Team-Based Learning

Tawnya Means, PhDDirector, Center for Teaching, Learning & Assessment

Warrington College of Business AdministrationUniversity of Florida

Friday Forum, April 11, 2014

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Instructor-focus

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Instructor-focus

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Instructor-focus

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Instructor-focus

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Technology-focus

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Technology-focus

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Change the focus: Flip class

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Student-focus

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Student-focus

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Student-focus

Instructor-facilitation

Engaged Learning

Passive

Active

Read

Hear

See

Hear and See

Say

Say and Do

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Challenges

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Not all flips are good…

Team-based Learning• Preparation

– “Flip the classroom”

• Readiness Assurance– Individual– Team

• Applicationhttp://youtu.be/BlVPLYGdBLg

Essentials of TBL

• Groups (properly formed and managed)

• Accountability (individual and team)• Feedback (frequent and timely)• Activity Design (promote learning

and team development)

Michaelsen, L. K. & Sweet, M (2008) The Essential Elements of Team-based Learning | http://teambasedlearning.org

iRAT/tRAT

Michaelsen, L. & Sweet, M. (2008) The Essential Elements of Team-based Learning | https://learningcatalytics.com/

Activity Design: Application

• Significant• Same problem• Specific choice• Simultaneous report

Michaelsen, L. K. & Sweet, M (2008) The Essential Elements of Team-based Learning and http://teambasedlearning.org

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Application Activity Example

Gallery

The Eager Faculty…

Some faculty were excited!- New instructors- New course prepTIP:- Share ideas- Let them champion!

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The Unconvinced Faculty…

Some were not so…• My class isn’t broken• Technology is for

online/mass enrollment• Technology is a barrier• “I teach a discussion-

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Wait a minute…this works!

Discussion-based courseTeam-based Learning

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Preparation

• Course Management System

Readiness Assurance

• PowerPoint

• Web Videos

• Google Docs

Application

• Google Slides

• Discussion

Course Evaluation Data

4.59

4.194.37

4.48

4.19

3.63

4.30

4.83

4.16

4.62 4.624.48

3.59

4.59

Overall rating College mean Communication Facilitation Amount learned Amount ofeffort

Educationalvalue

Operations Management Course Evaluation Results

Lecture in Traditional classroom Team-based Learning in Active Learning Studio

Course Evaluation Data

4.00

4.19

3.93

3.743.63

4.30

3.65

4.60

4.24

4.43 4.38

3.97

4.39

4.14

Overall rating College mean Communication Facilitation Amount learned Amount ofeffort

Educationalvalue

Information Systems Strategy Course Evaluation Results

Lecture in Traditional classroom Team-based Learning in Traditional Classroom

Student Survey

1.931.85 1.93

2.26

2.96

2.46

2.672.55

3.233.11 3.14

2.61

3.16 3.24

2.56

2.98

Connection to Instructor

Connectionto Peers

Engagementin Learning

CollaborationMakes

LearningEasier

CollaborationMakes

ConnectionsEasier

Value of In Class

Time

Value ofOut of Class

Time

Value ofCollaborationfor Learning

Traditional Classroom Active Learning Studio

Student Feedback

I personally liked the teamed based

setting of the course. it helps

out a lot.

In terms of organization, this course was pretty

great and fun.

Organization of the course using this particular classroom was excellent. This is my last semester at UF and this was

by far the best atmosphere for learning I have come across.

The room … was well-suited to this topic

and means of delivering content.

Adaptable• One size does NOT fit all• Follow essential structure• Adapt to fit needs of:

– Instructor– Content– Students– Space

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Learning is not a spectator sport…

“Students do not learn much just by sitting in class listening to teachers, memorizing prepackaged assignments, and spitting out answers. They must talk about what they are learning, write about it, relate it to past experiences, apply it to their daily lives. They must make what they learn part of themselves.”

Chickering and Gamson “Seven principles for good practice.” AAHE Bulletin 39 (March 1987), 3-7

“The only pathway that

seems unproductive for learning is the pathway that excludes

testing of ideas.”

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There will be challenges

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The rewards are worth it

History shows us that the people who end up changing the world… are always nuts, until they’re right, and then they’re geniuses.

- John Eliothttp://flic.kr/p/4TpckD

Resources• http://tblc.roundtablelive.org

• The Essentials of Team-based Learning(http://bit.ly/1iBqEW8)

• TBL at Queens (http://youtu.be/l4wEmz36Q8A /http://youtu.be/cfddjU1BYpo)

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