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 JF - 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 Y1 - VL - 9 IS - 1 SP - 109 EP - 130 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Leeb, Christine A1 - Leitner, Rita A1 - Pichler, Verena A1 - Huber-Gries, Carina A1 - Rünzler, Dominik A1 - Jesenberger, Veronika T1 - Einführung und Optimierung eines praxisorientierten PBL-Moduls im Life-Science-Bereich JF - Zeitschrift für Hochschulentwicklung (ZFHE) KW - Life Science KW - Problem Based Learning KW - Education Y1 - 2018 VL - 11 IS - 3 SP - 107 EP - 121 ER -