Preparation

Important links:

• Our workshop webpage: https://mpievolbio-scicomp.github.io/2023-04-04-MPIEvolBio/
• Workshop github repo: https://github.com/mpievolbio-scicomp/2023-04-04-MPIEvolBio
• Checklists for Instructors, Hosts, and Helpers: https://github.com/mpievolbio-scicomp/2023-04-04-MPIEvolBio/issues

Further resources

• Tips for organizing workshops: https://carpentries.org/blog/2019/10/organising-workshops/
• Organizing Workshops webpage : https://docs.carpentries.org/topic_folders/hosts_instructors/index.html
• From the instructor training: https://carpentries.github.io/instructor-training/21-management/index.html

Preparatory Meetings

[2023-03-06 Mon] 14:00

Important things to keep in mind

• Target audience are novices
• Code of conduct
• Live coding
• Avoid cognitive load: One concept at a time)
• Avoid deceptive language (“simply”, “just”, “easy to do”)
• Interactivity: Assessment of students progress/understanding roughly every 5-10 minutes
  • Quizz, poll, Q&A session
• Go slow -> We will for sure not cover all course material!
• Advanced learners:
  • May help other, slower learners
  • Don’t engage in technical or nerdy discussions
  • Have “advanced” assignments ready but don’t overdo it
• Stickers:
  • Every student has two(?) stickers to signal “need for help / negative feedback” (yellow) and “positive feedback / ready to move on” (blue)
• Live teachong setup: Presenter’s env (colors, prompt, window decorations, …) should resemble as closely as possible the learners env.
• Episode structure:
  • Setup: What questions will be treated, what are the learning objectives
  • Body: Deliver the episode with as many examples and assessments as reasonable
  • Wrapup: Reiterate the key takeaways from the episode, maybe look out to next episode

Helpers

• help setting up and installing
• answer questions during exercises
• monitor the room to spot people who may need help
• monitor shared notes and provide answers or ask instructor to answer

Day schedule schema

• Breakdown into 90’ lessons with short break after 45’
• 15’ break between lessons
• One slots in the morning, two or three in the afternoon
• 30’ lunch break
• Switch lecturer after 90 minutes or morning/afternoon?

Computer setup and installations

• ca 50% of participants plan to bring their own device
• need PCs with installed software for the remaining participants
• need to send out installation instructions
• powersockets in the lecture hall?

Still 10 seats left, where to advertise?

• THL, MUL, CAU

Next Meeting

Thu, March 16 2PM Interim