Problem-Based Learning in Multimodal Learning Environments

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (7) ◽  
pp. 1022-1040 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andri Ioannou ◽  
Christina Vasiliou ◽  
Panayiotis Zaphiris
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Multimodal Learning ◽  
Communication Tool ◽  
Quantitative Content ◽  
Facebook Use ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
University Classrooms

In this study, we enhanced a problem-based learning (PBL) environment with affordable, everyday technologies that can be found in most university classrooms (e.g., projectors, tablets, students’ own smartphones, traditional paper–pencil, and Facebook). The study was conducted over a 3-year period, with 60 postgraduate learners in a human–computer interaction course, following a PBL approach to teaching and learning. First, this article contributes a detailed description of how PBL can be enacted in a multimodal, technology-rich classroom. Second, the study presents evaluation data on learners’ technology adoption experience while engaging in PBL. Overall, the participants positively endorsed the learning environment, rating their experience highly on scales of communication and interaction, reflection, perceived learning, and satisfaction. In addition, quantitative content analysis of Facebook use documented how the physical and digital tools in the environment, coupled with the capability of Facebook as a recordkeeping and communication tool, were integral part of the PBL process.

Problem-Based Learning

2018 ◽  
pp. 280-293
Author(s):  
Ernest Ampadu ◽  
Emmanuel Adjei-Boateng
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Authentic Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Pedagogical Practices ◽  
Teacher Education Programs ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Strategic Approach ◽  
Supporting Teachers

Students learning and understanding is enhanced if the teaching and learning process is authentic. Authentic learning process leads to understanding and meaningful application of concepts learned. One way by which teachers can to provide authentic learning environment is through Problem-Based Learning (PBL). PBL offers opportunity for students to learn about something that is real and beneficial. Teacher education programs, pre-service or in-service, should help teachers to understand how to use PBL to provide students with authentic learning environments. The chapter aims at supporting teachers' understanding and application of PBL so that they can provide students with meaningful learning experiences. Specifically, this chapter is intended to assist teachers have a better understanding of PBL as a strategic approach to meaningful teaching and learning as well as identify effective ways to incorporate this approach into their pedagogical practices.

Problem-Based Learning (PBL)

2021 ◽  
pp. 38-56
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Hawamdeh ◽  
Idris Adamu
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Learning Skills ◽  
Knowledge And Skills ◽  
Life Problems ◽  
Approach To Teaching

This chapter discuss how Problem-Based learning (PBL) helps to achieve this century's approach to teaching and learning for students in higher educational institutions. If adopted, this method of teaching will enable student to attain learning skills (skills, abilities, problem solving, and learning dispositions that have been identified) to acquire a lifelong habit of approaching problems with initiative and diligence and a drive to acquire the knowledge and skills needed for an effective resolution. And they will develop a systematic approach to solving real-life problems using higher-order skills.

9. Teaching in Law—Seminars, Lectures and More

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Imogen Moore ◽  
Craig Newbery-Jones
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Traditional Approach ◽  
Legal Education ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Peer Learning ◽  
Law Schools ◽  
Legal Studies ◽  
Approach To Teaching

Every law programme will make use of a range of different teaching opportunities, with differing aims and approaches — all designed to help the student to learn. This chapter looks at the different classes the student may come across during their legal studies, particularly lectures, tutorials, and seminars, and how to get the best out of them. Although many law schools take a largely traditional approach to teaching and learning, they may come across different approaches, such as problem-based learning, peer learning, or clinical legal education. These may be found within individual modules or across the whole curriculum, and embedded in the teaching structure or just used to enhance a more traditional approach.

Using Digital Tools to Foster Student Engagement Within the Universal Design for Learning Framework

2020 ◽  
pp. 411-428
Author(s):  
Lisa Harris ◽  
Lindsay Yearta ◽  
Allison Paolini
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Universal Design ◽  
Universal Design For Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Digital Tools ◽  
Learning Needs ◽  
Learning Framework ◽  
Design For Learning

Students are diverse. They vary widely in their background knowledge, interests, languages, academic strengths, and learning needs. In order to retain these students, higher education institutions must create flexible and engaging learning environments. Universal design for learning (UDL) is a research-based framework used to guide the development of instructional goals, teaching methods, materials, and assessments to meet the needs of all learners. The three overarching UDL principles and corresponding guidelines are discussed as a framework for making decisions about integrating digital tools into teaching and learning environments. Examples of how the authors have used technology to meet the guidelines in higher education classrooms are provided.

