DAY 1 - Fri JUNE 7   What have you done so far?

6:00 AM -
8:45 AM

BREAKFAST

Continental breakfast at the Hampton Inn on your own

9:00 AM

DEPART hotel to travel to UMD (Van)

Getting everyone settled in and connected to technology –

FYI for Wifi: UMD has eduroam and an unsecured guest network

Collect lunch orders

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

9:45 AM

Welcome (Sheila and Joanne)

 

Brief journaling (expectations for workshop)

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

10:20 AM

 

10:30 AM

Project overview (Joanne)

 

Look at bonding and solids data collectively

Mini-lecture on common student misconceptions (Barb)

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

11:15 AM

“How do our students feel about our courses?”:
What affect tells us about the experience of our students. (Jeff and Justin)

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

12:00 PM

LUNCH         Pizza from Dearborn Italian Bakery

 

2012 Natural Science Building (NSB)

1:30 PM

 

1:40 PM

Overview of interview research (Joanne)

 

Overview of videos and COPUS research (Barb)

 

2012 NSB

3:00 PM

BREAK

3:15 PM

What worked? What are you thinking about changing?

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn, breakout spaces

4:30 PM

 

5:15 PM

Whole group debrief on what worked and change. (Joanne)

 

Work plan - What homework needs to get done? What will you do tomorrow? (Barb)

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

5:30 PM

Group picture, TBA

6:10 PM

DEPART for dinner

6:30 PM

DINNER                La Pita Restaurant

22681 Newman St; Dearborn, MI 48124

(Walking distance from hotel)

HOMEWORK

All participants

  • Read literature discussion paper

 

DAY 2 - Sat JUNE 8  How to do lit discussion, how to write syllabus, how to….

6:00 AM -

8:15 AM

BREAKFAST

Continental breakfast at the Hampton Inn on your own

8:30 AM

DEPART Hotel to travel to UMD (Van)

8:45 AM

Morning Welcome & Preview (Sheila)

 

Journaling (Joanne and Barb)

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

9:00 AM

Lit discussion (Sheila)

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

10:30 AM

BREAK

10:45 AM

“Evidence”: Engaging Students in Learning

Evidence-based practices, pedagogies of engagement, and what are you doing? (Jeff and Justin)

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

12:00 PM

LUNCH

Panera

 

Sharing our teaching methods (small group) - over lunch (Barb)

  • Share an activity you did in your course
  • Something successful you did to solve the busyness problem--both for you and students (this came out strong in interview data)

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

1:30 PM

Learning goals (Joanne)

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

2:00 PM

Assessment/rubrics - developing rubric for conceptual questions (Sheila)

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

3:00 PM

BREAK

3:15 PM

Explore website, syllabi, and LOs. Pick new LOs. (Anne)

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

5:00 PM

Shuttle back to hotel

Dinner on your own

 

DAY 3 - Sun JUNE 9   Where are you headed?
Science (bonus points for chemistry) Shirt Day

6:00 AM

BREAKFAST

Continental breakfast at the Hampton Inn on your own

8:15 AM

DEPART Hotel to travel to UMD (Van)

8:30 AM

Morning Welcome & Preview (Joanne)

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

8:45 AM

Whole group discussion on course learning goals (Joanne)
 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

9:00 AM

Working on your course: identify learning goals and update in syllabus (Joanne)

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

10:15 AM

BREAK with all-group promenade or yoga

10:30 AM

Small group (people who teach similar classes) check-in: update on progress and discussion of questions/challenges (Joanne)

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

10:40 AM

Working on your course: identify LOs and update in syllabus

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

12:00 PM

LUNCH

La Pita platters

 

2012 NSB, UM Dearborn

1:00 PM

Personalizing a lit discussion for your class: write the assignment, plan the in class activity, and decide on your assessment mechanism (Barb)

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

3:00 PM

BREAK with all-group promenade or yoga

3:30 PM

Working on your course and Reflections post

 

Active Learning Classroom, 1212 Mardigian Library, UM Dearborn

5:00 PM

Return to hotel

6:30 PM

DINNER

Ford’s Garage

21367 Michigan Avenue

Dearborn, MI 48124

 

DAY 4 - Mon JUNE 10:   Half-day commitment plan

6:00 AM

BREAKFAST

Continental breakfast at the Hampton Inn on your own

8:45 AM

CHECKOUT AND DEPART Hotel to travel to UMD (Van)

 

Daily Preview (Joanne)

 

152 NSB, UM Dearborn  (basement level)

9:15 AM

Group Discussion (Jeff and Justin)

  • What do you wish you had known before becoming a VIPEr Fellow?
  • What advice to you have for the next two cohorts?
  • How can the VIPEr community (and leadership) support you next year?
  • How can you help us recruit the next two cohorts?

 

152 NSB, UM Dearborn

10:00 AM

Paperwork with snacks (Joanne)

  • W9 forms
  • Workshop evaluation

 

152 NSB, UM Dearborn

10:20 AM

Workshop closing session (Anne)

  • How do we build community?
  • Work-life integration
  • How do we facilitate this with the website?
  • What do you need from us?

 

152 NSB, UM Dearborn

11:00 AM

Depart or optional informal post-workshop group activity