Problem-Based Learning:
Transforming Student Learning through Collaboration

A Workshop Series for Faculty Members, Teaching Staff, and Graduate Teaching Assistants

Friday afternoons, UD Campus, Spring 2009
1:30-4:00pm, Brown Lab, Room 205

List of Participants

Goal:	This workshop series is designed to help faculty members incorporate active learning into classrooms through an approach that assigns real, complex problems to teams of students. As they work through problems and present solutions, students engage in activities that promote critical thinking, research, teamwork, and good writing and speaking skills.
Who is welcome:	Faculty members, teaching staff, and graduate teaching assistants from any discipline or department may participate. We seek a core of committed participants who will attend sessions regularly and commit to transforming their approach to a specific course.
Workshop format:	The first half of this workshop series session will involve brief presentations of key elements of problem-based learning, with an emphasis on active learning and plenty of time for discussion. Participants will experience PBL themselves as they work through sample problems and exercises. During the second half, participants will work on plans and materials for integrating PBL and other active learning strategies into their own classrooms, with the goal of implementing their plans during Fall 2009 or Spring 2010.
	UD faculty members will receive a stipend in two portions for participation that leads to curricular innovation. The charge to off-campus participants is $495.
Tentative Schedule of Topics:	1. Feb 20 Experience it yourself: Part 1; What is PBL? Concept mapping 2. Feb 27 Emerging technology for active learning 3. Mar 6 Experience it yourself: Part 2 4. Mar 13 Process-Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL): A Student-Centered Approach to Instruction Invited presentation by Rick Moog (Franklin and Marshall College) 5. Mar 20 Writing Effective PBL problems: Part 1 Integrating writing into PBL instruction Mar 27 adjourn for Spring Break Apr 3 Spring Break 6. Apr 10 Facilitation of PBL groups Writing Effective PBL problems: Part 2 Apr 17 Lilly East conference at UD [registration] 7. Apr 24 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: Why You? Why Now and How? Invited Presentation by Pat Marsteller (Emory University) 8. May 1 Presentation of PBL problem scenarios Program evaluation May 5 Honors Day
Registration:	UD faculty/staff members and graduate teaching assistants may register at ud-itue@udel.edu. Deadline: February 13, 2009. Off-campus participants may register by fax or e-mail to ud-itue@udel.edu with information requested in off-campus registration forms: Word, pdf
For more information:	Please e-mail us at ud-itue@udel.edu.