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A Workshop on Team-Based Learning

with Visitor Larry Michaelsen

Alumni Guest House Meeting Room


Friday May 11, 5:30 - 9 pm
Getting Beyond Covering Content
  • 5:30-7:00 reception & dinner
  • 7:00-8:30 working session

Saturday May 12, 8:30 am - 1 pm
Designing Effective Group Assignments

  • 8:30 continental breakfast
  • 9:00-1:00 working session (with noon lunch)
    • This interactive workshop, facilitated by Larry Michaelsen, will help participants learn how to prepare students for effective learning in teams so they can use and apply knowledge, in addition to learning content. Time is included for assignment design for team learning and discussion of design issues.


    Please contact Mary Drew (x 4383, mdrew@carleton.edu) to sign up for the workshop. Faculty participants who attend the entire workshop will receive a stipend of $120. All participants will receive a copy of Larry's book Team-Based Learning ( This site may be offline. ) prior to the workshop. If you want to know more about Larry and his work, contact Trish Ferrett or Liz Ciner.

    Co-Sponsored by: Perlman Center for Learning and Teaching, Carleton Mellon Life Cycles Grant, Carleton Interdisciplinary Science and Math Initiative (CISMI), Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI), Carleton Chapter of Sigma Xi, and Carleton's Science Education Resource Center (SERC).