Lesson Plan (Extended)

ELIXIR-GOBLET Train-the-Trainer - Extended Lesson Plan

This is a more granular version of lesson_plan.md, breaking each day down to the level of individual Parts and Challenges, using the real Challenge timings confirmed against the shared-notes document.

Methodology note - please read before using this

Only Challenge timings are measured, real data. Lecture/explanation durations for each Part are estimates, calculated from each Part’s word count in the handbook, scaled to fill whatever time is left after subtracting all Challenge time from the available window. This gives a defensible starting point for planning and for placing coffee breaks at natural stopping points - but it is not a measured fact. Adjust freely based on your own experience actually delivering the material.

Coffee breaks are placed at the natural Part/Challenge boundary closest to an even division of the day’s content - not at fixed clock times. This sometimes means segments between breaks are not exactly equal length.

Day 1 - [DD Month YYYY]

Total content: 150 min (56 min Challenges + 94 min lecture, estimated) across 3 breaks.

Time	Activity	Description	Materials	LOs	Teaching goal
13:30 - 14:00	Welcome & Introductions	See lesson_plan.md	-	-	-
14:00 - 14:09	Part I lecture	Intro and roadmap for Session 1	session_1.md	See Session 1 LOs	-
14:09 - 14:15	Challenge - How do you learn something new?	3 min + 3 min discussion	session_1.md	-	-
14:15 - 14:18	Part II lecture	How Learning Works: Fundamental Concepts	session_1.md	-	-
14:18 - 14:26	Challenge - How would you define “learning”?	5 min pairs + 3 min discussion	session_1.md	-	-
14:26 - 14:34	Challenge - Why is learning relevant for an instructor?	5 min pairs + 3 min discussion	session_1.md	-	-
14:34 - 14:42	Part III lecture	Landscape of Learning Theories	session_1.md	-	-
14:42 - 14:52	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
14:52 - 15:00	Part IV lecture	Eight Evidence-Based Principles of Learning	session_1.md	-	-
15:00 - 15:05	Part V lecture	Six Strategies for Effective Learning	session_1.md	-	-
15:05 - 15:18	Part VI lecture	Model 1: Working Memory and Long-Term Memory	session_1.md	-	-
15:18 - 15:25	Challenge - How short is your short-term memory?	Round 1 + Round 2 (7 min total, alone)	session_1.md	-	-
15:25 - 15:35	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
15:35 - 15:47	Challenge - Avoid overloading working memory	5 min groups + 7 min discussion	session_1.md	-	-
15:47 - 16:07	Part VII lecture	Model 2: The Dreyfus Model and Mental Models	session_1.md	-	-
16:07 - 16:12	Challenge - How has your mental model changed?	2 min + 3 min discussion	session_1.md	-	-
16:12 - 16:22	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
16:22 - 16:32	Part VIII lecture	Model 3: Bloom’s Taxonomy	session_1.md	-	-
16:32 - 16:37	Challenge - Think about one of your own courses	3 min + 2 min	session_1.md	-	-
16:37 - 16:42	Challenge - Re-assess the quality of the action verb	3 min + 2 min	session_1.md	-	-
16:42 - 17:00	Summary lecture	Session 1 Summary and Key Takeaways	session_1.md	-	-

Day 2 - [DD Month YYYY]

Total content: 150 min (84 min Challenges + 66 min lecture, estimated) across 3 breaks.

Time	Activity	Description	Materials	LOs	Teaching goal
13:30 - 14:00	Warm-up (reviewing Session 1)	See lesson_plan.md	-	-	-
14:00 - 14:04	Part I lecture	Intro and roadmap for Session 2	session_2.md	-	-
14:04 - 14:09	Challenge - How do you currently plan and design?	5 min, individual	session_2.md	-	-
14:09 - 14:10	Part II lecture	Learning Outcomes: Three Frameworks (intro)	session_2.md	-	-
14:10 - 14:12	Challenge - What are Learning Outcomes?	2 min, individual	session_2.md	-	-
14:12 - 14:20	Part III lecture	Syllabus and Learning Experiences (intro)	session_2.md	-	-
14:20 - 14:32	Challenge - Draft a Syllabus	12 min, individual	session_2.md	-	-
14:32 - 14:38	Challenge - Add Learning Experiences to your Syllabus	6 min, individual	session_2.md	-	-
14:38 - 14:48	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
14:48 - 15:10	Part IV lecture	Backward Instructional Design	session_2.md	-	-
15:10 - 15:15	Part V lecture	Concept Maps and Content Reduction (intro)	session_2.md	-	-
15:15 - 15:30	Challenge - Draw a Concept Map for your mini-lesson	15 min, individual	session_2.md	-	-
15:30 - 15:40	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
15:40 - 15:49	Part VI lecture	Giving and Receiving Feedback	session_2.md	-	-
15:49 - 15:56	Challenge - Share the Concept Map	7 min, pairs	session_2.md	-	-
15:56 - 16:07	Part VII lecture	Developing Content and the Lesson Plan	session_2.md	-	-
16:07 - 16:17	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
16:17 - 16:32	Challenge - Produce mini-training content	15 min, individual	session_2.md	-	-
16:32 - 16:33	Part VIII lecture	Delivering and Evaluating the Mini-Training (intro)	session_2.md	-	-
16:33 - 16:53	Challenge - Deliver mini-training	~20 min, split into groups of 3	session_2.md	-	-
16:53 - 16:55	Challenge - Self-reflect on your initial LOs	2 min, individual	session_2.md	-	-
16:55 - 17:00	Summary lecture	Session 2 Summary and Key Takeaways	session_2.md	-	-

Day 3 - [DD Month YYYY]

Total content: 150 min (71 min Challenges + 79 min lecture, estimated) across 3 breaks. The optional demotivation Challenge (3 min) is not included in this core plan - see the note below the table.

