AGENDA

March 10-12 (Symposium)
March 12-13 (Hewlett grantee meeting)

The purpose of this Symposium is to bring together and share a broad range of perspectives on the nature of learning, to inform our practice of applying results from the learning sciences to the design of Open Educational Resources (OERs) that will have a much higher chance of having a positive impact on learning outcomes. We will discuss ways to create lasting bridges between both communities and also look to frame an ongoing research agenda.

The symposium is the outcome of a year long process which included a series of three small workshop-style multi-day meetings with leading thinkers and researchers in the learning sciences interacting with each other and with open educational resource developers. The presentations at the symposium will have been shaped by the interactions people have had at these preliminary meetings.

DAY 1: Monday, March 10, 2008

• AM

• 8:00-9:00
• Registration & Continental Breakfast
• Rangos Hall 3

• 9:00-9:45
• Keynote: Opening Learning
  Mark Kamlet, Provost
  Carnegie Mellon University
• Rangos Hall 1

• 9:45-10:30
• Primer: Overview of Learning Science
  Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon
• Rangos Hall 1

• 10:30-11:00
• Break
• Rangos Hall 3

• 11:00-11:45
• Primer - Overview of OER
  Catherine Casserly,
  The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Rangos Hall 1

• 11:45-12:15
• Modeling the Interplay of
  Learning Science and OER Development
  Jim Greeno, University of Pittsburgh
  David Yaron, Carnegie Mellon
• Rangos Hall 1

• PM
•  

• 12:15-1:15
• LUNCH
• Rangos Halls 2 & 3

• 1:15-2:30
• PANEL: Designing for Conceptual Understanding
  Sarah Michaels, Clark University
  Richard Sohmer, Clark University
  Kurt VanLehn, University of Pittsburgh
  Paul Steif, Carnegie Mellon University
• Rangos Hall 1

• 2:45-3:30
• Designing for Conceptual Understanding
  small group discussion and questions to Panel
• Rangos Hall 1

• 2:45-3:30
• Challenges and Solutions to Opening Learning:
  Firehose Session*
• Connan Room

• 3:30-4:00
• Break and set-up for
  Demonstrations and Poster Session
•  

• 4:00-5:30
• Demonstrations, Poster Session, and Reception
  A great opportunity for you to showcase and discuss your work with colleagues.
  
• Newell Simon Hall, Atrium

DAY 2: Tuesday, March 11, 2008

• AM

• 7:30-8:30
• Continental Breakfast
• Rangos Hall 1

• 8:30-9:00
• Opening: Topics and groups generated from yesterday’s session
  Simon Buckingham Schum, Open University, UK
  
• McConomy Hall

• 9:00-10:30
• Panel Presentation: The Social Context of Learning
  Nancy Nersessian, Georgia Institute of Technology
  Marlene Scardamalia, University of Toronto
  Gerry Stahl, Drexel University
• McConomy Hall

• 10:30 – 11:00
• Break
• Rangos Hall 1

• 11:00-11:45
• Debrief Panel and topic small group session
• McConomy Hall

• 11:45-12:30
• Questions to Panel
• McConomy Hall

• PM

• 12:30-1:30
• LUNCH
• Rangos Halls 1 & 2

• 1:30-3:00
• Panel Presentation: Assessment
  Alan Schoenfeld, University of California, Berkeley
  Mark Wilson, University of California, Berkeley
  Patrick McAndrew, Open University, UK
• McConomy Hall

• 3:00-3:15
• Break
• Rangos Hall 1

• 3:15-4:00
• Debrief panel and topic small group session
• McConomy Hall

• 4:00-4:15
• Break
• Rangos Hall 1

• 4:15-5:00
• Questions to Panel
• McConomy Hall

• 5:00-7:00
• Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center Reception
• Alumni Hall, College of Fine Arts (CFA)

DAY 3: Wednesday, March 12, 2008

• AM

• 8:30-9:00
• Continental Breakfast
• Rangos Hall 3

• 9:00-10:30
• Panel Presentation: OER's Research Agenda
  John Seeley Brown, University of Southern California
  Jim Greeno, University of Pittsburgh
  Diana Laurillard, University of London
  Toru Iiyoshi, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
• Rangos Halls 1 & 2

• 10:30-11:00
• Break
• Rangos Hall 3

• 11:00-Noon
• Questions to Panel/Next Steps
• Rangos Hall 1

• PM

• NOON
• Box LUNCH
• Rangos Halls 2 & 3

• 1:00
• Beginning of Hewlett Grantees Meeting
•  Rangos Hall

* Firehose Description

The purpose of the symposium is, to bring together and share a broad range of perspectives on the nature of learning and to foster fruitful collaborations among OER developers and learning science researchers.

The Firehose session is an opportunity for you, the OER developers and/or Learning Science researcher to communicate the challenges and resources you have and to identify potential collaborators.

How it works

Each person who signs up to speak at the Firehose, will have a 2-5 minutes to identify the challenge or resource they either have or are seeking. As each person speaks, the Firehose recorder will use idea mapping software to capture the challenges and resources and map the connections. The map of the Firehose will be posted following the sesion and be reused at the report out to open the Tuesday morning session.

If you want to speak at the Firehose

If you want to speak at the Firehose, send email to oli-symposium@andrew.cmu.edu stating that you want to speak at the firehose. Please let us know the general challenges or solutions you wish to present. You can use the following questions to stimulate your thinking about your firehose presentation: What resources do I bring to bear? What advances have I made that could be transferred to other projects? What challenges do I face? What design questions do I have that I think research may help answer?