Problem-based learning the distance learning way: a bridge too far?

Since problem-based learning is classically associated with campus based, small group learning conducted over protracted periods of time, it should not, in theory, be well suited to the distance learning mode of study. Just how do you write distance learning materials which adequately accommodate th...

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Publicado en:Nurse Education Today Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 98 - 106
Autor principal: Price B
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Elsevier B.V. 2000 Feb
Acceso en línea:Ver este registro en EBSCOhost
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Sumario:Since problem-based learning is classically associated with campus based, small group learning conducted over protracted periods of time, it should not, in theory, be well suited to the distance learning mode of study. Just how do you write distance learning materials which adequately accommodate the problem-based learning process, and which acknowledge the variety of problems that could be identified for study? This paper critically examines one distance learning initiative designed to test whether problem-based learning may be delivered to student benefit at post-registration, undergraduate nurse programme level. © 2000 Harcourt Publishers Ltd