Constructivist Teaching and Learning in a Web-Based Environment

2011 ◽  
pp. 418-423
Author(s):  
Valerie N. Morphew
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Constructivist Teaching ◽  
Constructivist Approach ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Approach To Teaching ◽  
The Rich ◽  
Teaching Learning ◽  
Traditional Setting

Web-based teaching and learning is on the rise in education and industry, challenging teachers and trainers to deliver instruction in new ways with the same or better results. To maximize the potential of Web-based delivery, instructors can avail themselves of the rich body of research that supports constructivist teaching and learning in the traditional setting. Applying the constructivist approach to Web-based teaching and learning can help instructors establish learning environments and practices that encourage growth and development in their students. Constructivist teaching and learning recognizes both teacher and student as important and contributing members in a teaching-learning relationship. Other students in the learning environment also hold such qualities. The constructivist approach acknowledges that teacher and student, alike, bring prior knowledge and experiences with them into the learning environment. By capitalizing on familiar concepts and experiences, the student is able to connect new knowledge with prior and construct new meaning. This approach to teaching and learning differs markedly from the long-held notion that students are empty vessels (tabula rasa) waiting to be filled by a knowledgeable teacher. Although constructivism is widely accepted in theory, the teaching practices of many instructors do not support this approach.

scholarly journals Engaging Students Through Multimodal Learning Environments: An Indonesian Context

2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 202
Author(s):  
Suparmi .
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
English Language ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Multimodal Learning ◽  
Writing Performance ◽  
Creative Pedagogy ◽  
Experimental Group

<p>A critical issue regarding the English language teaching in the Asian context particularly in Indonesia is that the teaching and learning methods used are still far from being sufficient and effective to help students improve their language skill at the expected rate. This is a pilot study investigating the effects of multimodal learning environment on students’ learning outcomes connected to students’ writing performance. To find out the answers to the research problems, 60 students taking English for Specific Purposes at State Islamic University of Malang – Indonesia participated in this study. They were randomly selected and randomly assigned into the experimental group and the control group. The multimodal environment was provided to the experimental group whereas the control group was not. The results of the study indicated that the students in the experimental group had better writing performance. In addition, the contribution of this study is two folds; as a contribution to references on innovative and creative pedagogy in the classroom and to support the progress of the teaching and learning English.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Keywords: </strong><em>multimodal learning environments, video, the teaching of EFL writing, writing performance<strong></strong></em></p>

scholarly journals A Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Teaching Model using a Cloud-Based Constructivist Learning Environment to Enhance Thai Undergraduate Creative Thinking and Digital Media Skills

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (22) ◽  
pp. 68
Author(s):  
Parawee Srikan ◽  
Paitoon Pimdee ◽  
Punnee Leekitchwatana ◽  
Akan Narabin
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Creative Thinking ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Constructivist Learning ◽  
Problem Analysis ◽  
Constructivist Learning Environment ◽  
Step Model

The objective of this research was to develop a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Model which used a cloud-based constructivist learning environment to enhance Thai undergraduate creative thinking and digital media skills. Initially using a mixed-methods approach, a five-step model was conceptualized. Thereafter, a panel of five academic experts gave input into the model’s design from which the model was expanded to include six related learning environments.  The instrument used in the research was a problem-based assessment form. Data collection was carried out utilizing group chats and analyzed using descriptive statistics including the mean and standard deviation. The results of the study revealed that the initial model contained five steps including (1) <em>problem identification</em>, (2), <em>problem analysis</em>, (3) <em>research</em>, (4) <em>presentations</em>, and (5) <em>summary and evaluation</em>, which is integrated into the model’s additional six learning environment elements. These six learning environments were (1) <em>problem-based</em>, (2) <em>resources,</em> (3) <em>cognitive tools</em>, (4) <em>collaboration</em>, (5) <em>scaffolding</em>, and finally, (6) <em>coaching</em>. When applying the proposed model and related environments, there was a consensus from the experts that the model had excellent suitability and can be used as a model for teaching and learning at the bachelor's degree level.

