In the evenings we will have dinner together. One evening we will be chartering a bus to take you to Niagara Falls. This is followed by an analysis of classroom teaching techniques and finishes with an overview of the principles on which case studies are constructed. Workshop participants then break into small groups based on common interests to begin the work of drafting their own case studies. Pioneered by Larry Michaelsen of the University of Oklahoma, this method is a combination of Cooperative Learning and Mastery Learning.
Students work in permanent small groups.
At the end of the second day, participants again work together in their case writing groups. The third day provides an opportunity for participants to hear from experienced teachers who have tried different case study methods in different disciplines. Again, in the afternoon, the workshop participants work in their groups on case study design and development. The final two days of the workshop each participant teaches a case study in front of other workshop faculty and to students we have hired with our grant money specifically for these teaching sessions. The idea is to provide you with a supportive environment to try out something new in your teaching.