Collaborative Learning

Team-Based Learning is a specific interactive educational method that has been shown to develop skills for meaningful teamwork. Through engaging classroom activities, students experience the benefits of working with others. According to the literature, students perceive the benefits of teamwork including understanding the course material more deeply and producing higher quality class assignments.

This Teaching Tip describes efforts to enhance student engagement and build a deeper sense of belonging in the classroom.

UT's Global Virtual Exchange program provides small grants to promote meaningful collaboration across universities. Uniquely situated in an R1, the program offers new insights into faculty-led initiatives that support teaching innovation even where research is also highly valued. We presented program design at the International Virtual Exchange Conference 2020.

A poster presentation at a national conference describing the Pharmacy Practice Lab (PPL) sequence spanning all six semesters of the UTCOP didactic program to consolidate lab components and increase skills development while aligning with and reinforcing curriculum balance.

For more information about the Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) program at UT Austin, visit the program's webpage: DNP Program at UT Austin

The 2019-20 international collaboration between (US)-ESPOL(Ecuador)-UAM (Venezuela) provided evidence of the COIL model for course design in achieving student outcomes. Our experiences with icebreakers, collaborative projects, and assessment tools were shared at the American Council on Education's 2021 annual meeting.

View the poster here

"Measuring Impactful Teaching Practices" was presented at the International Virtual Exchange Conference, December 2022, Spain. We explore Global Virtual Exchange (or GVE) at the University of Texas at Austin in the last academic year, 2021-2022 to measure the impact of the faculty-led program,   Our main takeaway was that professors and students participating in the GVE program find the greatest benefits to be in the intercultural student-to-student exchange and the exposure to different perspectives.

This is a Canvas page that contains videos, short assignments, and teaching notes for instructors in any discipline who would like to teach their undergraduates how to work together effectively in teams. The videos and assignments are student-facing and come with instructor guides on how to implement them in various classes. Please contact Maddie Holland (mholland@austin.utexas.edu) if you would like to be added to the course and access the materials.