Workshop format and goals

Workshop goals for participants:

to design or re-design a course at either the introductory or upper level, working with other participants and with workshop presenters as mentors
to explore a variety of innovative and effective teaching and assessment techniques aimed at improving student learning
to develop ways of incorporating real-world data and research or research/like activities into assignments and activities for courses
to leave the workshop with clear goals for the course, a concrete plan for achieving those goals, a detailed course outline, and preliminary plans for specific course activities
to participate after the workshop in follow-up activities designed to disseminate the results of course development activities of workshop participants.

Activities

The workshop program will engage participants in meeting these goals by combining time for individual goals setting and materials development with time for sharing, structured discussion, short presentations on specific teaching techniques, small group collaboration, and informal interaction and conversation. Funded participants will participate in electronic discussion and preparation prior to the workshop to become familiar with key issues and concepts, present a poster at the end of the workshop describing their course development activities, and follow through with post-workshop plans.