SOCR Events SOCR CAUSEway Workshop2007 Workshop Summer 2007

Presenters

• Ivo Dinov, UCLA Statistics and Center for Computational Biology
• Juana Sanchez, UCLA Statistics
• Nicolas Christou, UCLA Statistics
• Rob Gould, UCLA Statistics
• Annie Che, UCLA Statistics
• Mahtash Esfandiari, UCLA Statistics

Logistics

We anticipate to be able to host 30-40 workshop participants for the 3-day event. All participants will be partially supported to attend the workshop (travel, accommodation), by the NSF-funded SOCR & CAUSEway resources.

• Date: TBD (Mon-Wed, August 06-08, 2007)
• Times: AM & PM Sessions (9AM - 12PM & 1PM - 4 PM)
• Place: UCLA Statistics, Powell Library
• Local Information: Maps & local visitor information
• To Apply: Please submit an application, including a cover letter, a current vitae and a statement of your expertise and philosophy of teaching with technology.

Program

Day 1 (Mon 08/06/07)

Morning Session - Distributions (8AM - 12PM)

• Registration and Coffee (8:00 - 9:00 AM)
• Welcome and State of the SOCR Resource, Ivo Dinov, SOCR Director (9:00 - 9:30 AM)
• SOCR Distributions - Overview and Class Utilization, TBD (9:30 - 10:30 AM)
• Break (10:30 - 10:45 AM)
• SOCR Distribution Activities, Juana Sanchez (10:45 - 11:15 AM)
• Interactive Discussions - What works, what doesn't, how to extend the collection and how improve teaching of discrete and continuous distributions (11:15AM - 12:00 PM)

Afternoon Session - Experiments (1PM - 4PM)

• SOCR/VLPS Experiments - Overview and Class Utilization, TBD (1:00 - 1:30 PM)
• SOCR/VLPS Experiments Activities, Juana Sanchez & Nicolas Christou (1:30 - 2:30 PM)
• Break (2:30 - 2:45 PM)
• Group Interactive Discussions - What works, what doesn't, how to extend the collection and how improve teaching of discrete and continuous distributions (2:45 - 3:15 PM)
• SOCR/VLPS Games, TBD (3:15 - 4:00 PM)
• Movie night 7-9PM (TBD)

Day 2 (Tue 08/07/07)

Morning Session - Analyses (9AM - 12PM)

• SOCR Analyses - Overview and Class Utilization, Ivo Dinov & Annie Che (9:00 - 10:00 AM)
• Break (10:00 - 10:15 AM)
• SOCR Analyses Activities, Juana Sanchez & Nicolas Christou (10:15 - 11:15 AM)
• Break (11:15 - 11:30 AM)
• Group Interactive Discussion on Analyses - What works, what doesn't, how to extend the collection and how improve teaching of statistical analysis methodologies? (11:30AM - 12:00 PM)

Afternoon Session - Modeler (1PM - 4PM)

• SOCR Modeler - Overview and Class Utilization, TBD (1:00 - 1:30 PM)
• SOCR Modeler Activities, Juana Sanchez & Nicolas Christou (1:30 - 2:30 PM)
• Break (2:30 - 2:45 PM)
• Group Interactive Discussion on Model-Fitting - What works, what doesn't, how to extend the Modeler collection and how improve teaching of techniques for fitting and assessing models (2:45 - 3:15 PM)
• Student Evaluation Methodologies, TBD (3:15 - 4:00 PM)
• Barbeque (6-8 PM, UCLA Sunset Recreation Area)

Day 3 (Wed 08/08/07)

Morning Session - EDA (9AM - 12PM)

• SOCR Charts - Overview and Class Utilization, Ivo Dinov & Jenny Cui (9:00 - 10:00 AM)
• Break (10:00 - 10:15 AM)
• SOCR Charts Activities, Juana Sanchez & Nicolas Christou (10:15 - 11:00 AM)
• Break (11:00 - 11:15 AM)
• Group Interactive Discussion on Blended Instruction - What works, what doesn't, how to improve stat education using IT tools? (11:15AM - 12:00 PM)