TBLC Call for Research Grants Proposal Reminder

DEADLINE REMINDER: November 1, 2014

PURPOSE

The TBLC supports and encourages research and scholarship in team-based learning. To help its members participate in opportunities that provide educational scholarship, the TBLC will provide funding to initiate new educational research or evaluation proposals in 2015-2016. Project budgets of $2,000- $5,000 may be requested, with single institution projects to be awarded at low end, and collaborative multi-institution projects at the high end. Two to four awards are anticipated, depending on the quantity and quality of proposed projects. The TBLC seeks to promote collaborative projects across institutions, and seeks to stimulate the development of a community of educational scholars. Project proposals must be consistent with published criteria for educational scholarship and provide additional opportunities for others to build upon this work.  

ELIGIBILITY

TBLC members from all TBLC member institutions are eligible to submit a proposal. Applicants may submit only one proposal. 

TIMELINE

Application Deadline: November 1, 2014

Announcement of Awards: March 7, 2015 (at the Annual TBLC Meeting in St. Petersburg, FL)

Upon completion of the project the Principal Investigator will be expected to present the project results at an annual meeting of the TBLC. All publications, presentations and/or products resulting from this project must acknowledge the TBLC as a sponsor of the work.  

BUDGET

Allowed Expenses:

Administrative, technical, or statistical support to carry out project Research supplies & expenses (e.g., survey instruments, duplication, mailings) Communication between participants (e.g., web/phone conference) Travel (up to $1,000)

Not Allowed:

Faculty salaries and benefits Indirect costs (Facilities & Administration)  

QUESTIONS

All inquires and communications should be addressed to the TBLC Scholarship Committee Chair at support@tblcadmin.org. 

SUBMISSION

Click here for submission instructions.

2015 TBLC Call for Poster Abstracts Reminder

Join us in St. Petersburg, Florida for the 14th Annual TBLC Conference!

The Team-Based Learning Collaborative (TBLC) is a group dedicated to supporting educators and trainers from a variety of educational & professional development settings that have implemented or wish to implement team-based learning (TBL). Our recent conferences have included educators from a broad range of backgrounds, including medical education, other health-related disciplines, business and social science disciplines, graduate and undergraduate education, professional schools, and K-12 education. We have benefited from everyone’s experience and wisdom as we strive to share teaching resources, mentor one another, and promote the dissemination, evaluation, and scholarship of team-based learning.

We invite you to the 14th Annual Conference on Team-Based Learning, which will be held March 5-7, 2015 in St. Petersburg, Florida, with pre-meeting workshops on March 5, 2015. The Conference presentations take the form of plenary presentations, workshops, oral presentations, and posters.

You are invited to submit poster abstracts on any topics relevant to team-based learning. We are asking for abstracts for three different tracks.

Tracks include the following:

Fundamentals track – for novices to TBL to help them learn the essential skills to get a TBL program started at their own institution. An example might include a workshop on facilitation techniques, or “How to Write Good Readiness Assurance Tests”

Innovations track – for those who are experienced with TBL to provide information about experiences with particular types of courses or learners or new or innovative techniques. An example might include a poster titled “A TBL Science Course for 9th Graders” or a workshop titled “How to start a Web-Based TBL Course”.

Research/Scholarship track – for those interested in presenting findings from educational research or research studies about TBL. Research submissions may be from descriptive, semi-quantitative (e.g., survey results), or quantitative (e.g., experimental) research. An example might be a workshop entitled “Getting a research program started in your TBL course” or it could be an oral presentation in which you present research that you have done such as “Evidence of standardized test performance gains in Pharmacy students following implementation of a TBL curriculum”.

Below is a brief summary of a poster abstract.

Poster presentations - Sample Poster Abstract

To submit an abstract, please go to http://www.tblcmeeting.org

Deadline for submission: November 15, 2014.

While we are open to all TBL-related submissions, we are particularly eager to receive submissions focused on non-medical applications of TBL. We look forward to receiving your submissions and hope to see you in St. Petersburg in 2015!

Sincerely yours,

Karla Kubitz & Tatyana Pashnyak

Program Chairs, TBLC Conference 2015