Team Based Learning: the Role of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Team Formation

Abstract

In this paper, we are presenting the role of diversity and inclusion in forming teams and class groups for the Team-Based Learning teaching strategy. We adopted this teaching strategy for our in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science courses. We experienced the rich useful values that different students brought to the courses, departments, and the campus as well. We believe that faculty members should incorporate cultural inclusion, diversity, and equity in their classrooms and teaching strategies all over the world. And specially in the USA since these values are existing positives characteristics of the USA education system and the whole community as well.