TBLC Call for Volunteers

Build your network, your expertise, and your profile by becoming an active member of the Team-Based Learning Collaborative! Membership in the TBLC gives you access to a world-wide network of active and like-minded educators. Beyond that, joining one of the many committees helping to build TBL internationally is an excellent way to become an active, contributing member of the organization.

The TBLC Steering Committee invites you to become more involved with the Collaborative. There are several areas in which volunteer help would be welcomed and much appreciated. If you have an interest in any of the committees listed below, please let us know!

Membership Committee - The Membership Committee develops methods and programs for active membership recruitment and retention. The Committee's current focus is on writing and editing three or four newsletters each year and developing and monitoring of the new TBLC website.

Editorial Board – The Editorial Board reviews all resources, modules and other publications that are submitted to the TBLC for endorsement by the organization. The Editorial Board consists of a Chair and several committee members responsible for the process of peer reviewing/publishing TBL modules. Additional volunteers assist with peer review of newly submitted TBL modules.

Scholarship Committee – The Scholarship Committee is responsible for fostering, enhancing and encouraging the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning within the TBLC. This Committee aids members in developing individual and collaborative research endeavors to measure processes and outcomes associated with TBL, and promotes the publishing of scholarly materials related to TBL. Annual responsibilities also include peer reviewing grant proposals submitted to the TBLC for funding.

Educational Development Committee – The Educational Development Committee is responsible for obtaining, evaluating, developing, and disseminating TBL best practices and materials about TBL to be used by the membership and for recruitment. The Committee also plays a major role in organizing the TBLC's regional Fly-in workshops each fall.

Annual Program Committee – The Annual Program Committee organizes annual TBLC meetings, such as identifying the meeting theme; selecting keynote and closing session speakers; reviewing and selecting proposals for workshops, oral sessions, and posters; implementing changes suggested by TBLC members; and performing other functions as needed to ensure the success of annual meetings. This committee consists of the Chair, Past-Chair, Co-chair/Future Chair (position available), Treasurer, and representatives from the Faculty Development Committee and Scholarship Committee. Additional members of the Committee may be appointed by the Committee Chair.

Finance Committee – The Finance Committee, chaired by the Treasurer, consists of at least two additional TBLC members, and is responsible for oversight of all financial matters of the Collaborative, and for the development of the annual Collaborative financial report and respective budgets.

There are many opportunities to serve the TBLC. Doing so helps foster international-collaborative relationships among like-minded individuals, and may well enhance your professional standing and opportunities.

Please contact Danielle at danielle@tblcadmin.org if you would like to volunteer for a TBLC committee position.

New Cases in the TBLC Case Bank

The Team-Based Learning Collaborative resource bank has been updated with 9 new TBL teaching modules! When you log into the Member Only section of the TBLC website, click on the Resource Bank to view the TBL modules available and to access these new modules. Below is a listing of the newly added TBL teaching modules:

Title: Units and Measurement
Author: Lorrie Comeford

Title: Intra-Aortic Balloon Pumping
Author: Judy Currey

Title: Social Cognition, Social Perception, and Social Psychology and the Law Unit
Author: Jamie S. Hughes

Title: Pathophysiology of Stroke
Author: Parto Khansari

Title: Leadership in Sport
Author: Karla Kubitz

Title: Personality in Sport and Exercise
Author: Karla Kubitz

Title: Personality Disorder
Author: Ruth Levine

Title: Large Animal Urinary Surgery
Author: Erin Malone

Title: Drug Discovery and Classification
Author: Michael H. Nelson

If you have any difficulty accessing these resources, please contact support@tblcadmin.org.

TBLC 2016 - Call for Poster and Oral Presentations

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 15th Annual Conference on Team-Based Learning, which will be held March 3-5, 2016 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with pre-meeting workshops on March 3, 2016.

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”.

Click here to view a sample Poster Abstract

Please visit www.TBLCAbstract.org to submit your abstract.

Please note that the first time you enter the site, you will be required to create a user profile.

Deadline for submission: November 15, 2015.

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 Albuquerque in 2016!