5:30 PM

DINNER AND WELCOME – Tom Meade, Northwestern University

Noyes Café, 828 Noyes Street, Evanston, IL

Meet at Homestead at 5:00 PM to pick up badges and walk there

7:30

8:00

Evening Sessions: Chambers Auditorium

Introductions

Introduction to Learning Object (LO) design using Understanding by Design –
Adam Johnson, Harvey Mudd College

Small group sharing of learning object ideas

8:30 AM

9:00 AM

9:45

10:45

11

Morning Sessions: Chambers Auditorium

Daily Preview, Getting everyone connected to technology – Hilary Eppley, DePauw

Advanced VIPEr User Training – Copyrights, Commenting, and Collections, Oh My!  – Eppley

Assessment, Please bring ideas to share – Jeff Raker, University of South Florida

BREAK

Time to work on Individual Learning Objects, Chambers group room

12:00

LUNCH by ??  Chambers group room

1:00 PM

2:00

3:00

3:15

3:45

5:00

Afternoon Sessions:  Chambers Auditorium

Back to Grad School Session 1 (B2GS1) - whirlwind review of bioinorganic chemistry using learning objects. – Betsy Jamieson, Smith College

B2GS1 continued (Techniques:  CEST, CV, CD, EPR, XAS, 2D-NMR)  Sheila Smith, University of Michigan Dearborn

BREAK

How to post a learning object – Adam Johnson, Harvey Mudd College

Time to work on Individual Learning Objects, Chambers group room

Homework for you and your group - suggestions for successful preparation for ask the expert

DINNER on your own

HW

Post your learning object to VIPEr

All Participants read Meade and Morrow and Lehnert papers and complete Lehnert reading guide questions. Meade and Morrow groups should meet and prepare preliminary questions for talk/literature discussions.
The Library Meeting Room at the Homestead is available from 7-11 PM.

8:30 AM

8:35

9:20

10:20

10:35

11:15

Morning Sessions: Chambers Auditorium

Daily Preview – Eppley

What do we teach in inorganic chemistry, how do we teach it, and how do we know our students are learning? A discussion of our courses and syllabi – Nancy Williams, Keck Science Dept, the Claremont Colleges

Teaching a learning object – literature discussions – Jamieson & Smith

BREAK

Participant exploration of VIPEr for LOs to use. Participants create a collaborative Google Doc of LOs to try in their classrooms – Hilary Eppley, DePauw University

Working and posting individual learning objects - individual work – Chambers group room

12:00

LUNCH on your own

1:30 PM

1:40

2:25

3:10

3:25

3:45

3:55

4:40

Afternoon Sessions: Technological Institute room L361

Introduction – Smith

B2GS 2 – Professor Tom Meade, Northwestern University
Modulating Transcription in Development and Cancer: Targeted Cobalt-DNA Conjugates for the Inhibition of Zinc-Finger Transcription factors

Questions/discussion with Professor Meade and brainstorming in the large group about the kinds of LOs (in-class exercise, problem set question, 5-slides about, etc.) that can be developed from the talk

BREAK

Group Picture

Introduction – Johnson

B2GS 3 – Professor Janet Morrow, SUNY Buffalo
Fe(II), Co(II) and Ni(II) complexes as redox or pH activated MRI contrast agents

Questions/discussion with Professor Morrow and brainstorming in the large group about the kinds of LOs that can be developed from the talk

5:00 PM

Hike along the lake and geocaching activity

DINNER on your own

HW

Read O’Halloran and Jones papers associated with the expert talks. O’Halloran and Jones groups should meet and prepare preliminary questions for talk/literature discussions.

The Library room at the Homestead is available from 7-11 PM.

8:30 AM

8:35

8:45

9:30

10:15

10:30

10:45

11:30

Morning Sessions: Technological Institute room M152

Daily Preview – Eppley

Introduction – Williams

B2GS 5 – Professor Anne Jones, Arizona State University
Modeling Biological Reactivity with Designer Peptides: Maturation of a Cobalt Metallocenter with Implications for Nitrile Hydratase

Questions/discussion with Professor Jones and brainstorming in the large group about the kinds of LOs that can be developed from the talk

BREAK

Make your way back to Chambers Auditorium

Technology tools for teaching - collaboration (Google Docs / LMS wikis and forums / Skype / Google Sites) & gadgets (Livescribe pens / SmartBoards / Clickers / smart phones) – Johnson

Opportunities and challenges for teaching LOs at your institution. What can we learn from one another? – Eppley  

12:00

LUNCH by Panera in Chambers group room

1:00 PM

3:00

3:15

3:45

Afternoon Sessions: Jones – CAMI Conference Room, Silverman Suite 1529, Meade – Silverman 2-510, Morrow – Silverman 1-510, O'Halloran – Silverman 4-510 (Group Work)

Groups work together to do initial development of LOs and prepare questions for dinner with your speaker.

BREAK

Tour of the Life Processes Institute and/or other Northwestern Chemistry facilities?

Continue working with your group

6:00 PM

DINNER WITH THE SPEAKERS

HW

Continued development of LOs (groups may arrange to meet)
The Library Room at Homestead is available from 8-11 PM.

9 AM

9:05

9:15

10:00

10:45

11:00

Morning Session 1:  Pancoe Hall Auditorium

Daily Preview – Eppley

Introduction – Jamieson

B2GS 4 – Professor Tom O’Halloran, Northwestern University

Bioinorganic applications of coordination chemistry mechanisms controlling the cellular metal economy

Questions/discussion with Professor O’Halloran and brainstorming in the large group about the kinds of LOs that can be developed from the talk

BREAK

Morning Session 2: Jones – CAMI Conference Room, Silverman Suite 1529, Meade – Silverman 1-510, Morrow – Silverman 3-510, O'Halloran – Silverman 4-510 (Group Work)

Small group work – Continued development of one LO (any type) from expert talk and one LO (literature discussion) from expert paper. Begin posting LOs to VIPEr.

12:00

LUNCH on your own

1:30 PM

3:00

4:00

Afternoon Sessions: Jones – CAMI Conference Room, Silverman Suite 1529, Meade – Silverman 1-510, Morrow – Silverman 3-510, O'Halloran – Silverman 4-510 (Group Work)

Small group work – Finish up group LOs and post to VIPEr

BREAK – Special snack trip!

Small group work continued

6:00 PM

GROUP DINNER

Mt. Everest Restaurant, 630 Church St, Evanston, IL

HW

Leadership team will “approve” as many of the new LOs as possible!
Workshop evaluations
The Library Room at the Homestead is available from 8-11 PM.

9:00 AM

9:05

9:45

10:30

11:00

Morning Sessions: Chambers Auditorium

Daily Preview – Eppley

Introduction to the Workshop LOs

How is bioinorganic taught in the undergraduate classroom and how will you approach it? Picking new bioinorganic LOs to test next semester.  Personal action/teaching plans. – Sheila Smith, University of Michigan Dearborn

Workshop evaluations

Where do we go from here? VIPEr development ideas (what new features would be useful?). Thoughts about other aspects of IONiC – Leadership Team

11:30

LUNCH – on your own (join those of us with late departures for lunch)