MIT Workshops on Technology-Enhanced & Open Education
Limonade, Haiti, June 13–16, 2016

Monday, June 13:

8:00 – 9:00am Registration and Coffee
9:00 – 9:30am Opening Remarks by Prof. Audalbert Bien-Aime, President of the Board of Directors of the Limonade Campus of the State University of Haiti, and by Prof. Michel DeGraff, Director, MIT-Haiti Initiative
9:30 – 10:30am Session 1a: Active Learning Example

All participants together

10:30 – 1:00 Session 1b: Deconstructing Active Learning

All participants together

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch at University
2:00 – 5:00pm Session 2: Active Learning

Breakout by discipline

 

Tuesday, June 14:

8:00 – 8:30am Check-In and Coffee
8:30 – 11:30am Session 3a: Pedagogy: Learning Objectives and Lesson Plans

All participants together

11:30 – 1:00pm Session 3b: Learning Objectives

Breakout by discipline

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch at University
2:00 – 5:00pm Session 4a: Development of Active Learning Exercises

Breakout by discipline

 

 

Wednesday, June 15:

8:00 – 8:30am Breakfast and Coffee
8:30 – 11:30am Session 5a: Pedagogy – Assessment

All participants together

11:30 – 1:00 Session 5b: Assessment of Active Learning Examples

Breakout by discipline

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch at University
2:00 – 3:30 Session 5c: Assessment of Active Learning Examples

Breakout by discipline

3:30 – 3:45 Participants’ evaluation of days #1–#3 of workshop
3:45 – 5:00pm Session 6: Wrap up – Everyone

Feedback and next steps

 

Thursday, June 16:

8:00 – 8:30am Breakfast and Coffee
8:30 – 11:30am Session 7a: Motivating students

Everyone together

11:30 – 1:00 Session 7b: Challenges to Implementing Active Learning 2.0 (Case Studies)

Everyone together

1:00 – 2:00 Lunch at University
2:00 – 3:30 Session 8a: Creating an effective syllabus

Everyone together

3:30 – 5:00 Session 8b: Effective classroom presentations

Everyone together

Participants’ evaluation of day #4 of workshop