June 10 -12, 2004 at US Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, CO Apply: SUSB

GREGOR NOVAK, EVELYN T. PATTERSON, United States Air Force Academy, JAMES BENEDICT, James Madison University, and KATHLEEN MARRS, Indiana University Purdue University

Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT) is a pedagogical strategy developed over the past six years. JiTT is presently used in over than 250 science and humanities courses at 80+ institutions. The JiTT approach blends cutting edge active learning classroom methods with state-of-the art electronic communication technologies. In preparation for an interactive classroom experience students work with strategically constructed web-based assignments with due dates just before class time. Instructors base the daily classroom activities on the student submissions. The preparatory work creates a need-to-know atmosphere and gives students a sense of ownership of the learning process. The JiTT community has recently (September 2003) been awarded substantial funding from NSF to develop a digital library of JiTT resources.
The workshop will be a hands-on event with participants actively engaged in the pedagogy discussions and in the authoring activities. Working from templates provided by the workshop presenters, the participants are expected to leave the workshop with a start-up portfolio of resources, enabling them to get started with JiTT immediately. Most likely beneficiaries of this workshop are faculty teams who have explored alternatives to traditional passive teaching and learning and are ready to explore alternative methods. They will need to commit themselves to the active learner approach. They will also need institutional technical support to be able to utilize the underlying web technology. For more information about JiTT please visit the JiTT website www.jitt.org. For more information about the workshop please visit www.usafa.af.mil/dfp/physics/webphysics/chautauqua2004/index.htm