scholarly journals Multimodal Learning

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-54
Author(s):  
Bettyjo Bouchey ◽  
Jill Castek ◽  
John Thygeson
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Learning Approaches ◽  
Multimodal Learning ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Emerging Trends ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Future

AbstractThe widespread use of technology in the digital age continually shapes how individuals consume knowledge and learn. In the digital age, ideas are shared and represented in multiple formats and through the integration of multiple modes. Technological advances, coupled with considerations of the changing needs of today’s learners, call for exploring new directions for multimodal teaching and learning. Yet, society’s increasing reliance on, and use of, technologies for communication and learning has introduced expanded forms of meaning-making. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the online networks that are facilitated by their use encourage educators to transform the way education is delivered. Learning environments are in need of becoming transformed so students are able to use immersive technologies to expand their learning opportunities. This chapter explores emerging trends and pedagogies in multimodal learning that seek to take advantage of the digital tools, texts, and learning approaches that are continually shaping the ways learning occurs inside and outside of higher education.This chapter is outlined to highlight what is found in the literature on multimodal instruction, what findings were realized at eXploring the Future of Innovative Learning Environments (X-FILEs) workshops, and lastly how multimodal instruction can be used to transform the classroom of the future. Throughout this chapter, readers will get to know a student of the future, Juan Delgado. He attends a 4-year university in Dallas, Texas, and is majoring in Mechanical Engineering taking his Introduction to the Fundamentals of Science course. Each aspect of the learning process as it relates to multimodal instruction in 2023 is outlined through the experiences of Juan to situate the impact to learners.

Australian Indigenous Tertiary Studies: A Discussion with Professor David Boud on Experience-Based Learning and the Transformation of University Courses

2012 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heidi Norman
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Curriculum Design ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Indigenous Studies ◽  
University Courses ◽  
Experience Based Learning ◽  
Key Issues ◽  
Approach To Teaching

This article critically examines the possibility of using Problem-Based Learning as an approach to teaching and learning and curriculum design in Indigenous studies. This approach emphasises the potential for Experience-Based Learning or Problem-Based Learning as a model that frames the curriculum and pedagogical activities to encourage student engagement with key issues in ways they find meaningful. It takes the form of an interview with Professor David Boud, a well-known scholar in this area.

EFFECTIVENESS OF PROBLEM BASED LEARNING MODEL (PBL) SETTING OPEN ENDED APPROACH IN MATHEMATICS LEARNING

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 418
Author(s):  
Muhammad Nur Sabar
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Hypothesis Test ◽  
Mathematics Learning ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
High Category ◽  
Class Viii ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Normalized Gain ◽  
Pbl Model

The study aims at examining (1) the effectiveness of the implementation of Problem Based Learning (PBL) model using Open Ended approach, (2) the students’ learning result in mathematics who were taught by using PBL model with Open Ended approach, (3) the students’ activities in teaching and learning process by using PBL model with Open Ended approach, and (4) the students’ response on learning. The study is pre-experiment research with One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. The populations of the study were class VIII students at SMPN 33 Makassar of academic year 2016/2017 wich consisted of 10 classes. Samples were selected by employing Cluster Random Sampling technique and obtained class VIIIE as the research sample. Data were obtained by using learning result test instrument, observation sheet of students’ activities, observation sheet of learning implementation, and questionnaire of students’ response. The results of the study reveal that the learning result score of class VIII students in mathematics I sin high category, the mean 83.22, and deviation standar 8.549, the classical completeness is 87.50%, the mean of normalized gain is in high category, the students’ activity is in very active category, and students’ response on the implementation of PBL model with Open Ended approach is positive. The result of hypothesis test indicates that PBL model with Open Ended approach is effective to implemented in Mathematics learning to class VIII students at SMPN 33 Makassar. 

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