I was looking something up and happened on this brief identification of the defining characteristics for problem-based learning (PBL). Not only does it offer a great review, but it reminds us why PBL is such a powerful pedagogical strategy.
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A Problem-Based Approach to General Education
Posted Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 by maryannThis session will follow the process of designing a new general education course at the University of Rhode Island from the provost’s request for proposals to full implementation. LIB220 Issues of the Information Age takes a problem-based learning approach to explore the interdisciplinary nature of information accuracy, accessibility, property, and privacy. Students use information literacy [...]