Wow ! this is a great idea! I will try it – thanks again! Graciela Elizalde-Utnick, Ph.D. Director Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching 2420 Boylan Hall and Coordinator, Bilingual Specializations, Department of School Psychology, Counseling, & Leadership 1107 James Hall Brooklyn College – CUNY 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210 718.951.5876 From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nofziger,Stacey Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 11:12 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Applications HI all, One thing I did just BEFORE official evaluations was to have them to an application called “What have I learned” They first looked at a list of terms / ideas that I thought were important and circled ones that they did not really feel like they understood. Then in teams the compared the lists and explained ideas to each other that they personally understood. Finally, they starred any ideas they still did not understand as a group and we discussed those as a full class. Out of a list of 60+ ideas, only about 2 were left as not being understood by the end of the day. This I felt was a great way to remind them that even though they did not have a notebook full of notes, they still learned a lot! I have attached what I did – I am in sociology and it was a Juvenile Delinquency class. Stacey Dr. Stacey Nofziger Graduate Director and Associate Professor Department of Sociology Olin Hall 247 University of Akron Akron, OH 44325-1905 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> 330-972-5364 From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ostebo,Marit Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:50 AM To: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Applications Hi Neil, You have some very good points, - I have also been thinking that I should be careful to draw conclusions. I have also thought of doing some kind of midterm evaluation in order to get a sense of what the students are thinking, and use that evaluation to make improvements. I have talked to other professors who say that they tend to get better evaluations when they engage the students in a midterm review of the course. Maybe there are other out there who have some advice on this? Marit From: Neil Haave [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 10:38 AM To: Ostebo,Marit Cc: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: Applications Hi Marit, I will be curious if your experience will be the same as mine.... I too have had the experience of implementing TBL and being so pleased with the results as I witnessed them in the classroom: engaged discussion occurring whereas before TBL there was passive silence. However, when the end of term course evaluations were returned to me, I was surprised at the number of students who had a very negative reaction to the teaching & learning strategy that is TBL. They were a minority, but a significant minority. It felt to me like a bit of cognitive dissonance was going on for students - they didn't recognize the learning experience for what it was. On my campus it really feels like implementing TBL is counter-cultural in the sense that students have experienced and expect didactic lecture and to not do the same is to abdicate my instructor responsibilities. I have a lot of work to do in not only teaching my students the course content, but also how to learn deeply so that their education lasts longer than their degree program... Cheers Neil Neil Haave, PhD Associate Professor, Biology Managing Editor, Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching<http://celt.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/CELT/index> University of Alberta, Augustana Faculty Rm C155, Science Wing, Classroom Building, Augustana Campus 4901 - 46 Avenue, Camrose, AB, CANADA T4V 2R3 email<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Augustana dossier<http://www.augustana.ualberta.ca/profs/nhaave/> Google+<https://www.google.com/+NeilHaave> blog<http://activelylearning2teach.blogspot.ca/> "We do not learn from experience . . . we learn from reflecting on experience" - John Dewey On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 7:40 AM, Ostebo,Marit <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: I am implementing TBL for the first time this semester. It seems to work very well (judging from the high level of participation in the class and the good feeling I have when leaving the classroom). I teach a Human Rights and Culture class, and I just wonder if there are people out there who have been teaching similar classes and who would like to share their applications with me. Topics that I cover are e.g. Violence, conflict resolution and legal pluralism, Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Human Rights activism, Anthropology and Human rights, Human rights and International Development +++ A few weeks back I had a focus on dignity, and the applications I had designed worked EXTREMELY well. If anyone is interested, - I am happy to share. It should be of relevance not only for those teaching human rights, but also for instructors in nursing, medicine, ethics, etc. Please shoot me an e-mail off list if you are interested: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Marit Ostebo Marit Tolo Ostebo (PhD) Lecturer Department of Anthropology Address: 427 Grinter Hall – PO BOX 115560 Gainesville, FL 32611-5560 Tel: +1(352) 273-4754<tel:%2B1%28352%29%20273-4754> / +1 (352) 328-7591<tel:%2B1%20%28352%29%20328-7591> E-mail: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> [UFsignatureThemeline]