.

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