Problem-Based Learning Workshop (announcement)
September 22-23, 2006
Facilitated by George Watson
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education
University of Delaware

Friday evening
5:00-6:00pm   Comparison of Teacher-Centered and Student-Centered Learning [ppt]
6:00-7:00pm   Dinner
7:00-9:00pm   An Introduction to Problem-Based Learning: Experience It Yourself [ppt]
Deflating Grady: A PBL Problem on Grade Inflation [pdf]
     
Saturday morning
9:00-10:00am   Introduction to PBL (contd.) [ppt]
10:00-10:30am   What Is a Good PBL Problem? [ppt]
Rubric for Evaluating a Draft PBL Problem [pdf]
10:30am-noon   Writing Effective PBL Problems [ppt]
     
Saturday afternoon
noon-1:00pm
  Lunch
1:00-1:30pm
  Continued work on PBL materials
1:30-3:00pm
  Presentation of PBL scenarios
3:00-4:00pm
  Facilitating PBL Groups [ppt]
Groups in Action [link], Dawn's Eight O'Clock [mpeg]
Sample evaluation form [pdf]

References:
PBL at the University of Delaware
Institute for Transforming Undergraduate Education
PBL Clearinghouse