We are facing this (quite welcome) issue for the first time: we have 3 courses using TBL next semester for our 2nd year students.

We at first thought it would be 2 courses, and my thought was to just keep the same teams for both courses. But a 3rd course will now be doing TBL, so I would like some opinions.

All 3 courses will be taught in the same lecture hall, but not all on the same days (but 2 courses will share at least a day a week).

Should we have them stay in the same teams for all 3 courses, or have them in unique teams for each course?

I can see advantages both ways. I am mainly concerned about the logistics of having them shuffle around the lecture hall and have a hard time keeping up with which seats to go to for which courses. I do like the idea of them really getting to know their group well from team-building aspect, but I also like the idea of them learning to work with a variety of people.

Thanks!

JMJ

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John Mark Jackson, OD, MS, FAAO
Southern College of Optometry
(901) 722-3314
@johnmarkjackson