Learning & Education Stage

Producer: Brian Hanks
Assistant: Robin Dymond

What are effective ways to teach and learn Agile Practices? The objective of this stage is to explore answers to that question.

This stage provides a forum for industry practitioners and academics to learn from each other. How is Agile used in industry, and what can educators learn from this? What Agile practices should students be exposed to? Can teaching techniques used in the classroom be applied in the workplace?

What is new in Learning and Education? We invite you to hear and learn about where training and education needs to go in 2008/2009! In this stage, we have a great program that includes tutorials, workshops, talks, and experience reports that cover innovations in training, classes that use new techniques, and training that convinces skeptics.

Topics include:

• Agile Coaching
• Using Agile in the Classroom
• Agile Simulations
• Techniques and Tools to Support Agile Learning
• Using Games to Teach Agile Practices
• The Impact of Agile Practices on Education

Timeslot	Session	Speaker 1	Speaker 2	Room
Tuesday
10:45-12:15	Systemic Coaching Techniques for Agile Coaches	Michael Spayd	Doug Rosenberg	Conf. B
10:45-12:15	(Re)Defining the Agile Coach	Erik Lundh		Conf. C
14:00-17:30	The Agile Playground - Learning Games for the Agile Practitioner	Don McGreal	Michael McCullough	Conf. B
14:00-17:30	Beer Miles! The Product Owner Simulation	Robin Dymond	David Douglas	Conf. C
Wednesday
08:30-10:00	Evolving Guidelines for Implementing Pair Programming in the Classroom	Laurie Williams	D. Scott McCrickard, Lucas Layman, Khaled Hussein	Conf. B
	The Learning Circle: an evolution of Agile for learning environments	Garry Berteig
	Coding Dojo: an environment for learning and sharing Agile practices	Danilo Sato	Mariana Bravo
08:30-10:00	Coaching Agile Teams	Rachel Davies	Liz Sedley	Conf. C
10:30-12:00	An Agile Classroom Experience: Teaching TDD and Refactoring	Brandon Carlson		Conf. B
	Transitioning a Team to Agile Test Methods	Susan Shaye
	An Agile Classroom Experience	Pat Reed
10:30-12:00	Fostering Software Craftsmanship in a Corporate Setting	Scott Dillman		Conf. C
14:00-15:30	Learning Collaboration and the Planning via the Process Game	Charles Suscheck		Conf. B
	Scrum Accelerator - The Game	Tim Walker		Conf. B
14:00-15:30	Are we done yet?	Julie Chickering	Lisa Shoop	Conf. C
16:00-17:30	Who's Teaching Best Practices? A review of Canadian CS/SE curriculums and how to improve integration of agile/best practices	Christopher R Chapman		Conf. B
16:00-17:30	Defining the Role of Agile Manager – Theory and Practice	Michael Spayd	Lyssa Adkins	Conf. C
Thursday
08:30-12:00	Game Design Workshop	Hubert Smits		Conf. B
08:30-12:00	Meta-Agile: Using Agile Methods to Deliver Agile Training	Mishkin Berteig		Conf. C
14:00-15:30	Cross Cultural Casino	Sarah Edrie	Susan Borges	Conf. B
Friday
08:30-10:00	Using the Unified Process a Scaling Framework for Scrum	Mike Cottmeyer	Brian Sondergaard	Conf. C

Review Team

• Pete Behrens - Trail Ridge Consulting, USA
• Joe Bergin - Pace University, USA
• Mishkin Berteig - Berteig Consulting, Canada
• Joe Chao - Bowling Green State University, USA
• Cyril Coupal - Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, Canada
• Michael Hamman - Ecosystemae, USA
• Jochen Krebs - Incrementor, USA
• Frank Maurer - University of Calgary, Canada
• Rick Mercer - University of Arizona, USA
• Tom Reichlmayr - Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
• Michael Spayd - Collective Edge Consulting LLC, USA
• Carol Wellington - Shippensburg University, USA