UW News

February 5, 2004

Team-based learning is topic of forum

“Designing Effective Assignments for Group Learning” is the title of the next Quarterly Forum on Teaching and Learning, set for 2:30 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12 in the Walker Ames Room, Kane.


The forum speaker is Larry Michaelsen, professor of management at Central Missouri State University and co-author of Team-based Learning: A Transformative Use of Small Groups.


Those wanting to attend the forum are asked to send their name and department to rsvp@cidr.washington.edu.  For examples of team learning resources developed by Michaelsen and others, visit the Team-Based Learning Web site at: http://atlas.services.ou.edu/idp/teamlearning/index.htm and CIDR’s collection of tools and resources for using small groups and student teams: http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/GroupTools.htm


This Quarterly Forum is co-sponsored by: The Center for Instructional Development and Research, The Graduate School, the Office of Undergraduate Education, The Teaching Academy and the Faculty Council on Instructional Quality.