[TOS] TOS Summit - Session schedule and format

[Greg Hislop]

I like the overall structure, but in taking a second look at the timing, I 
have the following thoughts:

a) 45 minutes is pretty short for a panel.  I would expect there would be 
very little time for questions and discussion.  I'd suggest lengthening 
these sessions to an hour or even 1:15.  We could do that by extending the 
day and / or stealing 30 minutes from the unconference.

b) I've never tried an unconference session, so I'm less comfortable 
there.  Would we do anything to structure that time or to promote mingling 
among participants.  Two hours seems like a long time for a completely 
unstructured block.

c) What would we actually do with the wrap up session? 

Greg Hislop

tos-bounces at teachingopensource.org wrote on 03/30/2009 03:20:29 PM:

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> [TOS] TOS Summit - Session schedule and format
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> Chris Tyler 
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> 03/30/2009 03:21 PM
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> We had a productive but small (headcount) IRC meeting today to discuss
> the TOS Summit in October. The IRC log is on the wiki at
> http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/
> Teaching_Open_Source_Summit_2009-10-29/IRC_Meeting_2009-03-30/IRC_Log
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> The main product of this meeting was a proposed schedule/format for the
> event, which is on the the Summit wiki page at:
> http://teachingopensource.org/index.php/
> Teaching_Open_Source_Summit_2009-10-29#To-Do_List
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> The proposed schedule looks something like this:
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> 09:00-10:00 am  Welcome and Keynote 
> 10:00-10:20 am  Coffee Break 
> 10:20-11:05 am  Panels Session A (multiple panels or group discussions)
> 11:15-12:00 am  Panels Session B (multiple panels or group discussions)
> 12:00-01:00 pm  Lunch
> 01:00-03:00 pm  Unconference/Barcamp
> 03:00-04:00 pm  Wrap-up Session
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> -Chris
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