Well, we had the mother of all campus closers--Hurricane Ike, which shut us down for months.
We did the following-
Since we are a medical school, we had to ship our students off to 6 other campuses for a continuations of clinical training.
We developed on line training modules which were a substitute for exposure to the same objectives, but did not have TBL like properties. We still use these to reinforce learning, and to some degree to serve as "preparation" for the TBL.
We sent about half our students to one other campus, trained the faculty at that campus how to use TBL, gave them our modules, and basically "transferred" our curriculum 200 miles away. That worked for a while, but they weren't as comfortable using it as we were, and gave it up after several months. It was ok, since most of our students are back home now.
For most of the other students at campuses in which TBL was not possible, I developed a review using our RATS, and I gave it to them in person in one sitting (to keep the items secure). Unfortunately we did not have the opportunity to use our applications.
We have been encouraged to use teleconferencing, but have not had the best of experience with that when we have tried. Many technological glitches.
I think any information that can be delivered as a lecture can be delivered as an interactive web-module. Its nice to have a library of web modules that can be used as preparation and can be a minimum requirement in the event that the school shuts down.
Ruth Levine
UTMB-Galveston.
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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dean Parmelee
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:56 AM
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Subject: Re: Campus closure TBL contingency plan
We are in Ohio, folks, and get whoppers for snow and sleet. In all
our years of TBL, and a lot of it, we've been lucky. On the few
occasions
that we have had the University cancels us out, we have either made up
the session in a couple of days - our calendar has most afternoons free
for the students - or we have cancelled it and just held the students
responsible for the study portion. Best you can do. Dean
On Dec 15, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Michael Nelson wrote:
> Has anyone developed a contingency plan for a TBL course in the
> event of a
> main campus closure (e.g., H1N1 outbreak)?
>
> We have explored the use of online course delivery as a contingency
> plan,
> but do not see a clear way to maintain TBL with that delivery
> method. Our
> thinking is that we would need to convert to some sort of temporary
> online
> lecture-based learning model, but we are curious to know if others
> have
> developed contingencies for this scenario with their TBL courses.
>
> Michael Nelson
> Regis University School of Pharmacy
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