Hi,
With regard to problem based learning the following may be of interest.
In the UK the degree at the Peninsula Medical School (University of
Exeter)http://www.ex.ac.uk/undergraduate/degrees/medicine/medicine.shtml
takes a problem based approach to learning medicine. As I understand it the
librarians have been heavily involved and should be good brains to pick.
I recently came across the Republic Polytechnic in Singapore where all
programmes are taught entirely through the use of problem-based learning.
Each day students are given a question. They work in groups, elect a
leader, and spend the next five hours defining the problem, identifying
sources that would help solve the problem, accessing sources and collecting
material, processing this material and developing a way of communicating
their findings. They are therefore using the traditional information
literacy framework to tackle problems and develop independent learning
skills.
Further information can be found at http://discovery.rp.edu.sg/home/CED/
The Poly, as far as I understand, no longer has the 'lecturer' role. People
are employed to develop the learning scenarios (the daily questions and the
resources to support these). Other people are employed to facilitate the
PBL sessions - implying a huge change to the role and status of academics
and possibly librarians!
Best wishes,
Mark
http://discovery.rp.edu.sg/home/CED/
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From: "Valerie Kendlin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 4:49 PM
Subject: PBL
> Hi
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> I was wondering was anyone on this list involved in Problem Based
> Learning - as a facilitator, or as a provider of information skills
> classes as part of a PBL taught course?
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> I may be getting involved (level unknown!) in a Masters course in the
> Health Scineces area to be taught entirely in a PBL method, and they
> are interested in having an
> info.literacy module tied into it.
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> I would be particularly interested in finding out how you approached
> the design of your part of the course
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> Did you base your sessions around specific problems, or did you do
> more generic information skills?
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> Were you a PBL facilitator?
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> Were your groups large or small?
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> Did you carry out any measurement regarding the impact the library
> involvement had on the information seeking and success of the students?
>
> I will summarise for the list, please reply to me individually
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> Many thanks for any help you would care to give!
>
> Regards
> Valerie
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