Brenda, I'm a fan of hybrid/blended learning AND TBL, and I've thought about this a lot: IF all students have online access in a classroom or lab, I think the iRat can be done online, too. And if you don't have a lab or ubiquitous computing, I think clickers could suffice for the iRat (if they support student mode where students can click/input their answers to questions at their own pace, not the typical instructor mode where everyone answers one question at a time displayed overhead on the data projector). However, I've just not seen a good online equivalent to the analog IF-AT form for the tRat. It seems like this this topic comes up a lot, usually as the opening inquiry for how to move TBL online. While I didn't see it at the TBL conference in Vegas two years ago, I heard that someone had created a virtual scratch off card that sounded very interesting. But if "Immediate Feedback" to the team is important, then I don't see how any online system that is based on a personal user account and login can replicate the beginning team dynamics that emerge through the tRat & IF-AT. Sure, teams can "delegate" their choice to an individual member, and the prof can multiply & distribute this score to the other team members who have a zero for the team grade. But that feels clunky and inelegant and saps energy rather than generates it in synchronous environments. I used to see non-online tRat as a problem, but not anymore. I think the IF-AT just works and that something would be lost if moved online. I'd also wonder about security of the iRat/tRat questions if students could access the questions AND answers online, and not in a classroom. I know that's not what you're proposing here, but just thought I'd mention it. For those teaching online with TBL, what am I missing? Thx, John -- John Fritz Asst. VP, Instructional Technology & New Media UMBC Division of Information Technology 410.455.6596 | [log in to unmask] | www.umbc.edu/oit/itnm On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Brenda Collings <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Good day, > I am just learning about the TBL model and I look forward to a seminar by > Dr. > Michaelsen next week here at UNBSJ. > We are moving from a Blackboard Mgmt system to Desire to Learn(D2L) next > month and I am curious if anyone has used the D2L mgmt system with the TBL > approach. > > I am teaching introductory and intermediate accounting in our undergrad and > MBA program. I have used Blackboard to give online quizzes each week - > which I believe could be a useful application of the iRat (if all students > have > online access during class) and then I would like to investigate > establishing a > TEAM as an enrolled member of the class in order to then allow the Team to > enter their answers for the tRat online using D2L. Has anyone used this > approach with D2L? > The D2L system could also assist with Peer Evaluations. > > I would appreciate any comments regarding the effecient use of D2L with > TBL. > Thanks in advance for your consideration of my request. > Brenda > > Brenda Collings > Assistant Dean, Faculty of Business > University of New Brunswick Saint John > Canada >