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Pre-Workshop Tasks
Workshop Program
Travel & Campus Info
Workshop Moderators
List of Participants
Pre-Workshop Tasks
Please do the following before the first day of the workshop (September 4).
- Watch “Minds of Our Own” clip from this link: http://www.learner.org/resources/series26.html
Scroll down and click on a “Vod” button to watch at least the first 30 min of one of these clips (whichever you prefer):
- “1. Can we believe our eyes?” -- based on physics concept
- “2. Lessons from thin air” -- based on biology concept
[You are welcome to watch the whole clip(s) if you have time!]
Please take notes on the following:
- What do you think are the main messages of these video clips?
- What did you find in the video very striking / surprising?
- Please complete this Teaching Goal Inventory for a freshman-level course that you teach. Please write your course name AND your name (e.g., “PHYS101 John”). After completing, please generate the report, save the report page as a PDF file, and upload the file from this link.
- Please think about your course and list the following in this online form:
- 3 topics that students find difficult to learn
- 3 teaching strategies that are working well and you would like to keep
- other course elements that are working well and you would like to keep
- 3 challenges that you would like to address
- We will be using Google drive during the workshop. If you do not have a google account associated with your email, please sign up for one from this link before the workshop.
- Please bring your laptop or tablet to the workshop sessions.
Workshop Program
Click here to access the detailed program. The 1-page workshop plan table is found here.
Travel & Campus Info
The workshop will take place in Sabancı University Tuzla Campus, Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS) building, Room G055.
- Campus shuttle time table (from Kadıköy and 4.Levent)
- Campus Map (the FENS building is numbered 3 in this map. Cafeteria is located in the University Center, #6)
List of Participants
Click here to see the list of participants.
