Using Blackboard to support team-based learning: delivery and rollout Moira Sarsfield, Imperial College London
• What is TBL?
• How can technology help to deliver TBL?
• What technology is suitable for you & your students?
• How can a TBL package be built and redeployed in Blackboard?
Using Blackboard to support team-based learning (TBL): delivery and rollout
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• A structured teaching strategy, involving pre-study by students, quizzing to assess understanding, and peer-to-peer learning via team and class discussion
• Larry Michaelsen - University of Oklahoma Business School
• Dean Parmelee - promoted use in Medical Schools
Team-based Learning (TBL)
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Elements of TBL
• Reading a paper, watching a video or a lecture
• Individual MCQs on pre-study material• Marks count for grade• No feedback, no mark until later
• Team answers same MCQs as iRAT – one entry per team• Immediate feedback on answer• Ability to answer again if incorrect• Marks count for grade
• Lecturer reviews questions which caused problems for teams
Pre-study iRAT tRAT RAT review tAPP APP
debate Appeals Peer review
Pre-study
iRAT
tRAT
RAT review
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• Team work together to answers questions, apply knowledge from RATs• One entry per team; marks count for grade• All members of team must be ready to justify the team answer
• Teams giving different answers called upon to justify their selection• Debate between teams on which answer is correct• Correct answer provided after debate
• Teams can appeal, e.g. if they disagree with the correct answer• If successful the score for that team is adjusted
• Team members assess the contribution of peers, giving a mark and comments; marks count for grade
tAPP
APP debate
Appeals
Peer review
Elements of TBLPre-study iRAT tRAT RAT
review tAPP APP debate Appeals Peer
review
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Mr Studious
But Shy Little Miss
Team Player Mr Lazy Learner
Pre-study
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++
+
Working with the team
–
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Student iRAT tRAT tAPPPeer
ReviewTotal
Studious But Shy 27 22.5 20 3 72.5
Team Player 18 22.5 20 10 70.5
Lazy Learner 12 22.5 20 8 62.5
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Teaching focus• Large class data management – recording student responses• Quick turnaround of results to feed into whole class discussion
Learning technology focus• Using tools that students are familiar with• Making the session “reusable”
Technology and TBL
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• Blackboard Items in a Content Folder• Deliver pre-study materials to students in a structured way
Pre-study
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Technology and TBL
Pre-study
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• Blackboard Test – Adaptive Release by date/time, time limit, auto-submission, password, added time for students eligible for extra time in exams
• Hard copy of questions to record answers
• Deliver MCQs • Apply a time limit• Easy marking• Reporting of results for
each student
iRAT
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Technology and TBL• Blackboard Test – Adaptive Release by
date/time, time limit, auto-submission, password, added time for students eligible for extra time in exams
• Hard copy of questions to record answers
• Deliver MCQs • Apply a time limit• Easy marking• Reporting of results for
each student
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tRAT • Deliver same (iRAT) MCQs • Allow one entry per
team• Instant feedback• Retry for reduced mark• Correct answer revealed• Easy marking• Reporting of results for
each team
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• Groups preloaded into Bb course and into Grade Centre • Group Set Sign-up Sheet for scribes• Smart View of Grade Centre shows
scribes and tRAT scores only
tRAT • Deliver same (iRAT) MCQs • Allow one entry per
team• Instant feedback• Retry for reduced mark• Correct answer revealed• Easy marking• Reporting of results for
each team
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• Adaptive Release of tRAT quizzes to scribes only with password• No time limit to allow discussion• One quiz for each attempt of each
question – two attempts allowed
tRAT • Deliver same (iRAT) MCQs • Allow one entry per
team• Instant feedback• Retry for reduced mark• Correct answer revealed• Easy marking• Reporting of results for
each team
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• Calculated column in Grade Centre shows sum of all tRAT scores (scribes)• Hard copy of questions to record team
answers• Correct answer document manually
released
tRAT • Deliver same (iRAT) MCQs • Allow one entry per
team• Instant feedback• Retry for reduced mark• Correct answer revealed• Easy marking• Reporting of results for
each team
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• Deliver MCQs • Instant feedback• Retry for reduced mark• Correct answer revealed• Easy marking• Reporting of results for
each team
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• Download Grades (current view) and paste into pre-prepared Excel spreadsheet, which highlights poorly answered questions
• Copy Attempt Statistics for difficult questions into spreadsheet to show which answers were chosen
• Calculate average and range of iRAT and tRAT test scores
• Rapid reporting of questions which caused problems
RAT review
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RAT review
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Technology and TBL
• Blackboard Test – Adaptive Release to scribes only, by date/time, time limit, auto-submission, password
• Hard copy of questions to record answers
• Deliver questions • Gather answers
simultaneously• Apply a time limit
tAPP
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• Download Results of tAPP quiz and paste into pre-prepared Excel spreadsheet, to show which team gave which answer
• Select teams to speak on each answer
• Rapid reporting of answers given by each team
APP debate
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APP debate
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• Excel spreadsheet to be downloaded and completed by scribe (up to 3 appeals, each <500 words)
• Adaptive Release to scribes only, with date/time restriction
• Submit to Turnitin Assignment Dropbox in Blackboard with timed deadline
• Gather appeals – one form per team – by a set deadline• Optionally restrict
number/length of appeals
Appeals
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• Excel spreadsheet to be downloaded and completed by each student
• Adaptive Release – date/time
• Submit to Turnitin Assignment Dropbox in Blackboard with timed deadline
• Data processed and individual emails sent to students including marks and peer review comments
• Gather marks and comments from each student on their team members by a set deadline• Optionally restrict how
marks can be awarded• Process for anonymous
reporting of marks and comments to peers
Peer review
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Peer review
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Elements of TBL with Technology
tAPPAPP
debate
Peer review
Appeals
Pre-study
iRAT
tRATRAT
review
• Blackboard
• Blackboard test
• Multiple Bb tests
• Bb and Excel
• Blackboard test(s)
• Bb and Excel
• Bb/TII and Excel
• Bb/TII, Excel, Perl, Outlook
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tAPPAPP
debate
Peer review
Appeals
Pre-study
iRAT
tRATRAT
review
Elements of TBL with Technology
• Blackboard
• Blackboard test
• Multiple Bb tests
• Bb and Excel
• Blackboard test(s)
• Bb and Excel
• Bb/TII and Excel
• Bb/TII, Excel, Perl, Outlook
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Redeploying TBL in Blackboard
• Make a template course including generic versions of all elements of the TBL session
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Redeploying TBL in Blackboard
• Make a template course including generic versions of all elements of the TBL session
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Redeploying TBL in Blackboard
• Make a template course including generic versions of all elements of the TBL session
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In template course, roll-over dates and times • Course Tools > Date Management
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Export from template course:• Packages and Utilities >
Export/Archive Course
Import into new course:• Packages and Utilities >
Import Package/View Logs
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New course contains the complete structure of the TBL session:• RAT/APP quizzes, with generic questions ready to revise• Adaptive release on all elements, including logic, dates/times, etc• Dropboxes with correct dates• All columns and smart views in the Grade Centre • Documentation for staff to reuse
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• What is TBL?
• How can technology help to deliver TBL?
• What technology is suitable for you & your students?
• How can a TBL package be built and redeployed in Blackboard?
Any Questions?
Using Blackboard to support team-based learning (TBL): delivery and rollout
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