Workshop Program

Please plan to arrive in Northfield in time for the 5:00pm start time on Sunday, October 27th, 2024 and airport departure after 2:00pm on Tuesday, October 29th.

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Saturday and Sunday, October 26-27th

Participants arrive and check into their hotels (Country Inn & Suites or Fairfield Inn & Suites)

All workshop activities take place in the Weitz Center for Creativity, unless otherwise noted below.

Sunday, October 27th

2:00 - 4:00 (Optional) One-on-one Mentoring Sessions with Conveners - Weitz Center for Creativity

Schedule an appointment or drop by to get curriculum coaching from workshop experts or to complete your pre-work .

  • Coffee and snacks available

5:00 – 6:00 Welcoming Remarks, Introductions, and Icebreaker - Cailin Huyck Orr, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College

6:00 - 6:30 Teaching Computation and You - Lisa Kempler, MathWorks

6:30 – 7:15 Dinner

7:15 – 8:00 Convener Panel, dessert and coffee - facilitated by Lisa Kempler, MathWorks

8:00 Networking at local haunts

Riverside Bar and balcony open at the Fairfield hotel everyday until 11pm

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Monday, October 28th

Breakfast at your hotel or in town.

8:30 – 8:45 Introduction and Goals for the Day

8:45 – 10:00 Invited Talks: Session 1 (55 minutes) -facilitated by Kelly Roos

James Condor
Marie Lopez Del Puerto
Bree Ettinger
Ben Bratton
Diallo Wallace
Morgan Eisenlord

During/ between talks, participants record their impressions on: (in personal workspaces)

  • Approaches presenters shared that you've used. How did your experience compare?
  • New approaches you learned worth considering in your courses.
  • Surprises or new learnings
  • Unsolved teaching/learning challenges?

Table Discussions (15 minutes)

  • Share briefly: approaches that work, new ideas, unsolved challenges
  • Each table comes up with a sample computational learning outcome/goal for two course types:
    • A programming course
    • A discipline-focused course with computation in support of the science/engineering focus

Group Report Out (5 minutes)

  • A representative from each table reports on the 2 learning goals from their table

10:40 – 10:50 Break

10:50 – 12:00 Learning Outcomes and Individual Work - facilitated by Benjamin Bratton

  • Introduction to Learning Outcomes (10 minutes) - Holly Kelchner, SERC
  • Introduction to Affinity Groups (5 minutes) - Lisa Kempler, MathWorks 
  • Affinity working group discussions (30 minutes)
    • Discuss: 
      • What are good general learning outcomes in science/computation courses? 
      • What are examples of learning outcomes in a course you teach?
  • Individual Work (5 minutes)
    • Draft 1-2 learning outcomes for a course or teaching activity in your personal workspace.
  • Group report out (15 minutes)
    • Return to Weitz 235 (Larsen Room) at 11:30 to report working group discussion results to the full group.

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch at LDC Dining Hall

1:00 – 1:45  MATLAB Teaching Tools Jon Loftin, Evan Cosgrove, MathWorks

1:45 - 2:15 Practice with Live Scripts, MATLAB Online, MATLAB Drive

2:15 – 2:30 Break

2:30- 3:30 Invited Talks: Session 2 - facilitated by Michele McColgan

Paul Watta
Sepideh Stewart
Richard Goldberg
Navid Shaghaghi
Ray Senior
Felix Jose

3:30 – 4:00 Table Discussions: Assessment of Learning Outcomes

Groups will discuss techniques, strategies, and challenges for assessment and also identify assessment challenges.

Participants are encouraged to use their workspace page to keep notes and work on assessment in their course or activity.

  • Affinity working group discussions: 
    • Discuss:
      • How do you do assessment in your courses? 
      •  What challenges do you have assessing student performance relative to your planned learning outcomes?
      • What techniques or tools can help? 
  • Individual Work
    • Spend the final minutes of the session thinking about an assessment plan for a course or teaching activity. Use your personal workspace page to keep notes.

4:00 - 4:15: Effective Teaching Activities, Peer Review, and Curriculum Development at the Workshop, Dan Burleson, Convener and Review Editor

4:15 – 5:30 Working Groups: Teaching Activity Development

  • Make a contract: Spend a few minutes in your working groups sharing your specific plans for your curriculum development
  • Work individually to develop your ideas, working towards creating a plan and a presentable curriculum module/teaching activity on Tuesday morning.
  • Use your personal workspace page for notes and resources.

The following rooms are available: 131, 231, and 235

5:30 – 6:00 Group Reflection and Roadcheck - Cailin Huyck Orr, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College

Return to the main workshop room

In this session workshop participants will reflect on the day. Please take a few minutes to complete the workshop roadcheck.

6:30 Dinner - catered at Reunion (corner of Division and 5th St.)

Riverside Bar and balcony open at the Fairfield hotel everyday until 11pm

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Tuesday, October 29th

Breakfast at your hotel or in town and presumably, hotel check-out. Shuttles will be available for carrying luggage to Weitz.

8:30 – 8:45 Roadcheck Summary - Lisa Kempler, MathWorks and Cailin Huyck Orr, Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College

8:45 – 9:00 Overview of the Day - Dan Burleson

9:00 - 10:15 Individual Preparation: Teaching Activity Development and Completion

Use this time to complete your teaching activities.

  • Ask for help, get tools questions answered, test your code
  • Participants should prepare to present their curriculum plans in an easy to follow format -- slides, poster, etc. -- for sharing with their group.

10:15 – 10:30 Break

Participants who received workshop stipends should take a few minutes to complete a W-9 or W-8BEN.

Follow the instructions on Submitting Reimbursement and Receiving your Stipend.

10:30 – 11:45 Working Groups: Teaching Activity Sharing and Feedback - Lisa Kempler, MathWorks

Working group participants will meet to review their curriculum/teaching activities and get feedback and ideas from their peers.

Each participant - 5 minutes to present, 10 minutes of feedback/discussion

11:45 – 12:00 Working Group Report-out (Weitz)

Each Working Group shares highlights with the workshop

12:00 - 1:00 Lunch (Weitz)

1:00 – 2:00 Workshop Synthesis and Next Steps

In this final session, participants will share what they have gained, how their courses or activities have evolved, and how they can bring what they have learned to their departments, programs, and institutions. Please take a few minutes to complete the end of workshop evaluation.

2:00 Shuttle to airport

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