TDG – Development of an Online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Environment

Abstract

The TDG project aimed to investigate the effectiveness of online PBL learning environment to undergraduate students of the Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences. A PBL group of year 3 students was randomly selected and online PBL was carried out using the ADOBE CONNECT, which is a web conferencing platform available at the Faculty of Education. A questionnaire was administered to the participating students to assess the outcomes of the project.

Students unanimously agreed that online PBL is beneficial to their learning and time management. They all enjoyed the class meeting time, and they reported that the use of online PBL environment saved plenty of their travel time to and from school. The new learning environment did not reduce their interest in learning, and did not distract them from PBL learning. A more quantitative comparison is being carried out to assess their academic performance with the non-participating students

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