If you want a successful project, then you must build in regular, authentic reflection opportunities. This ongoing reflection helps your students sharpen analytical skills, integrate new knowledge with previous knowledge, and develop greater self-awareness to deepen their learning. Reflection This course seeks to answer the driving question: How can we, as PBL teachers, facilitate presentations …
The central core to Project Based Learning is rubrics – created in planning, shared at the beginning, referred to throughout, and used at the end. This course helps you encourage student buy-in by utilizing and referencing relevant rubrics for assessment and reflection. Rubrics This course seeks to answer the driving question: How can we, as …
The projects wrap up as students offer presentations that demonstrate their understanding of the content. These presentations enable students to share their learning, assess their growth, and showcase their work. This often includes a variety of media forms as well as a broad audience as well. Presentations This course seeks to answer the driving question: …
Project Based Learning is one of the best educational formats that directly teach professional skills. You will come to understand how to demonstrate and provide practice for non-subject matter competencies so that students are prepared for interactions in real-world careers. Professional Skills This course seeks to answer the driving question: How can we, as PBL …
Relevance of content and learning beyond the classroom is a must for education to be effective and long-lasting. Project based learning helps create authentic partnerships between projects and professionals. When that happens, students see the application of their work to the professional world. Partnerships This course seeks to answer the driving question: How can we, …
Good feedback is essential for improvement; however, Project Based Learning incorporates peer feedback seamlessly. This course teaches you how to provide timely peer feedback opportunities within your projects so students can effectively communicate their ideas and suggestions while promoting self-confidence amongst their peers. Peer Feedback This course seeks to answer the driving question: How can …
When students are heard and given options, their commitment to learning increases significantly. Project Based Learning is a great tool for hearing, choosing, and learning. You can increase relevancy and authenticity by allowing the students to leverage their unique perspectives and learning styles to inform the project while remaining true to the learning objectives. Voice …
Everyone wants to know the measures for which they will be compared. This fact is an even more important component in Project Based Learning. Improve your use of benchmarks within a project to assess student mastery of concepts and progress toward completion. Benchmarks This course seeks to answer the driving question: How can we, as …
Project Based Learning is a structured methodology for students to learn together, and this format requires deep planning and multiple tools. Guiding your students in using planning tools is a great way to ensure your students learn how to take ownership of their project and sustain it to completion. Tools of Planning This course seeks …
Every student needs support to succeed and this becomes even more important in Project Based Learning. You will learn to use appropriate scaffolding to support students, help them think deeper, and create better projects. Scaffolding This course seeks to answer the driving question: How can we, as PBL teachers, use appropriate scaffolding to support student …
