An anecdote: I was in Japan recently for a couple of weeks around the middle of April, and was invited to give an address on the legacy of Robert Gagne at Nippon Fukushi University. While the English skills of the faculty were good, they were much better at reading Japanese than listening to me lecture in English, so I prepared my address as a reading, had it translated into Japanese, and constructed a TBL exercise with a RAT over the reading and a Critical thinking exercise for the for the groups. I formed teams of convenience (people sitting close to each other). They were very surprised that I wasn't going to lecture, but they did the reading, took the RAT using IFAT cards, and did the critical thinking exercise - it was amazing how they all got involved, and I had a wonderful time answering questions at the end. It was my impression that instructional design and faculty development is gaining momentum in Japan. I was hosted by Kumamoto University which has one of the first on-line degree programs Instructional Design, graduating its first class in April 2008. I love TBL as a strategy for involving the audience in learning.
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Sent: Tue 7/29/2008 12:48 PM
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Subject: Re: Good News from Japan!
Christine and others,
That is "Woohoo!" news (or as we say in Oklahoma: "Hot Digitee"! ;-)).
Another idea on future TBL conferences: Maybe we should consider holding one in Japan!!
Dee
At 09:26 PM 7/28/2008, Christine Kuramoto wrote:
Hello All,
I just returned from the 40th annual Japan Society of Medical
Educators. The good news is that there was a forum on TBL and I found
out that a Japanese Edition of "Team-Based Learning for Health
Professions Education" is almost finished being translated into
Japanese. Woohooo!
Dr. Levine's visit to Japan in the spring had a huge impact on the
people who took her workshop!
I think you can look forward to an influx of Japanese educators at
future TBL conferences! :-)
Cheers,
Christine
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