Less lecture, more learning? Team-based learning workshops, Jan. 10-11

About team-based learning:
Team-Based Learning™ (TBL) is an educational strategy developed in the business school environment. Only in the last six years has medical education begun to tap this strategy's potential. TBL can be used in classes as large as 200 and as small as 12. It transforms instruction into active learning and promotes the development of professional competencies in interpersonal skills, teamwork and peer feedback. Unlike Problem-Based Learning (PBL), TBL does not require a multitude of faculty to facilitate small groups and it can either replace or supplement lectures that occur in the traditional lecture hall. Interest in TBL continues to grow, along with publications on its effectiveness in various settings and courses. It is an instructor-led, learning-centered strategy that is learned best in an experiential format. The workshop will be oriented toward faculty in the science and health professions, but the TBL pedagogy is appropriate for and transferable to most other disciplines.

The TBL conference will take place Jan. 10-11 in the Allied Health Sciences Building, rooms 206 and 207. See below for a full list of workshops being offered.

About the speaker:
Paul Koles, M.D., is associate professor of pathology and surgery and chair of the Department of Pathology in the Boonshoft School of Medicine at Wright State University. He has practiced and taught pathology for 25 years. His medical education research focuses on instructional strategies and assessment, with team-based learning being his primary area of interest. He has authored more than 30 interdisciplinary TBL modules and facilitated more than 50 TBL workshops and consultations for medical school faculty in the U.S. and Canada. He is certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic and clinical pathology with subspecialty certification in cytopathology.

Workshops:

Team-Based Learning: How and Why It Works (includes continental breakfast)
Thursday, Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m.-noon
Allied Health Sciences Building, Room 206

Writing an Effective TBL Module (includes lunch)
Thursday, Jan. 10, 12-4 p.m.
Allied Health Sciences Building, Room 206

Writing Meaningful Objectives and Effective Multiple Choice Questions (includes continental breakfast)
Friday, January 11, 8:30 a.m.-noon
Allied Health Sciences Building, Room 206

Teaching Technologies for TBL in the Face-to-Face Environment (concurrent session)
Friday, January 11, 8:30-10:30 a.m.
Allied Health Sciences Building, Room 207

Teaching Technologies for TBL in the Distance & Blended Environment (concurrent session)
Friday, January 11, 10:45-12:45 p.m.
Allied Health Sciences Building, Room 207

Register for one or all workshops:
Visit the CAFE website to learn more about each workshop or to register.

TBL in action:
Duke School of Medicine embraces Team-Based Learning (video)
TeamLEAD at DUKE-NUS (video)

Questions?
Contact CAFE at (907) 786-4644 or Liisa Morrison at lkmorrison@uaa.alaska.edu.