Difference between revisions of "PREP 2011 Web Conference I"

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===Agenda===
  
===Agenda===
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# Introduce presenters
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# Outline of goals
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## develop participants' technical skills to create and identify high-quality WeBWorK problems
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## create a broadly useful and appropriate library of problems and homework problem sets for different undergraduate mathematics courses
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## frame and initiate the development of assessment and development tools for the existing WeBWorK National Problem Library (NPL)
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# Overview of the remainder of the workshop:
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## Web workshop 2 (good problems) - June 2?
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## Web workshop 3 (model courses & NPL problems) - June 9?
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## Web workshop 4 (web conference wrap-up, NPL curation, pre-Carriage House workshop logistics) - June 16?
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## Carriage House workshop: 23-26 June
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## Post-workshop web conference
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# Wiki: this page and surrounds. We will be developing this in the course of the workshop.
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# Problem groups:
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## ''<span style="color:blue;">Need to frame these from poll results.</span>''
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# [[ProblemAuthoring|Introduction to Problem Authoring]] ''[This should the bulk of the conference.]''
   
 
=== Conference material ===
  
=== Conference material ===
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:# Attend web conferences as much as possible
  
:# Attend web conferences as much as possible
 
:# Attend Carriage House worksohp
  
:# Attend Carriage House worksohp
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* Wiki & Course: Go through exploring what we have for the wiki pages and work course <i style="color:blue">[Assign this to someone to block out and lead: Jason?]</i>
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* Wiki & Course: Go through exploring what we have for the wiki pages and work course
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* Set up problem groups, provide work course in which each group can work <i style="color:blue;">[We should be able to have the general course topics that we expect to use determined before we start.]</i>
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* Set up problem groups, provide work course in which each group can work
 
* Technical skills and knowledge to be covered:
  
* Technical skills and knowledge to be covered:
 
** Problem authoring tutorials and resources
  
** Problem authoring tutorials and resources
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*** [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Category:Problem_Techniques Index of Problem Techniques]
  
*** [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/Category:Problem_Techniques Index of Problem Techniques]
 
*** [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/SubjectAreaTemplates Subject Area Templates]
  
*** [http://webwork.maa.org/wiki/SubjectAreaTemplates Subject Area Templates]
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** Discussion of problem authoring, MathObjects and Context <i style="color:blue">[Assign this to someone to block out and lead: Jason? Paul? Mike?]</i>
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** Discussion of problem authoring, MathObjects and Context
 
* Set up a work model for creating problems: have a problem authored by one person, handed off for review and modification by another <i style="color:blue;">[Assign this to someone to block out and lead: Jason? Paul? Gavin?]</i>
  
* Set up a work model for creating problems: have a problem authored by one person, handed off for review and modification by another <i style="color:blue;">[Assign this to someone to block out and lead: Jason? Paul? Gavin?]</i>
 
* Explore NPL enough that participants can explore it to provide base for critiques and directions for improvement <i style="color:blue;">[Need presenter]</i>
  
* Explore NPL enough that participants can explore it to provide base for critiques and directions for improvement <i style="color:blue;">[Need presenter]</i>

Revision as of 10:07, 19 May 2011

Prep 2011 Main Page > Web Conference 1

Web-Conference 1: Introduction, background information

Date: Around May 26

Presenters: Jason Aubrey, Gavin LaRose, Paul Pearson?

Resources

Conference Problem Authoring Document

Need link to workshop WeBWorK server

Need sample WeBWorK course

Agenda

  1. Introduce presenters
  2. Outline of goals
    1. develop participants' technical skills to create and identify high-quality WeBWorK problems
    2. create a broadly useful and appropriate library of problems and homework problem sets for different undergraduate mathematics courses
    3. frame and initiate the development of assessment and development tools for the existing WeBWorK National Problem Library (NPL)
  3. Overview of the remainder of the workshop:
    1. Web workshop 2 (good problems) - June 2?
    2. Web workshop 3 (model courses & NPL problems) - June 9?
    3. Web workshop 4 (web conference wrap-up, NPL curation, pre-Carriage House workshop logistics) - June 16?
    4. Carriage House workshop: 23-26 June
    5. Post-workshop web conference
  4. Wiki: this page and surrounds. We will be developing this in the course of the workshop.
  5. Problem groups:
    1. Need to frame these from poll results.
  6. Introduction to Problem Authoring [This should the bulk of the conference.]

Conference material

  • Project description, dates and requirements
    • Goals: 1. develop participants' technical skills to create and identify high-quality WeBWorK problems, 2. create a broadly useful and appropriate library of problems and homework problem sets for different undergraduate mathematics courses, and 3. frame and initiate the development of assessment and development tools for the existing WeBWorK National Problem Library (NPL)
    • Dates: webconference dates:
      • 1 - ; 2 - ; 3 - ; 4 -
      • Carriage house dates: 23-26 June
    • Requirements:
  1. There will be some work to be done between the web conferences
  2. Attend web conferences as much as possible
  3. Attend Carriage House worksohp
  • Wiki & Course: Go through exploring what we have for the wiki pages and work course
  • Set up problem groups, provide work course in which each group can work
  • Technical skills and knowledge to be covered:
  • Set up a work model for creating problems: have a problem authored by one person, handed off for review and modification by another [Assign this to someone to block out and lead: Jason? Paul? Gavin?]
  • Explore NPL enough that participants can explore it to provide base for critiques and directions for improvement [Need presenter]

Assignment for next web-conference

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