Hi TBLers

 

I have been tasked with redesigning a 1^st year undergraduate module in Engineering covering ‘responsible engineering practices’

 

It’s a really great opportunity to get TBL embedded into the Engineering Syllabus.

I have absolutely no problem thinking of great 4S activities (for example, ethical dilemmas in engineering practice) and am confident of designing a really compelling course.

 

Where  I am slightly less confident is that this cohort is quite large – 350 students, probably 70 teams (personal tutor groups – hence slightly smaller than TBLC recommendation, I might push for 6 people as a default).

 

Here are the challenges I am wondering about

• With 350 people in 1 (big) lecture hall, will the acoustics be deafening when teams are working together?
• With only a fraction of teams being able to report back (due to timing) during task debrief, will some teams start to disengage?

 

Any tips for dealing with this would be welcome!

 

Bw and thanks

 

Steve

PS and of course if anyone has delivered a similar course, would be interested to hear from you too