SOTL Retreat 2011

Participants

Margaret Boyd, Sociology
Carole Calo, Visual and Performing Arts
Bob Dugan, Computer Science
Dana David Walsh, Sociology
Hilary Gettman, Business Administration
John Golden, Foreign Languages
Juan Carlos Martin, Foreign Languages
Susan Mooney, Biology
Heather Perry, Computer Science/Library
Eugene Quinn, Mathematics

Retreat Schedule

Monday, May 23

4:00 -- Arrival time/getting settled

Evening -- Three project presentations and discussion

Tuesday, May 24

Morning -- Quiet writing time

Noon -- Lunch (also time for informal discussion/"trouble-shooting" of questions that have come up in that morning's work)

Early afternoon -- Optional workshop on "Basic Statistics for SOTL Research" (Jane Nash) OR Optional roundtable on "Creative Uses of Statistics in SOTL" (unfacilitated)

(For those not interested in the workshop, they can continue with their writing during this time or set up a one-on-one consultation with Stacy or John to talk about their projects)

Late afternoon -- Free time and then dinner

Evening -- Three project presentations and discussion

Wednesday, May 25

Morning -- Quiet writing time

11:00 -- Optional workshop on "Designing Surveys and Interviews" (William Ewell)

Noon -- Lunch (also time for informal discussion/"trouble-shooting" of questions that have come up in that morning's work)

Early afternoon -- More writing time (also time to set up one-on-one consultations with John or Stacy)

Late afternoon -- Free time and then dinner

Evening -- Three project presentations and discussion

Thursday, May 26

Early morning -- Quiet writing time

10:00 -- Packing up and final "debriefing"