Great ideas, Bill! Would love to have you join the Collaborative and join the Membership committee. -M -----Original Message----- From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bill Goffe Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2011 9:29 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: TBLC Website update On this topic, while it is terribly easy to make suggestions, how about looking into a grant to supply initial funding to help make TBLC self-supporting? In part, I was thinking of what is described in "The Quiet Revolution in Open Learning" http://chronicle.com/article/The-Quiet-Revolution-in-Open/127545/ . Note the emphasis on "open" tools as well as the large amount of government funding that apparently is becoming available. In addition, I understand that these foundations are interested in improving learning in higher education: Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/about-us/about-carnegie Lumina Foundation http://www.luminafoundation.org/ Teagle Foundation http://www.teaglefoundation.org/ I would think that if one of the above support TBL it would be a strong positive signal to those thinking of adopting TBL. Also, http://www.utexas.edu/academic/ctl/largeclasses/#tbl is a great intro to TBL and I could see it being a strong part of a grant proposal. I'd be happy to help. - Bill -- Bill Goffe Department of Economics SUNY Oswego, 416 Mahar Hall Oswego, NY 13126 315-312-3444(v), 315-312-5444(f) [log in to unmask] http://cook.rfe.org