TO: People on the TBL Listserv During Larry Michaelsen's and my association over the years, we realized there was a close connection between his ideas on TBL and my ideas on course design. Knowing how to design your course well helps you understand the need for a powerful teaching strategy like TBL and how it connects to other parts of the design of the course. Therefore I want to share some information (below) about an Annual National Workshop on course design that Dee Fink & Associates has been offering for the last several years. If you can attend, I am sure you would find it valuable and that it would enhance your ability to use a teaching strategy like TBL. Thanks, Dee Fink ** * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Dee Fink & Associates are offering their 4th Annual National Workshop on: *“Designing Courses for Greater Student Engagement and* *Better Student Learning**” *** * * *May 20-22*, *2011 Minneapolis, MN* This is a great workshop that gets better every year because we evaluate carefully and make improvements. *THE VALUE OF THIS WORKSHOP*** *1. This workshop is even better than our campus workshops because participants have…* - *More Time*: We have 2.5 days, compared to 0.5 days on most campuses. - *More Feedback**:* Multiple members of Dee Fink & Associates are on hand to give individualized feedback to participants. *2. This is a “Doing” Workshop – not a seminar of talking heads!* - Participants spend over 50% of the workshop time “doing” course design: creating their design, viewing the designs of others, getting feedback on their own design, etc. *3. This workshop makes sense, especially during times of tight budgets.* - *Quantity Discount Available**:* We realize all colleges and universities are facing tight budgets. That is why we are offering a quantity discount again this year: We have *reduced workshop registration 25% per person* if the institution sends 4 or more participants. - *Great Investment**:* It is particularly important in tight budgetary times to allocate limited funds strategically. *The total cost of this workshop (travel, lodging, food, and conference registration) is less than 3% of one year’s salary for most faculty members – and the benefits will last the rest of their career!* - *Value**:* We believe this workshop will do more to make participants *more effective as teachers* than any other single event they can attend! Here are comments from recent participants: "Really, this is probably the best, most cohesive, well organized and well-paced workshop I have ever attended." "The workshop was *fantastic*! I have learned so much and had a wonderful time. *Thank you*!!!" * * *For more information* about this workshop*, *visit our website: * www.deefinkandassociates.com/minneapolis11*. -- *********************** L. Dee Fink 234 Foreman Ave. Norman, OK 73069 Phone/FAX: 405-364-6464 Email: [log in to unmask] Website: www.finkconsulting.info **National Project Director: Teaching & Curriculum Improvement (TCI) Project **Senior Associate, Dee Fink & Associates Consulting Services **Author of: Creating Significant Learning Experiences **Former President of the POD Network in Higher Education (2004-2005)