Holly, Two folks at UT El Paso have done both synchronous and asynchronous TBL. They are Sunay Palsole ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) and Carolyn Awalt ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) They are wonderful folks who are generous with the wisdom of what they have learned! -M ________________________________ From: Team Learning Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Holly Bender Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 6:08 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: A Unique Opportunity for Team Based Learning from a Distance Hi All, I have been given a unique opportunity to deliver a clinical pathology course via distance education to a group of 25 veterinary students at the University of Nebraska next Spring. I cannot travel to Nebraska as I am also scheduled to teach a section to the 123 veterinary students at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Iowa State University in Ames. The course meets at both sites every day that semester. I have used team based learning successfully at the ISU CVM for several years. In that course we do individual quizzes and exercises followed by team exercises almost daily, and then we meet as an entire class to debate the responses. Most of the exercises are based on clinical cases. I am such an advocate of TBL that it is difficult to even imagine going back to conventional methods. The current plan is to deliver a synchronous course by Polycom and computer desktop sharing to the UNL students from Ames. I am looking to recreate what I have done locally, but from a distance. Have any of you attempted a synchronous TBL course from a distance and if so, would you mind sharing your experiences? I would love to hear from you. Thanks! Holly Holly Bender, DVM, PhD, Diplomate ACVP Director, Biomedical Informatics Research Group Room 2254 Veterinary Medicine Professor, Department of Veterinary Pathology College of Veterinary Medicine Iowa State University Ames, Iowa 50011-1250 ph. 515-294-7947 fax 515-294-5423 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/faculty_staff/profiles/hbender.asp http://www.vetmed.iastate.edu/pathfinder/birg/BIRG.html