Faculty panel on "MBA Education: Today and Tomorrow" for prospective students at Jaypee Business School
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University, Noida
March 22, 2007, 8:00-9:00pm
Mark Serva, George Watson, and FAthre Casimirraj, Director of XLRI Jamshedpur
Invited presentations at International Conference on "Leadership for a Sustainable Future"
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology University, Noida
March 23, 2007
Session 1: Environment Leadership Keynotes
George Watson: "The Role of General Education in Developing Leadership for a Sustainable Future" (ppt, pdf)
Session 3: Best Practices in Leadership for Sustainable Future
Mark Serva: "Enhancing Learning in Higher Education: Three Teaching Practices that Threaten Long-term Sustainability"
Problem-Based Learning Workshop at Jaypee University of Information Technology, Waknaghat
March 24-25, 2007
Facilitated by Mark Serva and George Watson
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education
University of Delaware
| Saturday, March 24 | Handout for the day (pdf) |
| 9:30am | Introductions |
| 9:40am | Experience It Yourself (EIY): Stage 1 of Portal Systems |
| Participants will work through a PBL problem, exploring a variety of strategies to use in problem-based instruction. Groups are expected to use their own experiences as well as written and online resources to research their problem. | |
| 11:15am | Introduction to PBL (ppt, pdf) |
| The process and objectives of problem-based learning, including discussion about models of PBL | |
| noon | Lunch |
| 1:30pm | What is a Good PBL Problem? (ppt, pdf) |
| Participants will learn the characteristics of an effective PBL problem. | |
| 2:45pm | EIY: Group Time to Complete Stage 1 |
| Groups will create preliminary recommendations to complete Stage 1 of the problem. Each team will create a short PowerPoint presentation and present its results tomorrow morning. | |
| Sunday, March 25 | Handout for the day (pdf) |
| 9:30am | EIY: Report Back and Stage 2 |
| Groups will report back their Stage 1 ideas for improving Portal Systems. Presenters will also review subsequent stages of the Portal Systems problem. | |
| 10:30am | Writing Effective PBL Materials (ppt, pdf) |
| 11:00am | Start Developing Your Own PBL Problem |
| Each participant will work on developing a problem that could be used in class. | |
| noon | Lunch |
| 1:30pm | Presentation of PBL Problem Ideas |
| 2:30pm | Overcoming Barriers to Using PBL |
| Final Questions |
Additional References:
PBL at the University of Delaware
PBL Clearinghouse
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education