The Power of Problem Based Learning beyond its Didactic Attributes
- 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.
Author: | Elisabeth Simböck, Jessica Marksteiner, Thomas Machacek, Katharina Wiessner, Barbara Gepp, Veronika Jesenberger, Anna Weihs, Rita Leitner |
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Parent Title (English): | Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education (JPBLHE) |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Completed Date: | 2021/12/20 |
Responsibility for metadata: | Fachhochschule Technikum Wien |
Release Date: | 2022/01/03 |
GND Keyword: | COVID-19; Hybrid PBL-methods; Life Science Education; Life Science didactics; Problem-based Learning |
Volume: | 9 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 109 |
Last Page: | 130 |
Publish on Website: | 1 |
Open Access: | 1 |
Reviewed: | 1 |
Link to Publication: | https://doi.org/10.5278/ojs.jpblhe.v9i1.6342 |
Department: | Department Life Science Engineering |
Research Focus: | Tissue Engineering & Molecular Life Science Technologies |
Projects: | Stadt Wien - Call 21 bis 25 |
Studienjahr: | 2021/2022 |
Licence (German): | ![]() |