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

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Dee Fink & Associates are offering their 4^th 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.