Scott & Others,

Let me quickly respond, as the person responsible for managing the TBL
website, that we would be VERY interested in having this website be a place
for archiving good group assignments.  And, once we get enough of them, we
can and should organize/catalog them by disciplines.

We were intending that to be somewhat the function of the section on the
current website labeled "Successful TBL Courses".  But we haven't had a lot
of course descriptions submitted yet.  The three that are currently listed
there do have examples of assignments on them.

BUT, maybe we need to re-think or re-organize the website to accommodate
the need just for descriptions of good assignments.

Can people tell us what would be useful in this regard?
         We may not be able to totally please everyone.  But if we can work
toward a general consensus on what we would be useful, we would be
delighted to change the website.
         Larry Michaelsen and I have long thought that creating good
assignments was probably the most challenging and yet critical part of
making TBL work well.  So if we can find a way to help people come up with
good and better assignments, we are most interested in doing that.

Dee Fink




At 12:34 PM 9/23/2004, Scott Zimmerman wrote:
>Perhaps this brings up an opportunity.  Is there a clearinghouse for
>discipline specific, team-learning appropriate, group assignments or is
>there interest in creating one?  I have spent a great deal of time
>finding and creating group assignments for my Physiology, Aging, and
>Human Biology courses.  Often with limited success.  I wonder if a team
>approach would be useful, helpful, or logical.  The Case Studies in
>Science site from UB is nice for some of the Natural Sciences but isn't
>always appropriate.
>
>Scott
>
>Richard A. (Denny) Kernochan wrote:
>
>>I am currently teaching my first TBL course: an Introduction to
>>Management
>>using a standard management textbook. Exciting & exhausting. I have two
>>sections of 150 students each. I need/am looking for effective group
>>assignments (or models for them) in content areas such as culture,
>>decision
>>making, ethics, motivation, power, leadership, organizational design. Any
>>help or suggestions here will be greatly appreciated. I have read the
>>guidelines on developing and can do that but am hoping someone will share
>>assignments that are already developed and have worked for them.
>>Thanks in advance
>>R. Kernochan
>>Asst Prof
>>Dept of Mgt
>>Cal State University Northridge.
>>email: [log in to unmask]
>
>--
>Scott D. Zimmerman, Ph.D.
>Associate Professor of Biology
>University of Wisconsin-Stout
>410 10th Ave.
>Menomonie, WI 54751
>Ph: 715.232.1448
>Fax: 715.232.2192
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