Program

Two important goals of the consortium are broadening the use of IBL in the New England area and creating a regional community of IBL practitioners, and we will focus on these two goals in particular at this event.

This is a great opportunity for you to have a pivotal role in the future of NE-IBLM, and to contribute in a meaningful and significant way to its development. We will also use this conference as an opportunity to discuss the role of IBL in inclusive learning, an important connection that is ripe for further exploration and research.

Worcester State University NE IBL Meeting

Please join us on Saturday March 28^th from 9a.m. to 4 p.m. All events will take place in the Sheehan Hall Multi-purpose Room

Agenda:

9:00-9:30 Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:30-9:45 Welcome and Introduction

10:00-10:50 IBL Live Classroom for a Liberal Arts Math class led by Hansun To and Eileen Perez

11:00-11:50 IBL Live Calculus Classroom led by Ileana Vasu and Nic Schwab

Noon – 2:00 Working Lunch with table discussions, discussion topics including IBL for Statistics, IBL in large classes, and suggestions welcome for others

2:00 – 3:30 Assessment: Power, Learning and Equity with Debra Borkovitz

Debbie will focus on assessment as a focal place of where power is negotiated in the classroom (in relation to giving grades to students, to people we work for, and to identities in regards to class, age, gender, sexuality, disability). This will be an active session with discussion and exploration of alternative assessment and new ideas of how to use such methods in the IBL classroom.

3:30 – 4:00 Wrap Up, Future Plans, and Closing

4:00 Optional Social/Dinner at Joeys on Chandler Street

Please bring your laptops. Bring a laptop/tablet/Ipad if you can. We hope to be collaborating and recording our thinking using Google Docs.