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Integrating Technology with PBL

Explore the integration of technology and problem-based learning (PBL) to enhance student learning. Discover how technology can aid student learning in a PBL course and how PBL can assist students in using technology effectively. Join the Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education at the University of Delaware from June 16-20, 2002, to learn more.

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Integrating Technology with PBL

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  1. Integrating Technology with PBL Institute for TransformingUndergraduate Education University of Delaware PBL2002: A Pathway to Better Learning June 16-20, 2002

  2. 2000 graphing calculators, laptops, gigabytes and gigahertz The Way It Was... 1973 Computation

  3. 2000 e-mail, voice-mail, chatrooms, FAX, pagers, cell phones instant messaging, wireless connectivity The Way It Was... 1973 Communication

  4. 2000 Online Information: web catalogs, networked databases, Britannica Online, online newspapers, course websites, CMS The Way It Was... 1973 Collections

  5. Computation and Calculation • Communication and Collaboration • Collections and Connections Problem-Based Learning and the Cs of Technology:

  6. 2000 8-track tapes and LPs Compact Disks and MP3 Student theater DVDs The Way It Was... 1973 Dorm keys PDI access Cash and money orders ATM and Flex Chalkboards Multimedia Textbooks CD ROMs & web Bookstores .com Registration lines SIS+

  7. The question for this session: Given the amazing advances in technology and the dramatic change in the first-year experience, Can we afford to continue teaching the way we were taught?

  8. PBL and active learning The web and instructional technology “Marriage” of PBL and technology How can technology aid student learning in a PBL course? How can PBL aid students in using technology to learn?

  9. www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/scen103/

  10. www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/phys345/

  11. www.physics.udel.edu/~watson/phys208/

  12. Organizingthe Course Organizingthe Course Utilizing Online Resources

  13. Web Sites and Web Pages Syllabus Syllabus Organizing the Course Groups Student Reports and Projects

  14. Syllabus Introduction to PBL Organizing the Syllabus Group facilitation and support Forms for assessment

  15. Introduction to PBL

  16. Group facilitation and support

  17. Forms for assessment

  18. Web Sites and Web Pages Syllabus Organizing the Course Groups Groups Student Reports and Projects

  19. Groups Identity: Rosters, photos, addresses Organizing Groups Vehicles for communication Vehicles for collaboration

  20. Identity: Rosters, photos, addresses

  21. Organizing Groups Groups Student to student Student to professor Professor to group Vehicles for communication Student to group Professor to student

  22. Organizing Groups Groups bulletin boards, newsgroups Group to group Egroups.com chatrooms, filesharing, scheduling meetings Vehicles for collaboration CMS: WebCT controlled discussion forums, collaborative space, whiteboarding Group to professor

  23. Web Sites and Web Pages Syllabus Organizing the Course Groups Student Reports and Projects Student Reports and Projects

  24. Organizingthe Course Utilizing Online Resources Utilizing Online Resources

  25. Web Sites and Web Pages Ingredients for writing problems Utilizing Online Resources Inspiration for designing problems Information for solving problems

  26. Ingredients for writing problems

  27. Inspiration for designing problems

  28. Information for solving problems

  29. Web Sites and Web Pages Ingredients for writing problems Utilizing Online Resources Creating images with scanners, digital cameras Background facts from networked databases Borrowing images from other sites

  30. Web Sites and Web Pages Utilizing Online Resources Online regional newspapers for local perspective International newspapers for global view Inspiration for designing problems Quack websites for “raw” material Film and TV sites for scripts and characters

  31. Web Sites and Web Pages Utilizing Online Resources Evaluating online resources critically Information for solving problems Executing web searches effectively

  32. Web Sites and Web Pages Old thinking: The web is full of misinformation and biased representation Stay away! New thinking: Engage and develop critical thinking skills. The Internet Challenge! Utilizing Online Resources Information for solving problems

  33. A new resource for finding PBL problems A new opportunity for publishing PBL problems A peer-reviewed Online Clearinghouse of PBL problems and support materials

  34. www.udel.edu/pblc/

  35. Computer Simulations • A wide variety of educational games exist that represent a PBL approach to learning <www.legacyinteractive.com> : • emergency room www.trauma.org • virtual hospital www.vh.org • archaeological dig dig.anthro.niu.edu • halls of justice www.objection.com • Interactive Java applets and Flash animations are also an excellent way to bring the power of technology to the PBL classroom. • One of my own is a Flash Circuit Simulator that emulates a laboratory for studying the properties of electric circuits.

  36. Web Sites and Web Pages Syllabus Organizing the Course Groups Student Reports and Projects

  37. Web Sites and Web Pages Ingredients for writing problems Utilizing Online Resources Inspiration for designing problems Information for solving problems

  38. Integrating Technology with PBL Institute for TransformingUndergraduate Education University of Delaware PBL2002: A Pathway to Better Learning June 16-20, 2002

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