TBLC-Affiliated International Conference - "Leading Educational Change"

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to announce that the first TBLC-affiliated International Conference will take place on Wednesday 21st October 2015 at the University of Bradford in the UK.

 The conference will take the theme of Leading Educational Change. We are delighted that both Professor Shirley Alexander, Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the University of Technology, Sydney and Dr Michael Nelson, President Elect of the Team Based Learning Collaborative and Department Chair for Pharmaceutical Studies at Regis University, Colorado will be joining us to deliver the keynote and chair the presentation session respectively.

 We are offering both a fundamentals track for those new to Team Based Learning (TBL) and one for people with some understanding or experience of TBL called Beyond the Basics.  For further details check our provisional programme.

 Please submit your abstract for either a 15 minute oral presentation or a poster presentations by Friday 4th September.

 Tickets cost £90 early bird/£125 standard (from 1st September)

BOOK YOUR TICKETS NOW

 Please direct any queries to Beck McCarter: r.m.mcarter@bradford.ac.uk

 Please feel free to circulate this invitation to other colleagues at your institution and throughout your networks.

TBLC Call for Workshop Abstracts

Dear Colleagues,

The Team Based Learning Collaborative extends a warm welcome to join them for their 15th annual meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, March 3-5, 2016 at the Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town.

Abstracts are currently welcomed for Workshop presentation formats.

Workshops will be accepted within one of three tracks:

• Fundamentals Track
• Innovations & Applications track
• Scholarship & Research Track

Fundamentals Track:

Learners will acquire knowledge and skills for implementation of effective TBL. Target audience: educators with less than 3 years experience using TBL or educators who want to become more effective in practicing the essentials of TBL.

Innovations and Applications Track:

Learners will acquire knowledge and skills for using TBL in specific educational settings or in a specific academic discipline. Creative innovations that remain consistent with TBL principles are encouraged.

Target audience: educators who are currently using TBL and who desire to improve their practice by interacting with those in similar educational roles, disciplines, or settings.

Scholarship and Research Track:

Learners will acquire knowledge and skills to critically evaluate the educational process and outcomes of TBL. Workshops emphasizing either qualitative or quantitative research methods are preferred.

Target audience: educators who want to study the TBL process and communicate findings in a scholarly manner, e.g. peer-reviewed publications.

For which of the following tracks is your workshop intended?

Requirements to be included in workshop proposal

1. Title of workshop
2. Organizer and co-leaders: for each person who will facilitate the workshop, submit name, degree, institution, email, phone, and qualifications for leading the workshop. Designate one person to communicate with the program committee. Please note that only registered participants will be listed within the final Conference Program. 
3. Purpose and rationale of the workshop (Workshops proposed for fundamentals track ONLY: Submit learners’ evaluations of a previous workshop you have done on this topic.)
4. Specific learning objectives of the workshop (behavioral)
5. Intended audience
6. Format: the method that leaders will use during the workshop; include description of how essential elements of TBL will be incorporated.
7. Detailed schedule of workshop activities, with each segment in minutes, including breaks (assume total duration of 120 minutes).
8. Advance assignments for participants (optional)
9. Products and materials: what each participant will receive and keep
10. Assessment: provide the instrument learners will use to evaluate the workshop
11. Audio-visual requirements: provide a list. NOTE:  This will be confirmed by the Admin Planning Team as to availability.
12. Number of participants: provide the maximum number you will accept

Proposals are to be email to danielle@tblcadmin.org by September 30, 2015 Note: The entire proposal must less than be 2 pages (12-point Arial font, single-spaced) and in MS Word. All other document types will be returned.

Connect With TBLC on Social Media

Dear Colleagues,

Stay up to date with all of the latest TBLC news and meeting updates by subscribing to TBLC on social media! TBLC can be found on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Please see details below! 

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/TeamBasedLearning 
Twitter:  http://www.twitter.com/TBLearning
Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/Teambased-Learning-8118370


For updates on the upcoming 15th Annual TBLC Meeting, which will be in Albuquerque, New Mexico on March 2-4, 2016, please visit www.teambasedlearning.org

Join us for the 2015 TBLC Regional Workshop in Seattle, Washington on October 10, 2015!

Thank you, TBLC Admin Team