Turbocharge student career readiness with TBL

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Slides available from www.intedashboard.org or odwyerb@erau.edu
with Team-based learning (“TBL”) and flipped classroom at Embry-Riddle
Aeronautical University AsiaEmbry-Riddle Aeronautical University Asia
Brian O’Dwyer
3 November 2016
Adjunct Professor, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Asia
Founder and Executive Chairman, CognaLearn
Former Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Duke-NUS Medical School
Turbocharge student
career readiness

Slides available from www.intedashboard.org or odwyerb@erau.edu 2
To land an airplane here…

…you need to know:
Too high or too low
Too fast or too slow

After this presentation you should be able to:
1. Describe who I am and why I am here
2. Explain TBL
3. Assess how TBL can impact career skills
4. Experience TBL as a student
Agenda and objectives
4

Team-based learning…
1. Who and Why
5
Adjunct Professor
 Airplanes: Aeronautical Science for Management
 Airlines: Airline Management
 Airports: Airport Administration and Finance
Commercial Founder and
Executive Chairman
Educator
Enthusiast
Entrepreneur
Conferences and faculty
workshops (US / Asia)
Entrepreneur-in-Residence

How I got here
6
After we sold Skywest to Virgin in 2013, I shifted to
education to address developing talent.
1. Who and Why

Why I am here:
Are students ready to work?
Chief academic officersBusiness leaders
Yes,
96%
No,
4%
Yes,
11%
No,
89%
Yes,
21%
No,
79%
Students
Source: Inside Higher Ed’s 2014 survey, McGraw-Hill Education 2016 Workforce Readiness Survey by June 2016, Gallup survey 2014
Saw this first hand reviewing thousands of resumes and
interviewing hundreds as a hiring decision maker
1. Who and Why

90-year old
aeronautical
university
Dominant
aeronautical
university
1 in 5 commercial
pilots are alumni
34,000 residential students
in Florida, Arizona and
95,000 online enrollments
1. Who and Why

The problem –
lectures don’t work
Retention 1st 10 mins: 70%
Retention last 10 mins: 20%
In a one hour lecture
• 80% is forgotten
• <10 minutes retained
1. Who and Why

1. Learn
with pre-
work on
your own
4. Clarify
Doubts
(explain by
peers; just-
in-time
teaching)
2. Quiz
(forced
recall)
5. Team
Cases
(apply to
solve
problems)
3. Team
Quiz
(peer
learning;
practice with
feedback)
Before
class In class: Closed book
In class:
Open
TBL Process
2. TBL Explained

3. Group Readiness Assessment (IRA)
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1. Pre-work
2. TBL Explained

2. Individual Readiness
Assurance Test (IRAT)
•Quiz on website
accessed from
laptops, tablets or
smartphones
•75% new / 25% old
questions
Students
2. TBL Explained

2. Individual Readiness
Assurance Test (IRAT)
Professor
• Identify
the
weakest
areas
2. TBL Explained

3. Team Readiness
Assurance Test (TRAT)
Students • Same
questions as
a team
• Immediate
feedback
• Answer until
correct
(resilience)
2. TBL Explained

3. Group Readiness Assessment (IRA)
15
3. Team Readiness
Assurance Test (TRAT)
Professor
• What wrong
choice were
teams
selecting
2. TBL Explained

4. Clarification
If I ask if anyone doesn’t
understand I get this…
2. TBL Explained

4. Clarification
…so ask the teams to identify
questions to clarify
Questions / points
requiring clarification
Team 1
(gunners)
Team 2
(confused)
#8 Density
altitude
Then the gunners
stand up and
explain density
altitude to the
confused team
None
2. TBL Explained

5. Applications – 4S
A) ATR 72
Turboprop
B) E170
Regional Jet
Simultaneous
report
Specific
choice
Significant
problem
Same
problem
Which aircraft should Virgin fly on the
Sydney to Canberra route?
2. TBL Explained

5. Applications – 4S
Simultaneous report
2. TBL Explained

TBL: 6 of 10 future skills
Top 10 skills required in 2020* Lecture TBL
1. Complex Problem Solving ✓
2. Critical Thinking ✓
3. Creativity
4. People Management ✓
5. Coordinating with Others ✓
6. Emotional Intelligence
7. Judgement and Decision Making ✓
8. Service Orientation
9. Negotiation ✓
10. Cognitive Flexibility
*World Economic Forum Report-http://reports.weforum.org/future-of-jobs-2016/shareable-infographics/
3. Career impact

