I agree. I just attended a workshop by Michael Sweet, and the hands-on experience was what helped the process click for me and already I've made changes in my teaching. We also viewed the video during the workshop, but that was more as a wrap-up, and was nice but the experience of team decision-making with strangers was very eye-opening!
Judi Bradetich

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From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Frederick, Theresa
Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 8:29 AM
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We found that using tbl to explain tbl worked the best.

We took a hit on our evaluations because when we tried to show a video or PowerPoint because the appearance was too close to a lecture format.

I would send them an article in advance (the prework) Then when they come to the session put them in a team, hand out the IRAT, go immediately to the GRAT and make them discuss the points.
If the prework is out this part takes only 5 minutes. And you still have time for q and a.
Terry


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Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:54 PM
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If I only had 20 minutes, I would show the 12 minute TBL video created by Michael Sweet on the TBLC website, take 2 minutes to show resources for future training (e.g. books, the website), then answer questions for the next 6 minutes.
Ruth

On Feb 23, 2012, at 5:25 PM, "Daniel Williams" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:

Hi everybody!

I have a chance to show off the TBL practice to interested colleagues, but I have an absurdly short amount of time that cannot be altered (20 minutes).  The topic can be condensed into a single detailed figure, so I was thinking about the following itinerary:

First 5 minutes -  Complete a 2 question individual RAT over the figure they have just been handed.
Next 5 minutes -  Do the Team RAT
Use the next two minutes to clear up misunderstandings from the RAT Final 8 minutes - Application activity.

Is that condensing things too far?  Should I really just focus on designing a meaningful 20 minute application activity and explain that students would have done a preparation process beforehand?

Thanks,
Dan
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