Design Charrette Goals

• Inventory best practices and redesign trends in teaching and learning in Developmental English
• Brainstorm what new approaches, resources, tools, etc. might support broader access and greater success for students needing remediation
• Build a community of practice around this topic

Tasks to Be Completed

1. Opening - Orientation, Information

• Overview of P2PU and peer learning
• Introductions of co-facilitators, participants
• Refine course structure, topics, assignments
• Call for additional resources and additions to syllabus

2. Discuss Topic 1 (co-facilitators)

• Basic/Remedial/Developmental English: what are the necessary core competencies?
  • Reading Comprehension
  • English Language Fundamentals
  • Writing/Composition
  • Learning Skills for 21st century Learners
  • Study Skills for College Success

3. Discuss Topics 2 (co-facilitators)

• Emergent Practices and Redesign projects: What is working for dev students?
  • Integrated
  • Accelerated
  • Concurrent enrollment
  • Contextualization
  • Project-Based
  • Technology assisted
  • Common Core articulation to Placement Exams
  • Authentic Assessment
  • Open Learning Resources

Possible Follow on Projects:

• Rapid Prototyping - Curriculum Hackathon
  • Design new curriculum proposals
  • Contribute lesson suggestions, outlines, open resources
  • Peer review and additions, augmentations, adaptations
  • Design multiple assessment approaches
• Publish results - open access, creative commons, attribution of all co-facilitators
• Conference presentations
• F2F meet up (if funding is available)