Dear Larry, I am waiting for your response at your early convenient time. Musarrat On Thursday, 17 January 2013, Larry Michaelsen wrote: > Dear Musarrat, > > I’m excited that you are looking at using TBL and also that you are > looking for help in doing it. If at all possible, I’m not sure how you’ve > been introduced to TBL but, if at all possible, I'd strongly recommend > inviting one or more TBL veterans to come to your campus to work with your > faculty at two different stages in the process. Although there would be > some costs involved, I think it is really risky to do a large-scale TBL > implementation without getting help from someone with real TBL expertise. > Based on the experience of a number of schools that have relied on a > single staff member and/or self-education from the literature and the web > site, the cost of NOT investing in the training can be much higher. That's > because it is so imperative to be successful in your first TBL offerings. > If you struggle in your initial attempts, it will be extremely hard to > regain a positive momentum. Even if the problem is due to a faulty > implementation of TBL, the doubters on your faculty will conclude that TBL > doesn't really work (or doesn't work with YOUR students or with your > subject matter or something else). Further, their negative voice will be > very persuasive and get louder with each challenge you encounter. > > > > Overall, I'd recommend two different types of external help. The first > would be to bring in someone well before you planned TBL introduction to > do a series of workshops. That would allow your faculty to actually * > experience* the key activities involved in TBL under the direction of > someone who really knows how to do it. For most faculty, such an experience > does two important things. One is creating the high level of motivation and > commitment that you will need to sustain the effort required to get the > design work done. The other is giving them a common and well-grounded > understanding of TBL that will build their confidence to move ahead. > > > > The second time that I would bring in a TBL veteran would be after you > have some modules that you think are pretty much ready to go. At that > point, someone who really knows what they are doing would be able to spot > any serious flaws in you planned implementation. In addition, they would > also be able to suggest modifications that would make make your initial > offerings more exciting for both you and your students. > > > > Larry > > On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 12:51 AM, Musarrat ul Hasnain <[log in to unmask]<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', [log in to unmask]);> > > wrote: > >> I am working in a public sector Medical College having class size 325. >> We have planned to pilot team based learning in the basic as well as >> clinical rotation class. I need suggestions about evaluation part of the >> activity. >> Dr. Musarrat ul Hasnain, >> Director/Head, Department of Medical Education, >> Punjab Medical College, Faisalabad, Pakistan >> > > > > -- > ******************************* > Larry K. Michaelsen, Professor of Management > Dockery 400G, University of Central Missouri > Warrensburg, MO 64093 > 660/543-4315 voice, 660/543-8465 fax > For info on: > Team-Based Learning (TBL) <www.teambasedlearning.org> > Integrative Business Experience (IBE) <http://ucmo.edu/IBEl<http://faculty.ucmo.edu/ibe/home.html> > > > ******************************* >