Workshop Program
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Monday Day 1
8:30 a.m. - Welcome, Introductions, Goals & Logistics: Sharon Mosher, Organizing Committee Chair, University of Texas at Austin
8:45 a.m. - Overview of the skills, concepts and competencies needed for undergraduate geoscience students as identified from the Future of Undergraduate Geoscience Education initiative and new insights from the Fall 2018 Geoscience Employer Workshop for PhD and MS students.
9:15 a.m. - Working group breakout sessions – discussion of results and how this maps into what your department and undergraduate program already does. What would need to change?
9:45 a.m. - Preliminary working group reports & group discussion
10:05 a.m. - Break
10:20 a.m. - Discuss additional questions of "Balancing knowing/understanding concepts and developing skills/competencies; breadth versus depth – can't do everything – so what gives? How do you decide?" How is it possible to cover everything recommended while incorporating experiential learning and other interactive teaching?"
10:50 a.m. - Working group reports & group discussion
11:20 a.m. - Action planning; goals for next two days; Monday road check
11:30 a.m. - Session adjourns
Tuesday Day 2
8:30 a.m. - Introduction to session and reflection on Day 1
8:45 a.m. - Presentation/discussion of backward design/matrix approach to program design – using program student learning outcomes to design/revise curriculum.
9:05 a.m. - Each department/program team/individual reflects on Day 1 discussion to identify and record a few key skill/concept/competency goals to focus on in backward design activity. These selected goals are entered into program curricular matrix (participants arrive with program curricular requirements entered in curricular matrix; Excel template provided).
Map one or two identified goals across curricular matrix, reflection on challenges
9:50 a.m. - Share mapping activity among members of break-out group and select one per group to share with whole group
10:05 a.m. - Break
10:20 a.m. - Break out group reporting and discussion of differing approaches and challenges. Discussion of using the matrix for assessment. Discussion of strategies for curricular redesign buy-in and common challenges.
10:50 a.m. - Development of curricular design action plan item
11:20 a.m. - Plans for rest of workshop - Tuesday road check
11:30 a.m - Session adjourns
Wednesday Day 3
8:30 a.m. - Introduction to session and reflection on Day 2
8:45 a.m. - Overview of research-based pedagogies. What pedagogies and experiences best help students develop the skills they need in order to demonstrate that they meet your program goals? What types of pedagogies have been shown to work for student learning?
9:05 a.m. - Active learning jigsaw and discussion of effective pedagogies
9:45 a.m. - Mapping pedagogies to program matrix. Where could you try these pedagogies in your program? Each department/program team/individual maps a few pedagogies/student experiences aligned with key skill/concept/competency goals identified from Day 2. Reflect on program linkages and challenges.
10:05 a.m. - Break
10:20 a.m. - Share pedagogy mapping among breakout groups. Report out. Discussion of strategies for (and challenges in) implementing and evaluating pedagogical change.
10:50 a.m. - Continue curricular design action plan. Develop top priorities and first action for each.
11:20 a.m. - Workshop feedback
11:30 a.m. - Workshop adjourns