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What is Project Based Learning? Definition from the Autodesk Foundation

We believe that PBL is at the heart of good instruction because it brings together intellectual inquiry, rigorous real-world standards, and student engagement in relevant and meaningful work. It is a comprehensive instructional model in which project work is central to student understanding of the essential concepts and principles of the disciplines. Well crafted projects: • Engage and build on student interests and passions • Provide a meaningful and authentic context for learning • Immerse students in complex, real-world problems/ investigations without a predetermined solution • Allow students to take the lead, making critical choices and decisions • connect students with community resources and experts • Require students to develop and demonstrate essential skills and knowledge • Draw on multiple disciplines to solve problems and deepen understanding • Build in opportunities for reflection and self-assessment • Result in useful products that demonstrate what students have learned • Culminate in exhibitions or presentations to an authentic audience

Characteristics of PBL • Learning is student centered. • Learning occurs in small student groups. • Teachers are facilitators or guides • Problems for the organizing focus and stimulus for learning. • Problems are a vehicle for the development of clinical problem-solving skills. • New information is acquired through self-directed learning.

Process of PBL • Students confront a problem • In groups, students organize prior knowledge and attempt to identify the nature of the problem. • Students pose questions of what they do not understand. • Students design a plan to solve the problem and identify the resources they need. • Students begin to gather information as the work to solve the problem.

Objectives and Outcomes of PBL • Problem-solving skills • Self-directed learning skills • Ability to find and use appropriate resources • Critical thinking • Measurable knowledge base • Performance ability • Social and ethical skills • Self-sufficient and self-motivated • Facility with computer • Leadership skills • Ability to work on a team • Communication skills • Proactive thinking • Congruence with workplace skills

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