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Pre-Workshop Tasks
Workshop Program
Travel & Campus Info
How To Connect To WiFi on SU Campus
Workshop Moderators
List of Participants

Pre-Workshop Tasks

Please do the following before the first day of the workshop (January 14).

  1. Watch “Minds of Our Own” clip from this link: https://www.learner.org/series/minds-of-our-own/
    2. Scroll down and click on a program 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!]

    While you watch, 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?

  2. Please complete this RTOP questionnaire, ASSUMING that you are observing yourself in a TYPICAL class that you have recently taught.
    • Reformed Teaching Observation Protocol (RTOP) was originally developed as an observation tool to provide a standardized means for detecting the degree that a class is reformed. We will ask you to fill this questionnaire out three times throughout the two-phases workshop program. The aim is to see how your teaching practice may (or may not) change, as well as to assess the effectiveness of the workshop. (Reference: http://physicsed.buffalostate.edu/AZTEC/RTOP/RTOP_full/about_RTOP.html)


  3. Please think about your course(s) that you teach and would like to improve, and list the following in this online form. This survey is designed to help you while creating a lesson plan during the workshop.
    • 3 topics that students find difficult to learn
    • 3 teaching strategies that are working well
    • other course elements that are working well
    • 3 challenges that you would like to address

Please Note:

  • 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 to reach the Detailed Program (updated on Jan 13)
The 1-page workshop plan table and the mini symposium program are 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, 4.Levent, Pendik (Metro), Viaport)
    • The shuttle cost is 18 TL for Kadıköy and 4.Levent, 12 TL for Pendik (Metro). It is only payable with a credit card or debit card, no cash is accepted. The shuttle costs will be reimbursed by the workshop. Please keep your receipts.

  • 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.