Project-Based Learning

Student’s Choice Assignment

 Learning Objective

Learners will be able identify the key elements that make project-based
learning a essential part of learning with 100% accuracy.
 What is Project-Based Learning?

• “Project Based Learning is a teaching method in which students gain

knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to
investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging, and complex question,
problem, or challenge.”
• -PBLworks.org
Project-Based Learning: An Overview
How Project-Based Learning Apply to me?
What makes PBL unique?
Characteristics of Project-Based Learning
 Inter-Disciplinary

• Learners engage in real-world

problems across multiple disciplines
• Projects require
• Inquiry
• Solution building
• Product construction
 Rigorous
• Meaningful learning opportunities
• 21st century skills
• Deep learning
 Student-centered
• Instructor acts as a facilitator/project
manager
• Learners are give more
independence
• Take ownership of your work
 Feedback Driven

• Learners critique one another’s work

• Instructors coach student’s as they
create
• Publically Presented Projects
 Summary

• Project-Based Learning is:

• Student-Centered
• Presents real-world and authentic problems
• Is rigorous in its nature
• Encompasses multiple disciplines related to learning
 Knowledge Check

• Please copy and paste the link below into your web browser to open a brief 3
question quiz on Project-Based Learning

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfuopq-
QYcBloyJ_cRrNsNQjwv7Lvu_nzeVFgTdB32fz9KdQg/viewform?usp=sf_link
 References

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Ascd. (n.d.). Seven Essentials for Project-Based Learning. Retrieved July 10, 2019, from
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Lund, J. (n.d.). [Digital image]. Retrieved July 10, 2019, from https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-students-how-ask-productive-questions

Sloan, B. (n.d.). [Digital image]. Retrieved July 10, 2019, from https://www.edutopia.org/article/inquiry-based-tasks-social-studies

What is Project-Based Learning? (2019, March 12). Retrieved July 10, 2019, from https://www.definedstem.com/blog/what-is-project-based-learning/