FAQs

  • What’s the difference between PBL and experiential learning and service-learning?
  • If I replace a paper assignment with a project, is it considered PBL?
  • What if I just want to include a project as an assignment but not include the Gold Standard elements?
  • I already have projects in my courses. Is that PBL?
  • I teach in the humanities. What sorts of “real-world” projects can I have students do? PBL takes time away from the important course content.
  • Do I have to use PBL in all of my courses?
  • The more students exercise voice and choice through PBL, the more I lose control over what content they learn, I assume?
  • Who at Middlebury is working on this PBL initiative?
  • Attach: Ad Hoc proposal and WPI team briefing paper
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