Hi John

Very interesting ideas.  Can you tell me any more about how you keep the
iRAT questions secure, deter cheating, etc., when you do the iRAT online?
 (I am assuming that you use multiple choice questions - is that correct?)

Thanks

Mark

On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 11:07 PM, John Fritz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Brenda,
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> For those teaching online with TBL, what am I missing?
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> Thx,
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> John
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> 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
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> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 1:30 PM, Brenda Collings <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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>> 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.
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>> 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
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