People who know about TBL often find it helpful to also know about learning-centered course design.  Larry and I discovered this when we worked together at Oklahoma.
     
Good course design provides a strong course structure that will enhance both the effectiveness of TBL and your ability to articulate why TBL is so important.  Some of the ways good course design does this is as follows:

• Having a good set of learning goals (or outcomes) gives a focused purpose to the course.
• Having a good understanding of the importance of interactive learning activities and educative assessment explains why many of the TBL features are so important.
• The role of a good teaching strategy, like TBL, is essential in creating a high level of integration in any course.
  

If this is something you might be interested in doing, I am offering a National Workshop on Course Design that will be held in Chicago, May 21-23, 2013.

You can find further information about it on our website:  http://www.deefinkandassociates.com/index.php/workshops/chicago-2013/ 

My Best,  Dee Fink

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L. Dee Fink         
234 Foreman Ave.
Norman, OK  73069
Phone/FAX:  405-364-6464
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Websites:      
        www.designlearning.org   [multiple resources on course design]
        www.deefinkandassociates.com   [offer workshops & online courses]
        www.finkconsulting.info  [Fink's consulting activities & publications]

**Former President of the POD Network in Higher Education (2004-2005)
**Author of: Creating Significant Learning Experiences (2003, Jossey-Bass)
**National Project Director:  Teaching & Curriculum Improvement (TCI) Project
**Senior Associate, Dee Fink & Associates Consulting Services