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Brooks, Christopher; Quintana, Rebecca M.; Choi, Heeryung; Quintana, Chris; NeCamp, Timothy; Gardner, Joshua – International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, 2021
In this article we describe our experiences building a large-scale data science program aimed at supporting diversity in online data science learning. This program was built to support a set of introductory skills-based, higher education courses. We are motivated by work done in project-based learning contexts and culturally responsive pedagogies…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Culturally Relevant Education, Higher Education, Student Projects
Servant-Miklos, Virginie – Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 2020
This paper addresses one of the major confusions in the study and practice of problem-based learning today, namely the use of the term "problem-based learning" to refer to both the small-group tutorial method pioneered by McMaster University and Maastricht University in medical education, and the problem-oriented project-work method…
Descriptors: Student Projects, Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Problem Based Learning
Carvalho, Andreia; Teixeira, Sergio Jesus; Olim, Leonilde; de Campanella, Sancha; Costa, Teresa – Education & Training, 2021
Purpose: The aim of this study is to obtain a broader knowledge of innovative pedagogical practices in higher education, by analysing the particular case of the Higher Institute of Administration and Languages (ISAL). The literature review reveals a gap in this scientific field, and filling this gap is as imperative as the need to articulate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Active Learning, Higher Education, Student Characteristics
vanOostveen, Roland; Childs, Elizabeth; Clarkson, Jessica; Flynn, Kathleen – College Quarterly, 2016
Engaging in an online course has traditionally been perceived to be a lonely experience, with students busy viewing video lectures, working on problem sets and interacting intermittently with others using asynchronous technologies. More recently, over the past 6-7 years, online courses have become recognized as viable delivery vehicles for online…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Case Studies
Malan, Sharon B.; Ndlovu, Mdutshekelwa; Engelbrecht, Petra – South African Journal of Education, 2014
This article reports on the qualitative aspects of a study that examined whether introducing a "Problem-based Learning" ("PBL") approach in a one-year foundation programme can create conditions for learners to develop and sustain self-directed learning skills. This interpretive constructivist case study was located in…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Lifelong Learning, Teaching Methods, Qualitative Research
McLinden, Michael – Higher Education Academy, 2013
This publication focuses on national and international policy initiatives to develop a better understanding of part-time learners and the types of flexibility that may enhance their study especially pedagogically. As part of our five-strand research project "Flexible Pedagogies: preparing for the future" it: (1) highlights the challenges…
Descriptors: Part Time Students, Higher Education, Audits (Verification), Learning Activities
Leal Filho, Walter, Ed. – Peter Lang Frankfurt, 2012
This book, prepared in the context of the "UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)", also known as "Rio+20", contains the papers submitted to the "World Symposium on Sustainable Development at Universities (WSSD-U-2012)", which took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 5 and 6 June 2012. It pursues the following main aims: to document and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Environmental Education, Sustainable Development, Conferences (Gatherings)

Pallie, W.; Carr, D. H. – Medical Teacher, 1987
Gives a brief historical survey of medical education and a description and discussion of the program at the Medical School at McMaster University. Problem-based learning in small group tutorials characterize much of the program. Advantages and disadvantages of the program are considered. (RH)
Descriptors: Graduate Study, Higher Education, Instruction, Medical Education

Pickell, Garfield C.; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1991
The University of California, Davis, medical school's intensive summer preentry program for disadvantaged minority students, which previews the first year curriculum, has incorporated a problem-based learning component to augment and prolong its effects. Objective measures of course effectiveness are unavailable; however, self-esteem, study…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Students

Ault, David; Rutman, Gilbert – Journal of Economic Education, 1978
In a study of intermediate level college economics courses, achievement levels of students taught by a problem-centered approach were compared with achievement levels of students taught by traditional lecture and discussion methods. Experimental students did no better than the control students. Additional research is suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Economics Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Higher Education

Whittaker, Stephen G.; Scheiman, Mitchell – Optometric Education, 1996
An approach to teaching optometry combining didactic and problem-based teaching is described, highlighting course procedures that have evolved over a number of years. Problems are organized so students learn portions of required content, building a knowledge base while solving a succession of problems. Cases are usually presented and discussed in…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Design

McDermott, John F.; Anderson, Alexander S. – Academic Medicine, 1991
University of Hawaii medical school workshops retrain faculty for their roles as tutors in the newly adopted problem-based curriculum. Assessment of trainees' knowledge and skills before and after the sessions indicate the training was successful and also identified common problems faced by traditional teachers in the new role of facilitator.…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Faculty Development, Higher Education, Medical Education

Bennett, Catherine; Brooks, Jacqueline Grennon; Morvillo, Nancy – Educational Leadership, 1999
In the Discover Lab, a science education center at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, students learn to investigate, critique, and test big scientific questions and devise their own answers. Students are guided through cyclical processes of inquiry, logic and reasoning, testing and experimentation, and communication. (MLH)
Descriptors: Astronomy, Constructivism (Learning), Discovery Learning, Elementary Education
de Volder, M. L.; Thung, P. J. – International Journal of Institutional Management in Higher Education, 1983
An allied health occupations education program undertaken for the first time at a Dutch university and characterized by an interdisciplinary, problem-oriented approach is described. Its first year of operation is evaluated in terms of staff and student time requirements and administrative organization. (MSE)
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Tanner, C. Kenneth; And Others – Educational Planning, 1997
Introduces major assumptions and theory surrounding problem-based learning (PBL) used in Stanford University's educational leadership program. Reviews instructional delivery, explains students' role in knowledge production, and illustrates the program's relationship to practitioners and the field. Use of PBL materials inspired significantly higher…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Delivery Systems, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education