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TeLEd Monthly Research Series

Sigrunn Eliassen & Øyvind Fiksen: Using Team-Based Learning to increase student engagement and improve learning outcomes

This is the second instance of our TeLEd Monthly Event Series and will feature TeLEd members, Sigrunn Eliassen and Øyvind Fiksen from the Department of Biological Sciences, sharing an instructional innovation that other TeLEd members might be interested in learning about, trying out, or researching.

Photos of Sigrun Eliassen and Øyvind Fiksen
Sigrunn Eliassen and Øyvind Fiksen
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Sigrunn Eliassen (Photo: UiB) and Øyvind Fiksen (Photo: Eivind Senneset)

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Sigrunn and Øyvind are two of the more experienced practictioners of Team-Based Learning (TBL) at UiB. Team-Based Learning is a structured form of collaborative learning designed to increase student engagement and learning, by emphasizing accountability and interaction through the application of course concepts.