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.
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University of Wisconsin-Stout
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Ph: 715.232.1448
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