PBL+WEB2.0

Enabling student-centred self-directed learning

Allen Higgins, Pamela Abbott

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Why PBL and why Web 2.0 tools?

PBL roles and jump process

“but our problem… we had no tutors!”

WHAT WORKED WELL?

“Group case studies are interesting and I learned a lot from those with experience”

“As an experienced person I noticed if others had no experience they ask unexpected questions, that made me think”

“One of my colleagues asked what I was reading one day so I explained it was my class blog. He was very impressed with the concept.”

“Competing with other groups is good.”“The case driven learning session is brilliant.”

“I think doing it now, the way we changed the presentations in second half of semester, everyone now coming up with one new idea, that means everyone has to come up with something different.”

“The video presentation is ok if you are someone who is creative, it's a different approach so I like it.”

CHALLENGES AND DISCUSSION

“Comments on the blog shouldn't be compulsory as it is repeating”

“Adding comments to a public discussion of the cases, I felt it was over engineering the open discussion in class”

“The group presentations are very repetitive”

“In class we are influenced by other people's points as well, because we can hear what the other groups are saying so we think we should cover that point as well, it's human nature.”

“making a video seems to be very daunting”“Yeah, even being a software developer, since the last eight years, I'm finding it difficult to produce a video.”

“You should summarise the ideas ‘this idea is ok, this idea is not.’”“Most of the time I go home not knowing if my idea or approach is ok.”

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