TY  - JOUR
A1  - Simböck, Elisabeth
A1  - Marksteiner, Jessica
A1  - Machacek, Thomas
A1  - Wiessner, Katharina
A1  - Gepp, Barbara
A1  - Jesenberger, Veronika
A1  - Weihs, Anna
A1  - Leitner, Rita
T1  - The Power of Problem Based Learning beyond its Didactic Attributes
T2  - Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education (JPBLHE)
N2  - Hybrid courses with a focus on practice-orientated education and self-guided learning phases are on the rise on the higher education sector. Disciplines in Life Sciences implicate a high degree of practical laboratory expertise. The University of Applied Sciences (UAS) in Vienna, Austria, has thus been endeavoured offering students a high qualitative education integrating hybrid courses based on PBL principles, which consist of on-site (including the transmission of necessary background and practical laboratory training) and off-site (including self-study phases) sessions. As practical laboratory units are central in those courses, the restrictive measures, including the transition to a complete online teaching format due to the first Covid-19-pandemic lock-down, had severe effects on the implementation and the quality of the curriculum. According to surveys made specifically to address this problematic situation, it can be concluded that on-site practical units are fundamental for certain disciplines such as Life Sciences.
KW  - Problem-based Learning
KW  - Life Science didactics
KW  - Hybrid PBL-methods
KW  - COVID-19
KW  - Life Science Education
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UR  - http://opus.technikum-wien.at/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3167
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
SP  - 109
EP  - 130
ER  -