Hi All, I've been particularly interested in this conversation as I have been using TBL in topics where there often is not a clear answer (animal welfare and animal ethics). I don't have to look for an ethical dilemma- this is what I'm teaching! I trialled TBL last year for only 2 sessions and have expanded to 6/12 sessions for the semester this year. I've just evaluated it, and 91% of students (course of ~130) broadly agreed that they felt actively involved in the TBL. Two-thirds of them broadly agreed that it helped them with their learning, and I got some fantastic comments that I'll use next year. The one thing that they do complain though about is not having a clear answer all of the time. I have tried to make it more explicit this year that there are shades of grey sometimes and no 'right' answer- does anybody teach in a similar area with TBL and have any other suggestions? These students are 1st year uni and many are only 17-18. Incidentally, a side benefit of using TBL in this relatively large 1st year class is that a no of students commented it helped them to make friends and meet other students in the course. Susan Susan Hazel BVSc BSc(Vet) PhD GradCert (Public Health) MACVSc Lecturer in Animal Behaviour, Welfare and Ethics School of Animal & Veterinary Sciences THE UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE Roseworthy SA 5371 Australia Ph : +61 8 8303 7828 Fax : +61 8 8303 7972 e-mail: [log in to unmask] CRICOS Provider Number 00123M ----------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: This message may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you think it was sent to you by mistake, please delete all copies and advise the sender. For the purposes of the SPAM Act 2003, this email is authorised by The University of Adelaide. Think green: read on the screen. From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Jim Sibley Sent: Saturday, 24 September 2011 12:45 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Using MCQ Team Application Exercises I would look for an ethical dilemma problem...since they are usually messy :-) I know Sandy Cook has used a problem whether doctors can accept gifts from pharmaceutical rep....I have a nursing one that pits different parts of the nursing code of ethics against each other.....do I care for the patient and break hospital policy or do I follow hospital policy and put the patient at peril....I love this problem....because context, recent events, where the nurse is in their career, how irritating and vocal the patient is, how attentive the doctors care has been are all factors to muddy the waters jim _____ From: "Kubitz, Karla" <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: "Kubitz, Karla" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 12:53:12 +0000 To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Using MCQ Team Application Exercises Hi all, I'm looking for suggestions for activities/ etc that might help my students 'buy into' the idea that there can be more than one possible correct answer for my MCQ team application exercises. Thanks. Karla Karla Kubitz, Ph.D., FACSM Program Coordinator, Exercise Science Department of Kinesiology Towson University 8000 York Rd Towson, MD 21252 410-704-3168 (ph) 410-704-3912 (fax)