Time	Activity	Description	Materials	LOs	Teaching goal
13:30 - 14:00	Warm-up (reviewing Session 2)	See lesson_plan.md	-	-	-
14:00 - 14:09	Part I lecture	Intro and roadmap for Session 3	session_3.md	-	-
14:09 - 14:19	Challenge - What makes training effective?	5 min + 5 min discussion, pairs	session_3.md	-	-
14:19 - 14:24	Challenge - Reflect on your skills as a trainer	5 min, alone	session_3.md	-	-
14:24 - 14:39	Part II lecture	From Lecturing to Active Learning	session_3.md	-	-
14:39 - 14:49	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
14:49 - 14:54	Challenge - Reflect on Mazur’s interview	2 min + 3 min discussion	session_3.md	-	-
14:54 - 15:13	Part III lecture	Choosing the Right Teaching Practice	session_3.md	-	-
15:13 - 15:24	Challenge - Evaluate strategies for active learning	4 min + 7 min discussion, alone	session_3.md	-	-
15:24 - 15:34	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
15:34 - 15:48	Challenge - Link teaching practices, LOs, Bloom’s levels	7 min + 7 min discussion, groups	session_3.md	-	-
15:48 - 15:56	Part IV lecture	Motivation: Value, Expectancy, and Environment	session_3.md	-	-
15:56 - 16:02	Challenge - Recall a motivating learning experience	3 min + 3 min discussion	session_3.md	-	-
16:02 - 16:14	Part V lecture	Avoiding Demotivation and Practical Strategies	session_3.md	-	-
16:14 - 16:24	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
16:24 - 16:44	Challenge - Strategies to improve motivation	10 min groups + 10 min discussion	session_3.md	-	-
16:44 - 17:00	Summary lecture	Session 3 Summary and Key Takeaways	session_3.md	-	-

About the optional Challenge

Challenge - Recall a demotivating learning experience (3 min, marked optional/time-permitting in the source material) fits right after the third break, before “Strategies to improve motivation.” Running it pushes the day to end at 17:03 instead of 17:00 - which is exactly why the source material marks it optional: there is no slack left in the day to fit it in without going over. Only run it if the day is ahead of schedule.

Day 4 - [DD Month YYYY]

Session 4 proper: 135 min (30 min warm-up + 42 min Challenges + 63 min lecture, estimated), across 2 breaks. A third break sits at a fixed point, right before Combining All the Sessions - which is why this day only has 2 “natural boundary” breaks within Session 4 itself, not 3.

Time	Activity	Description	Materials	LOs	Teaching goal
13:30 - 14:00	Warm-up (reviewing Session 3)	See lesson_plan.md	-	-	-
14:00 - 14:04	Part I lecture	Intro and roadmap for Session 4	session_4.md	-	-
14:04 - 14:12	Part II lecture	What Is Assessment?	session_4.md	-	-
14:12 - 14:17	Part III lecture	What Is Feedback? (intro)	session_4.md	-	-
14:17 - 14:27	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
14:27 - 14:40	Challenge - Diagnostic Assessment	8 min + 5 min report and comment	session_4.md	-	-
14:40 - 14:47	Part IV lecture	How and What to Assess: Formative vs. Summative	session_4.md	-	-
14:47 - 15:00	Challenge - Formative Assessment	8 min + 5 min discussion	session_4.md	-	-
15:00 - 15:08	Challenge - Multiple Choice Questions and mental models	3 min + 5 min discussion, individual	session_4.md	-	-
15:08 - 15:18	Coffee break	10 min	-	-	-
15:18 - 15:26	Part V lecture	Tools and Techniques for Formative Assessment	session_4.md	-	-
15:26 - 15:31	Challenge - Integrating Formative Assessment Results	5 min, alone	session_4.md	-	-
15:31 - 15:34	Challenge - How Frequent Should Formative Assessment Be?	3 min	session_4.md	-	-
15:34 - 15:50	Part VI lecture	Feedback Mechanisms and Giving Good Feedback	session_4.md	-	-
15:50 - 15:59	Part VII lecture	Leveraging Assessment to Become a Better Trainer	session_4.md	-	-
15:59 - 16:05	Summary lecture	Session 4 Summary and Key Takeaways	session_4.md	-	-
16:05 - 16:15	Coffee break	10 min, right before Combining All the Sessions	-	-	-
16:15 - 16:55	Combining All the Sessions	Recap of Nicholls’ cycle, the 8 principles, the 6 strategies, then Challenge 4.6 (15 min breakout + up to ~20 min for all groups to report back)	Bonus section in session_4.md	-	-
16:55 - 17:00	Wrap-up & Feedback	Close the course; collect final feedback	-	-	-

Where the extra 5 minutes for Session 4 actually came from

Fitting all three real Challenge times into Session 4 proper required borrowing 5 extra minutes (per your instruction), extending the Warm-up + Session 4 portion from 130 to 135 min. To keep the day ending exactly at 17:00, that 5 minutes was taken back out of “Combining All the Sessions,” which now runs 40 min (16:15-16:55) instead of 45.