Schedule for June 25--27 Sessions

Expanded:

Thursday, June 26

8:30-9:00

Refreshments

9:00-10:15

Incorporating Active Learning in the Classroom

9:00

Follow-up to yesterday's session. (Barb)

Review where we are, what was supposed to have been done.

Share in groups and then with everyone, what was discovered about learning issues yesterday. Summarize discoveries.

Third page: Discuss how this could be modified for various disciplines.

9:30

Active learning and larger classes. (Deb and Harry)

Explore how problem would be presented/structured in a very large class or in a more student-centered, small class. Peer tutor model.

10:00

Break

10:15-12:00

Getting Started with Groups

Why use groups? What works? (Deb)

10:15

Participants work in groups of 4 on following question:
What organizational decisions have to be made to incorporate active group learning into a course? (Focus on answering for structured, formal groups)

10:30

Report out

10:40

Our "answers" to question and some general recommendations

10:55

New question for participant groups:
What activities can be done by classroom groups (each group focus on one)? How can these activities be designed to promote student accountability?

11:10

Report out

11:25

Begin to work on individual syllabus - How would it need to be altered to include elements from this session thus far?

11:45

Summmary:
What not to do if you want to capture positive aspects of cooperative learning.
What about unstructured, informal groups? (Example: Think-pair-share)

11:55

What's ahead - possibilities for follow-up sessions on groups

12:00-1:00

Lunch

1:00-2:30

Problems and cases: Writing Material for Your Course

1:00

What are the characteristics of good problems or cases? (Barb)

List at least 4-5 characteristics. Choose a recorder. You have 10 minutes.

1:10

Report out the characteristics.

1:25

Review Bloom and higher order thinking skills. (Deb)

1:35

Take a typical chapter problem - how can you make it relevant?

Give example. Get groups to do one.

1:50

Now make open-ended, multi-staged (hand out acetate to a few)

2:15

Share some models

2:30

Break

2:45-4:00

Internet Resources for Your Course

Pearson 114 (X-terminals) or Spencer 010 (PCs) (Dick and George)

Assignment: Explore the Web to find relevant resources for fleshing out your new problems.

Find additional material for your course on the Web.

Wednesday, June 25

Friday, June 27