Problem-Based Learning Online

Introduction
Maggi Savin-Baden and Kay Wilkie

Part 1 Possibilities and challenges

1 The challenges of using problem-based learning online
Maggi Savin-Baden

2 Issues in Cyberspace Education
Ray Land and Siân Bayne

3 Institutional perspectives: making PBLonline possible and sustainable
Frances Deepwell and Andy Syson

Part 2 Facilitation and mediation

4 Tracing the tutor roles in problem-based learning and PBLonline
Kirsten Hofgaard Lycke, Helge I Strømsø and Per Grøttum

5 From face-to-face to online participation: Tensions in facilitating problem-based learning
Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Anandi Nagarajan, and Sharon J. Derry

6 The Academic Developer as Tutor in PBLonline in higher education
Roisin Donnelly

Part 3 Technopedagogy

7 PBLonline: a framework for collaborative e-learning
David Jennings

8 Online learning and problem-based learning: complementary or colliding approaches?
Maggi Savin-Baden and Carolyn Gibbon

9 Developing expertise in professional practice, online, at a distance
Karen Lee

Part 4 Developing technology

10 Digital support for a constructivist approach to education: the case of a problem-based psychology curriculum
Wilco te Winkel, Remy Rikers and Henk Schmidt

11 Tools to empower problem-based learning : a principled and empirical approach in the design of problem-based learning online
Frans Ronteltap

12 Analysing the use of communication tools for collaboration in Problem-based Learning Online?
Chris Beaumont and Chew Swee Cheng

“This book makes a great shot at disentangling the challenge of the diversity of learning technologies and their intricate association with pedagogical approaches. The terms used by the book – combining, uniting and interrelationships – in some ways underplay the major challenges it poses. Have a good read of it – and most importantly try out some ideas.”
Gilly Salmon, Professor of E-learning & Learning Technologies, Beyond Distance Research Alliance

“This [book] represents a significant collection of papers which, I am sure, will help inform the development of an online pedagogy for problem-based learning.”
Michael Prosser, Director Research and Evaluation, Higher Education Academy

“The studies presented in this book are evidence informed and theoretically framed in ways that promise to advance our understanding of these complex areas. This collection will be an invaluable read for anyone involved in PBL and/or e-learning in higher education. “
Glynis Cousin, Senior Adviser, Higher Education Academy

Problem-based Learning Online is the first book to:

• Address the current issues and debates about problem-based learning (PBL) online together in one volume
• Present and explore the range and diversity of application of PBL online
• Examine questions such as how course design and issues of power influence learning in PBL

The book provides research-based information about the realities of setting up and running problem-based programmes using technology in a variety of ways. It also captures the diversity of use of technology with PBL across disciplines and countries, providing vital input into the literature on the theory and practice of PBL online.

Contributors: Chris Beaumont, Siân Bayne, Chew Swee Cheng, Frances Deepwell, Sharon J. Derry, Roisin Donnelly, Carolyn Gibbon, Cindy E. Hmelo-Silver, Per Grøttum, David Jennings, Ray Land, Karen Lee, Kirsten Hofgaard Lycke, Anandi Nagarajan, Remy Rikers, Frans Ronteltap, Maggi Savin-Baden, Henk Schmidt, Helge I. Strømsø, Andy Syson, Kay Wilkie, Wilco te Winkel.