Thursday, June 4, 2015, Room N100 in LASP SPSC:

• 9:00... Gather for coffee, donuts, etc.
• 9:15... Welcome; go around room to introduce everyone
• 9:20... (Cranmer) History and motivation for CGEP in the Boulder NSO Bid
      Cranmer's powerpoint slides from Day 1
  
• 9:40... (Toomre) Lessons learned from 2013 CGEP course
• 9:55... (Gerrard) Lessons learned from 2014 CGEP course
      Gerrard's powerpoint slides
  
• 10:10... Round robin discussion of graduate program core curricula & prerequisites for CGEP courses (no more than 7-10 minutes per university)
• 10:50... Quick break for more coffee, snacks.
• 11:00... (Cranmer & Pillet) Initial plans for the 2016 CGEP course: proposed topics
• 11:30... Wider discussion of how to move forward with the best "content delivery" methods (both pedagogical and technological), and interactive learning techqniques

• 12:00... LUNCH (sandwiches brought in, to accommodate next talk)
• 12:30... (Kuskin) Overview of MOOCs and how they can support specialized graduate education
• 1:30... Break before afternoon session

• 2:00... Reconvene & make agenda changes on the fly. Otherwise, sort through possible afternoon topics:
• 2:10... Brainstorm topics for courses & modules: both specialized and introductory (filling in prerequisite gaps)
• 2:40... (Jackiewicz) NMSU progress on the Sunspot site: running the DST and/or hosting summer student programs?
• 3:10... (Toomre or Cranmer) Is there a need to think about proposals (NSF or NASA) for new TelePresence infrastructure or support of the summer programs?
• 3:40... The CGEP consortium: Rebranding (new acronym)? Should we devote energy to expanding to other universities?
• 4:00... Adjourn & Homework: Think more about topical modules that are needed, and/or that each participant is willing to develop/teach.

Friday, June 5, 2015, Room N100 in LASP SPSC:

• 9:00... Gather for coffee, donuts, etc.
• 9:10... Finalize (?) topics for Spring 2016 course; clarify instrumentation and diagnostic components
• 9:30... (McAndrew) Example images and videos of BBA and MOOC options
• 10:00... Attend NSO science talk by Tom Schad (IfA), SPSC room W312
• 11:00... Agree (?) about how to best execute the Spring 2016 course (technology aspects), without reinventing the wheel or becoming video pro's
• 11:30... Discuss proposal plans for equipment, summer salaries (for developing online course material), or student summer school / training site support
• 12:00... Adjourn