Skype Conference Call Agenda

Wed. Sept. 15, 2010, 10-11 am EST


1. Brief introductions of participants~1 minute for each participant
2. Introduction to the mini grant project: The need for Biology faculty instructional development based on the research on what works to help faculty learn new (to them) teaching practices and sustainably implement them.~5 minutes--Karen
3. What do we already know?This is when each of us can share our interest and background in faculty instructional development and change, how we would like to contribute to the group, what we would like to get out of our participation in this group.~5 minutes for each participant
4. Questions we need to answerBrainstorm the ideas, literatures, questions, specific models, etc., that we need to investigate to answer our questions.This is when we each take a turn adding to this list.~10 minutes
5. Who will do what?This is when each of us will tentatively and briefly outline the area we will investigate for the review article. ~10 minutes
6. Plans for the face to face meetingWe have funds to partially support travel for a face to face meeting to complete the paper and/or work on the grant proposal, due to NSF Jan., 2011. We have to decide who will be able to/would like to meet and whether it would be best to arrange this at Purdue or at the Univ. of Michigan in Ann Arbor (25 minutes from Detroit Metro airport). We also have to choose a date. I thought a Fri. evening arrival and dinner; Saturday meeting, working 9-5 with meals; and departure Saturday evening or Sunday morning, on Nov. 5-6, Dec. 10-11, or Dec. 17-18 might work.~5 minutes
Please let me know if there are any modifications/additions that need to be made to the agenda for the conference call (I will still keep it to one hour).