Initial Publication Date: May 13, 2024 (see revision history: 2 events)

Draft Program

Workshop Buildings/Rooms

Annotated Colorado School of Mines campus map (Acrobat (PDF) 986kB May11 23)

Green Center - daytime activities
- Main meeting - room 224
- Lunchroom 200F
- Breakout areas - 200F, 224, open study spaces and not-reserved conference rooms (218, 220)
Maple Hall - lodging, Tuesday dinner, evening workspace if needed
Mines Market - breakfasts 7-8 am

Sunday, June 4

The meeting begins in Green Center, room 224 at 4:00 pm. Please consult this annotated Colorado School of Mines campus map (Acrobat (PDF) 986kB May11 23) for the location of the Green Center and other buildings being used during the workshop.

If you arrive between ____ and 3:45, check in with

Afternoon goal: Get to know each other more, exchange math ideas, and start framing modules

4:00 pm - Welcome; Goals & Agenda of the workshop; EarthScope code of conduct (Beth)
- Introductions and Icebreaker (add instructions to PPT slide/Google slides)
  - Name
  - Institution
  - Favorite weekend activity
  - Expertise/ways you might be a resource for others (Ex. sub-discipline, experience relevant technologies/software/Serckit, quantitative skills teaching)
4:40 pm - Sharing ideas of example problems from variety of sub-disciplines (Eric)
- Gallery walk (posters for each math module; post-it notes with example problems) [5 min on each poster and then free float time] (add instructions to PPT slide/Google slides)
  - Name of contributor
  - Sub-discipline
  - Text of the question
5:30 pm - Module pairs reflect on gallery walk input and further discuss module scope and components (Rory)
- Participant workspace (add link)
6:00 - 6:15 pm - Wrap-up, quick impressions from Day 1
6:30 pm - Dinner at Green Center - 200F and 200 Lobby

Monday, June 5

Breakfast at Mines Market 7:00-8:00 am

Morning goal: Develop module landing pages

8:00 am Overview of the day, orientation to author resources webpages , and paperwork
short session with Serckit
8:30 am Work in module teams on designing module landing page
- Why learn? Algorithm? What places is it used? Solved example problems.
10:00 - 10:15 am Break
10:15 - 11:45 am Work in module teams on designing module landing page
11:45 - 12:00 pm Report out on how your module is going so far (successes and challenges)
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch

Afternoon goal: Develop module instructor pages

1:00 pm - Whole group discussion: Why does the instructor page look the way it does?
1:30 pm - Working in teams: what other resources are there? (Using Teach the Earth Search)
2:00 - 3:30 pm Work in module teams on drafting the instructor page
- Learning Outcomes
- What we don't include
- Ideas for "why is it challenging", but will cover in later afternoon discussion
3:30 - 3:45 pm Break
3:45 - 4:45 pm Gallery Walk: Why is it challenging to teach this topic: tips, tricks, and pitfalls
- Teaching tips and tricks // Places where students struggle and why is it hard for students?
4:45 - 5:00 pm Wrap up and Roadcheck

Dinner - on your own / self-organized groups - suggestion to walk to Downtown Golden (see annotated map (Acrobat (PDF) 986kB May11 23); please notify leaders if you would prefer to have a ride instead of walk)

Tuesday, June 6

Breakfast at Mines Market 7-8 am.

Morning goal: Continue developing modules and review modules

8:00 - 8:15 am Overview of the day
8:15 - 9:00 am Module teams share progress (meet for a 10 minutes or so to discuss what to share with group and give quick 5 minute walk-through of module)
- Each module team has 5 minutes to share the progress on their module
9:00 - 10:00 am Read and review one other module -- use the comments and track changes features in SERCkit
10:00 - 10:15 am Break
10:30 - 12:00 pm Play by ear - either teams work on practice problems or move on to Round robin. If we don't round robin in this slot, do it in 3:15-5:15 pm slot.
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch

Afternoon goal: Contributing sample problems to each other's modules

1:00 - Rubric reminder
1:10 - 2:00 Read and review one other module -- use the comments and track changes features in SERCkit
2:00 pm - 3:00 Round Robin - Practice and quiz problem sharing
- In 30 minute sessions, authors will share practice or quiz problems (with solutions) with two module teams
  - Session 1 - Modules 1 and 2
  - Session 2 - Modules 3 and 4
3:00 - 3:30 pm Break -- Walk around campus for fresh air
3:30 - 4:30 Round Robin - Practice and quiz problem sharing
- Session 3 - Modules 5 and 6
- Session 4 - Open session to collaborate with module authors you missed in the first three sessions
Pairing
- Kyle and Beth - histograms, vectors, ternary diagrams
- Eric and Rory - intro stats, linear regression, scientific notation
4:30 - 5:15 pm Module teams work module - including reviewer's comments and practice problems.
5:15 - 5:30 pm Wrap up and Roadcheck

6:00 pm Group dinner at Maple Hall kitchen

7:30 - 8:30 pm Independent work on modules (or evening discussion on quantitative skills majors-level Earth science course)

Wednesday, June 7

Breakfast at Mines Market 7-8 am.

Morning goal: Develop plans for module implementation

8:00 - 8:15 am Overview of the day
8:15 - 9:30 am Small-group discussions on implementation plans (not on module teams)
9:30 - 10:00 am Report out on implementation plans
10:00 - 10:15 am Break
10:15 - 11:00 am Review one other module that you might use in your course
11:00 - 12:00 pm Develop individual implementation plans (course, timing, potential activities)
12:00 - 1:00 pm Lunch

Afternoon goal: Continue work on modules

1:00 - 4:00 pm Module teams work on module pages (with break at 3:00 - 3:15 pm)
4:00 - 4:45 pm Whole-group discussion on how to get faculty buy-in for quantitative skills in majors courses
4:45 - 5:00 pm Wrap up and Roadcheck

Dinner - on your own / self-organized groups

Thursday, June 8

Breakfast at Mines Market 7-8 am.

Morning goal: Finalize action plans for remaining module development work and implementation

8:00 - 8: 05 am Questions about the day
8:05 - 9:30 am - WAMAP and student data collection
- Make an account
- Search for questions
9:30-9:45 am
9: 45 - 11:00 am Finalize action plans for implementation and remaining work on modules
11:00 Packed lunches available
11:00 - 11: 30 am Whole group discussion
11: 30 - 1 1:45 am End of workshop evaluation
11:45 am People leaving on noon shuttle walk back to Maple Hall
12:00 pm Shuttle #1 departs
3:00 pm Shuttle #2 departs