Schedule
Day 1 [June 23]:
9am - Welcome/introductions, Outline workshop.
9:30am - Computer set-up: make sure participants are on-line as needed, WeBWorK work
courses are available, etc. [JasonA]
10am - Introduction to subversion branches for problem and problem set development.
Ensure participants are able to commit/update from their repository branches.
Have commit/update/delete of files for each. [JasonA]
Preview next session.
10:30am - Break/coffee
11am - Problem groups meet and block out problem sets/syllabus for their courses.
(This won't be the problems in those sets, just the sets and material.)
12:30pm - Lunch
1:30pm - Discussion: issues in locating and developing problems for sets, articulation
and revision of problem evaluation rubric. [MarilouM, DickL?]
2:30pm - Problem group work on sets, collecting and blocking out problems that need to
be written.
5:30pm - Wrap-up: summary and discussion of each group's work [over some sort of minimal
break type food].
6:30pm - Break for dinner.
Evening - Problem group work at participants' discretion.
Day 2 [June 24]:
9am - Problem group work
10:30am - Break/coffee
11:00am - NPL discussion: issues, tips and tricks. Experiential information on
successfully using the NPL, shortcomings that need/could be addressed.
[JohnJ, JeffH]
noon - Lunch
1:30pm - Problem writing and editing tips and tricks. 5 minute presentations on
specific tips and ideas found by the different problem groups which are of
broad usefulness.
2:00pm - Problem group work.
5:00pm - Discussion of application of problem assessment rubric to problems and sets
being developed. [JasonA, DickL]
5:30pm - Wrap-up: summary and discussion of each group's work [over some sort of minimal
break type food].
6:30pm - Break for dinner.
Evening - Problem group work at participants' discretion.
Day 3 [June 25]:
9am - Problem group work
10:30am - Break/coffee
11am - Group presentations: about 10 min per group, showing content and work. Should
bring out specific tips and ideas for a useful model course, allow suggestions
for what else may be needed or useful.
noon - Lunch
1:30pm - Problem group work
4:30pm - NPL discussion?
5:00pm - Discussion of application of problem assessment rubric to problems and sets
being developed. [JasonA, DickL]
5:30pm - Wrap-up: summary and discussion of each group's work [over some sort of minimal
break type food].
6:30pm - Break for dinner.
Evening - Problem group work at participants' discretion.
Day 4 [June 26]:
9am - Working group reports
11am - NPL group wrap-up
noon - Lunch, wrap-up