Team-based Learning - in The Workplace

In The Workplace

A later developed usage of the term describes a process for teaching and developing people in the workplace. It is a set of developmental principles and routines embedded into the day-to-day processes of a work team such that team members continuously learn and develop. The developmental activities are not new, e.g., coaching, stretch assignments, review of lessons learned. However, such developmental activities are typically conducted in an irregular and inconsistent way. The benefit of Team-Based Learning is that everyone on the team participates in the developmental activities on a consistent basis, because the activities provide other benefits that motivate the team to use them. That is, the team not only develops its people but also functions better.

The idea is that not everyone has the same skill sets and that there are multiple parts to a project. Members in the team can do specific parts of the project while also reiterating to the team members, who don't have specific skill sets required to get the project completed, how to gain those skill sets. So, it is learning while working together. In a sense, team based learning is almost another form of peer-based learning while getting work done. Those team members who did not have certain skills set needed to complete the project will make-up in another area of the project. In the case of team based learning, everyone is good for something.