With the 2020 TBLC Meeting just around the corner, we would like to bring attention to one of our featured workshops: Putting the Faculty in the Student’s Seat: A TBL Immersive Approach to Faculty Development. This session will be presented by Jeremy Hughes from California Health Sciences University. We hope you enjoy this session!

Title: Putting the Faculty in the Student’s Seat: A TBL Immersive Approach to Faculty Development
Presented by: Jeremy Hughes – California Health Sciences University
Date: Monday, March 16, 2020
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:45 AM

Faculty can imagine the implications that TBL has on learners’ study strategies, time management, and overall student life, however, few faculty have experienced TBL from the seat of the learner. By modifying the traditional faculty and staff development model to one utilizing TBL methodologies, there is an opportunity to “kill multiple birds with one stone”. Faculty and staff can experience TBL as a learner, observe TBL facilitation, and gain knowledge to help them better complete various aspects of their jobs. The purpose of this workshop is to empower attendees to expand their approach to faculty and staff development within their departments and across their institutions to one that utilizes TBL methodology. Readiness materials will include articles and videos discussing faculty development techniques based on androgological theories. Strategies for improving faculty participation and engagement in their own professional development will be identified through collaborative discussions and case-based learning. Workshop attendees will work in teams to create a sample faculty development curriculum, identifying core topics, activities, and schedules, for a simulated department/college within a larger institution.

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With the 2019 TBLC Meeting just around the corner, we would like to bring attention to one of our featured workshops: Let’s Get ‘Em Engaged Online! This session will be presented by Annetta Dolowitz from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Michael Dorneich from Iowa State University, James Grogan from Oakland University William Beaumont SOM, Brian O’Dwyer from InteDashboard and Jennifer Styron from Eastern Virginia Medical School. We hope you enjoy this session!

Title: Let’s Get ‘Em Engaged Online!
Presented by: Annetta Dolowitz – University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB)
Michael Dorneich – Iowa State University
James Grogan – Oakland University William Beaumont SOM
Brian O’Dwyer – InteDashboard
Jennifer Styron – Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolDate: Saturday, March 16, 2019
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:45 AM

The purpose of this workshop is to review the best practice principles for creating and implementing the Readiness Assurance Process (RAP) and 4S application activities in an online course. The workshop will be delivered in a hybrid format with both face-to-face and online components. In the pre-workshop online portion, participants will reading materials, form teams, and conduct an online RAP process. In the workshop itself, the face-to-face portion, participants will complete their team-RAT with their other team members, engage in discussion, and conduct 4S application activities where teams will continue collaborating in the online format while they complete these application activities. Finally, barriers to success (i.e. cheating or team loafers) and strategies to proactively reduce these barriers will be discussed. Presenters will (1) review recommendations from the TBL Online Community of Practice Applications Group manuscript, in process, and (2) discuss how these principles can be integrating into the design and development of online courses utilizing the TBL instructional strategy, and (3) consider alignment of these principles with QM Standards. Participants will have the opportunity to experience use of an online platform to deliver the RAP and application exercise components of TBL. Through the interactive session, participants will have a clearer perception of students’ online experience and how making use of existing tools can simplify the process and assist in running these components of TBL smoothly. This workshop is for individuals familiar with TBL who are currently teaching online courses, designing online courses, delivering professional development, and/or are interested in how TBL may be facilitated in an online environment. TBL educators who are looking for ideas or how to resolve issues they are encountering, particularly in the RAP and 4S application exercise components of delivering TBL online, may also find this workshop valuable.

Want to register for the meeting but not a TBLC Member yet? No problem! Register for the 2019 TBLC Annual Meeting as a non-member and receive ONE FREE YEAR of membership in the Team-Based Learning Collaborative. Email support@tblcadmin.org for more information.