Year 1, 2009-10
Plan & results
Recruitment
By March 22 OMnI recruits a first cohort of Oberlin College Faculty willing to introduce a new week-long teaching module into an introductory course during the 2010-2011 academic year.
Graduate students from the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Complex Systems visits Oberlin interested in the projects proposed by the Oberlin College faculty are identified.
The module will use dynamic systems modeling to elucidate some aspects of the course material
Instructors will receive a stipend of $2000 for attending the summer workshop and teaching the new material in their course.
Day-long symposium
A group from the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Complex Systems visits Oberlin.
Opportunities are created for individual meetings between Michigan and Oberlin personnel.
Workshops
Contracted with the Shodor Institute to have their staff lead a workshop on dynamical modeling.
OMnI/Shodor workshop scheduled for June 6-11
OMnI followup retreat for June workshop participants scheduled for Aug 26-27.
Deployment
Modules to be used in the classes are completed
Faculty with the assistance of the graduate students from Michigan have students in the Oberlin College courses use the models to understand specific concepts.