Dear Mary,
An interesting question which you will probably get a variety of responses. I know there are people who are doing much online learning with collaborations of teams - with successful results. The issue is - Is it TBL - or is it some other type of collaborative/team learning?
From a purist standpoint - I personally believe it is difficult to do TBL online. But I know people attempt to do many elements of TBL in that manner.
IRAT - of course the questions can be done before class electronically (and many people do that to save classroom time. You just lose the control over how independent that process really is.
GRAT - much more difficult to do online. Requires a real-time team consensus. Sure, Blogs/chat/(web) discussion groups can permit teams to discuss their answers...but again, you lose some of the control over the team dynamics (talking vs writing, in person versus virtual) and perhaps can't know someone is looking up the answers. You also lose the opportunity for the faculty to facilitate a whole class discussion around the answers - unless you go real high tech with everyone virtually in the classroom. But then you can lose attention. I know I don't stay focused when I'm working in an online environment (conference calls for example)- compared to being there in person.
Application - if follow the framework of 4'S (which are the elements of a good application)- it can be difficult to do some of those within an online environment. As a re-cap, the 4 S's are:
1. Same problem (easy)
2. Significant problem (also easy)
3. Specific choice (easy to design to have to make a choice, more difficult to have that choice be decided collaboratively by the team.
4. Simultaneous reporting - (and subsequent follow-up/discussion/debate). This is the more difficult aspect.
So, there are many forms of online, collaborative, e-learning which are great, possible, and feasible. But, my personal belief is that TBL (as defined) still requires real-time in-person team and faculty interactions for the best benefits of all the values that come with that process.
Sandy
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Hadley, Mary
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 7:18 AM
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Subject: Re: Online
Hello,
I am working with a group of faculty who are all interested in implementing TBL in their class room or revising some things they do. One question we had at our meeting is how can TBL be implemented in the on line setting. This is not something I do nor do I know anyone who uses TBL online.
Anyone out there use TBL in an online setting?
Are there any suggestions for things to do and not to do? Perhaps this has been addressed in previous discussions. If so is there an archive of questions and responses I could search.
Thanks for your input.
Mary
M. Hadley, PhD, FACN
Department of Chemistry and Geology
Minnesota State University, Mankato
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