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Team-Based Learning (TBL) Training
Do you want to better engage your students in the classroom?
Do you want to use a flipped classroom approach where students DO their pre-work and come to class prepared and ready to apply their new knowledge?
Do you want to use a student-centred learning and teaching strategy that optimises the best of active learning and utilises collaborative decision making?
Do you want your students to develop critical thinking skills, the confidence to justify and defend their decisions, and their communication and team-working skills?
Then Team-Based Learning is for you!
We offer certified and accredited consultants and trainers to give you and your teams the skills to design, implement and deliver Team-Based Learning in universities, colleges, schools and in the workplace.
What is Team-Based Learning (TBL)?
Team-Based Learning is a special form of collaborative learning using a special sequence of individual work, group work adn immedicate feedback to create a motivational framework in which students increasingly hold each other accountable for coming to class prepared and contributing to discussion. TBL can be used in universities, colleges, schools and in the workplace.
Services
TBL Fundamentals
A certificated series of 5 X 3 hour workshops designed to provide participants with the skills and knowledge to get started with Team-Based Learning, These workshops can be delivered on site over 3-4 days at your institution, school or company.
Consultancy
I can offer bespoke consultancy to help you in the design, implementation and delivery of a Team-Based Learning programme, course, module or training programme..
Bespoke Training
I can tailor a training, development and consultancy programme to meet your requirements. This could be one workshop, a series of workshops to get your started or more advanced workshops. These could be delivered in person or online.
About Me
Professor Simon Tweddell
Over the last 11 years I have helped many educators in the UK, Ireland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, Spain, and Oman to introduce Team-Based Learning in universities and schools
I am a National Teaching Fellow, Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and a winner of a National CATE award (Collaborative Award for Teaching Excellence).
TBL Benefit 1
TBL has been shown to better improve student attendance, engagement, attainment and progression and has helped narrow attainment gaps in HE. TBL is scalable and designed to develop autonomous learning teams without the need for lots of facilitators.
TBL Benefit 2
Students work in in-class teams, actively developing their communication and team-working skills, their skills in critical analysis, as well as their collaborative decision making skills. All skills that help in the workplace
TBL Benefit 3
TBL takes a flipped approach with student motivated to come to class prepared through a readiness assurance process meaning that the majority of class time is spent on application of the new knowledge. Students soon develop an accountability to their team and don't want to let the team down.
Unique Value Propositions
Unique Value Proposition 1
Using TBL in your university, college, school or workplace is likely to provide you with a unique selling point for your organisation which will be attractive to applicants, teachers, families and colleagues,
Unique Value Proposition 2
Employers and employees will value the skills that working regulalry in teams brings such as collaborative decision making, the ability to discuss and compromise, learning together and from each other, test ideas and theories in a safe space, all of whcih develop better communicators and builds confidence in learners.
Unique Value Proposition 3
I will help you get started, provide resources, advice and my experience to help build confidence in your educators to design, develop and implement TBL in your learning enviroments.
Testimonials
Sinisa Delic, Dipl. Dozent HF, Lehrperson, Abteilung Fachspezifische Weiterbildung, Berner Bildungszentrum Pflege, Freiburgstrasse 133, 3008 Bern. Switzerland.
The TBL Fundamentals course was a seminal educational experience for me. I have been involved in education for more than 20 years, and this is the best course I have attended. The content was comprehensive and relevant, and I felt prepared to design and lead my own TBL sessions after attending. I was particularly impressed by the delivery of the material, all done in TBL format, which emphasised the advantages of this teaching modality and allowed me to experience the material from a learner’s perspective. Prof Tweddell and his team were superb, role-modelling effective facilitation brilliantly throughout. I would highly recommend this to others interested in learning TBL.
Dr Andrew MN Walker MRCP FHEA PhD, Lecturer/Honorary Consultant Cardiologist, Fellow @Leeds Institute for Teaching Excellence (LITE)
Quotes from Students and Educators
“I can undoubtedly say that the TBL curriculum has prepared me so well for life as a pharmacist; I have the confidence to communicate with and work with lots of difference team. I can swear by TBL” Graduate of a TBL programme
“TBL’s not perfect, but I think it’s far better for student learning, enjoyment and satisfaction, and the same for faculty. It’s much more enjoyable to go into class, even though you’re more vulnerable. There’s more satisfaction in the interactions you have and knowing immediately that students are understanding what you’re talking about and what you want them to learn.” Educator