TBL: 6 of 7 interview criteria
Criteria on employer
interview evaluation forms
Lecture TBL
Problem Solving ✓
Academic and Work experience ✓ ✓
Client Impact Potential ✓
Technical Knowledge ✓ ✓
Communication ✓
Teamwork ✓
Personal Qualification
3. Career impact

Similar benefits, plus TBL adds:
1. Individual accountability
2. Team dynamics from immediate feedback
3. Time pressured decision making
4. Resilience
TBL builds on case method
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3. Career impact

1. Divide up into teams of five or less
2. www.intedashboard.com on any
browser and click “Student Login”
Login = password = talk##
Number depends on your team
“talk11” for team 1, member 1
3. Click on “Start IRAT” button
(Individual readiness assurance test)
4. Begin to answer questions
individually
TBL experience – IRAT
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4. TBL experience

1. ONLY ONE person from team clicks
on “Start TRAT”
2. Team members debate to come up
with the right answer and submit
3. If correct (green check, go to next
question)
4. If wrong (red X), re-debate until you
get the right answer
TBL experience – TRAT
24
4. TBL experience

Summary
25
Pre-work Team test ClarifySolo test Apply
Closed book Open book
1. I am Team-based learning (“TBL”):
Educator / Enthusiast / Entrepreneur
2. Team-based learning (TBL)
3. TBL can enhance
• 6 of 10 future career skills
• 6 of 7 interview criteria
• Builds on cases with: accountability, immediate feedback

Contacts, questions and learning more
26
Contacts
Brian O’Dwyer
odwyerb@erau.edu
brian@cognalearn.com
https://sg.linkedin.com/in/brianodwyer
Learning more
 Download this presentation from my blog www.intedashboard.org
 Embry-Riddle faculty bio: http://asia.erau.edu/profiles/brian-odwyer
 Duke-NUS video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlVPLYGdBLg
 Team-based Learning Collaborative: http://www.teambasedlearning.org
Thank you!
Future pilots!
Any questions or
comments?

On-time performance (OTP)
27
59% 59%
71%
65%
71%
65% 65%
76%
82%
76%
82% 82%
112%
100% 100%
94%
100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
94%
100%
94%
40%
50%
60%
70%
80%
90%
100%
110%
120%
13-Jan 15-Jan 20-Jan 22-Jan 27-Jan 29-Jan 3-Feb 5-Feb 10-Feb 12-Feb 24-Feb 26-Feb
On-time performance
On-time Attendance
If you quiz them, they will come

Test scores
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71%
77%
63% 62%
81% 93%
64%
90% 92%93% 92%
88% 90%
97%
100% 98% 99% 98%
15 Jan - 1-
Careers
20 Jan - 2 -
Aerodynamics
22 Jan - 3 -
Performance
27 Jan - 4 -
Systems
29 Jan - 5 -
Safety
10 Feb - 6 - HF
and CRM
12 Feb - 7a -
Airports
24 Feb - 7b -
Airspace
26 Feb 8 -
Regulations
IRAT and TRAT scores
IRAT TRAT
Team scores ~20 points higher than individual and
gains are sustained in midterm and final
TRAT μ = 95%
IRAT μ = 77%
Final exam μ = 97%
Mid-term μ = 90%

Student feedback – survey
29
30% better vs Campus (1.1s)
3.8
TBL Campus Mean
Scale: 5.0 = Definitely, 4.0 = Very Probably, 3 = Possibly,
2 = Probably Note and 1 = Very Probably Not
Recommend Active learning
TBL Campus Mean
17% better vs Campus (1.0s)
Scale: 5.0 = Strongly Agree, 4.0 = Agree, 3 = Neutral, 2 =
Disagree and 1 = Strongly Disagree
4.9/5.0 4.9/5.0
4.2

Moving forward
30
1. TBL awareness
2. Make TBL easier
3. Use TBL to
close skill gaps
Today!

TBL for corporates
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Corporate
Pilot workshop Top 10
pharma player
N=60 corporate employees
from Asia
3 day
corporate
training
workshop
with zero
lectures

TBL for career skills
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Strategy, Pitching,
Resumes, Networking
and Interviewing
5-day Bootcamp in
Shanghai
N=16

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