Thanks for this information. Any ideas from anyone about how to
deal with students in an asynchronous online course?
Thank
you,
Jessica Lavariega Monforti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Senior Faculty Research Associate, Center for Survey Research
The University of Texas, Pan American
Department of Political Science
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From: Team-Based Learning
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael J. Welker
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 11:13 AM
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Subject: Re: TBL on-line
Stan,
I can tell you that if you have the flexibility to channel
things to a format where you can have synchronous/live/hybrid online courses
and have or get access to a robust virtual classroom tool such as Elluminate,
you can fairly easily translate TBL to online.
In particular, the well thought out "break out
rooms" feature in Elluminate has made it a snap for me to distribute
students to their team "rooms" for work on team application
exercises, and then bring everyone back together in the main room for
simultaneous revealing of results via the room's whiteboard for inter-team
debate/dialog.
I am in my first quarter of doing a true TBL approach with
my hybrid history course and for simplicity sake, I did not incorporate the
Team RAQ/RAT/RAP piece until I was sure of the live sessions team mechanics and
dynamics (instead they do the RAT/RAP individually via automated
Blackboard multiple choice quizzes). Being very happily surprised with how this
has worked, Phase II will be bringing in the RAT/RAP piece for Summer
quarter.
While I am still doodling and eager to hear others'
experiences to help refine my approach, I will be bringing in the team RAT/RAP
process next quarter. My best thinking of the moment is using our Blackboard
server to open up a time-released window 15-20 minutes before our Elluminate
session for each student to do the automated individual quiz. I will then start
our Elluminate session with the team quiz and do rounds of the team break out
rooms indicating verbally or via the white-board which answers are
right/wrong and then move on to the next team until all team's
finish their quizzes. Then using Blackboard's instant aggregate stats
and team quiz notes, do my mini lecture on the tricky parts and then lead into
application exercises.
How are others doing this and what are your experiences
TBL-ing online? :)
-Mike
Mike Welker
History Adjunct Faculty
& Interim Coordinator, Distance Learning
North Central State College
Mansfield, Ohio
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On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Stan Williamson, Ph.D.
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Hi, folks---
I have been using TBL since about 1995, but am now facing a major shifting of
emphasis at my university towards on-line offerings. As a result, I am now
being asked to develop a 100% on-line version of my MBA organizational behavior
course. I would really appreciate learning from anyone doing TBL on-line,
especially OB and in particular, how the team aspects are to work. Our
electronic platform is Moodle.
Many thanks.
stan
Stan Williamson, Ph.D.
Boulware Professor of Management
A ULM Scott Endowed Professor for Teaching Excellence
Department of Management
College of Business Administration
University of Louisiana Monroe
Monroe, Louisiana 71209
phone:318.342.1195
fax: 318.342.1209