During the recent 2023 business meeting at the annual meeting, we recognized two papers that stood out among the rest. In an effort to recognize excellence and innovation in advancing Team-Based Learning through research and scholarly publications, two papers were awarded top honors in the following categories:

Research Category
Dr. Judith Ainsworth
Team-Based Learning in professional writing courses for accounting graduates: positive impacts on student engagement, accountability and satisfaction
Judith Ainsworth. Accounting Education, 30:3, 234-257 (2021).

Scholarship Category
Dr. William Ofstad
Finding balance: Offering a systematic method to explore the influence of technology on team-based learning
William Ofstad and Yuwei Wang, Currents in Pharmacy Teaching and Learning. 13;11:1393-1397 (2021).

Winning articles were published in a peer-reviewed journal in the last two calendar years (2021 to 2023), are consistent with the entire TBL process, and align with the mission of the TBLC.