Greetings, The Brooklyn College CTL is opening up an intensive 4-day institute in January 2014, on team-based learning, to faculty from around CUNY. For more details and information about how to apply, please see below. Best wishes, Eva Eva M. Fernández Assistant Vice Provost Queens College, City University of New York http://people.qc.cuny.edu/faculty/efernandez From: Center for Teaching and Learning [mailto:CTL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU] On Behalf Of Graciela Elizalde-Utnick Sent: Friday, October 04, 2013 12:29 PM To: CTL@LISTSERV.CUNY.EDU Subject: Fwd: Invitation to Take Part in the Team-Based Learning Academy Greetings everyone. Please disseminate the following to your colleagues. We are planning the third phase of our Team-Based Learning project, which is funded by the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs. We are taking applications for our third faculty cohort and are opening the project to other campuses. Thank you. Best, Graciela Sent from my iPad Invitation to Take Part in the Team-Based Learning Academy Four-Day Intensive Training Institute January 2014 Dear Colleague, You are invited to join the third cohort of Brooklyn College faculty, who will have the opportunity to take part in training for Team-Based Learning this January to try this new approach in their classes in the Fall 2014 semester. Team-Based Learning (TBL) was first developed to facilitate active learning in large undergraduate classes. It has subsequently proved to be effective in a wide range of instructional settings. The advantages of TBL include improved attendance, increased pre-class preparation, better academic performance, and the development of interpersonal and team skills, in class sizes ranging from 10 to 400, with courses in hundreds of academic disciplines and students ranging from freshmen on academic probation to doctoral-level students. TBL has also been shown to reduce faculty burnout by promoting increased student responsibility, engagement in the learning process, and increased opportunities for positive teacher-student interactions. The TBL Academy, which is supported by a grant from the CUNY Office of Academic Affairs, will take you through the process of transforming a traditional course into a TBL course. $1,000 will be made available to faculty members who complete TBL Training during the January 2014 Intensive Training Institute (January 21, 22, 23, & 24, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.), attend some additional training sessions during the Spring 2014 semester to support the course redesign process, and work on revising their syllabus in Summer 2014 for implementing TBL in a course during Fall 2014. This initiative includes the opportunity to engage in supported research on the process and its outcomes. The TBL Academy will also have some sessions on research, the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), and presentation and publication opportunities. Application Deadline: December 1. To apply, please email Dr. Graciela Elizalde-Utnick at GUtnick@brooklyn.cuny.edu<mailto:GUtnick@brooklyn.cuny.edu> with the following information: Name_______________________________________ Department__________________________________ Course(s) you would like to work on redesigning: ____________________________________________ Email_______________________________________ Phone______________________Cell_____________ For further information and details of the TBL Academy please go to the BC Team-Based Learning website: URL: http://bctbl.edublogs.org We hope you will join us. Best, Graciela Elizalde-Utnick, Ph.D. Director, Roberta S. Matthews Center for Teaching 2420 Boylan Hall