Dear TBL Colleagues,
A final reminder for faculty members seeking a structured opportunity to learn TBL and develop a course for TBL implementation in the upcoming (Spring 2014) semester. Participants in our University at Albany TBL Academy will be immersed in the method and will plan and develop TBL learning sequences, practice creating team application tasks, practice writing RAT questions, develop a TBL syllabus with TBL-compatible policies, learn about TBL course policies and classroom management, and examine approaches to peer evaluation. Apply online at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GuestTBLAcademyJanuary2014.
Bill Roberson, Ph.D.
Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership (www.itlal.org<http://www.itlal.org>)
University at Albany, State University of New York
UAlbany Instructional Leadership Academy:
More Rigor and More Fun with Team-Based Learning
As we reflect on the soon-to-end fall semester and think about the future, we are reminded once again of the perennial challenges of university/college teaching, such as...
* Getting students to take more responsibility for their own learning
* Getting students to participate willingly and actively in class, without special rewards or coercion
* Inducing students to think and communicate at a higher level
* Ensuring that students prepare for class
* Getting more buy-in from students, so you're not the only source of energy and enthusiasm in the classroom
If these are the kinds of things you're trying to make happen in your courses, we invite you to participate in the upcoming iteration of ITLAL's Instructional Leadership Academy: More Rigor and More Fun with Team-Based Learning. More than 150 UAlbany faculty members (and as many grad students who teach) now use the Michaelsen TBL strategy. The principle? Design well and then get out of students' way while they figure things out! TBL is currently being used successfully at UAlbany in undergraduate and graduate courses, small and large classes, in areas as disparate as Computer Science, Public Health, Criminal Justice, Political Science, Math, Literature, Public Administration, Social Welfare, Information Literacy, History, Art, Physics, and Philosophy, to name just a few. This Instructional Leadership Academy will take you through the process of transforming a traditional course into a TBL course. More information on TBL can be found at www.teambasedlearning.org<http://www.teambasedlearning.org>.
Academy Dates: January 8 and 10, 9:30am to 3:30pm, including substantial assignments before and between the two dates.
Application Deadline: January 2, 2014. There are a limited number of seats for this Academy.
Submit your application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GuestTBLAcademyJanuary2014
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