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Instructor Resources
Resources on Problem-Based Learning
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The links below introduce Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and provide links to resources related to PBL.
Surprisingly, even the most seasoned instructors have little opportunity to actually read teaching research. These links provide you with several resources for exploring your teaching approach and for incorporating Problem-Based Learning (PBL) into your class.
- Teaching Styles Inventory
Have you given any thought to the kind of teacher you are or that you want to be? This Faculty Computing Resource Center Web site at Indiana State University provides an online resource for instructors interested in reviewing their priorities as teachers in the form of a friendly online survey.
- Felder's Index of Learning Styles
Rich Felder at NC State University has developed this comprehensive Index of Learning Styles online survey. It’s useful to have your students take the survey and to discuss the implications in terms of their learning preferences and you teaching strategies.
- Kearsley's Explorations in Learning & Instruction: Theory Into Practice (TIP) Database
Greg Kearsley’s TIP database provides instructors with succinct descriptions of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. If you’re interested in familiarizing yourself quickly with the considerable literatures from education, this is an excellent Web site to visit.
- Lynch’s (1998) Facilitating Knowledge Construction and Communication on the Internet
This Michigan Virtual University’s Technology Source article is a useful introduction to ways that you can incorporate technological communication tools into both your traditional classes and online classes.
- Rhem’s (1998) Problem-Based Learning: An Introduction
This National Teaching & Learning Forum article provides an accessible introduction to Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and its historical origins, including a useful list of links to PBL resources.
- Sample Problems, Center for Problem-Based Learning (CPBL)
The best way for instructors and students to incorporate new strategies into their activities is to examine examples. This Web site provides instructors with 10 examples of Problem-Based exercises and outlines how they were incorporated into courses from various disciplines.
- McMaster University’s Problem-based Learning, especially in the context of large classes
This link includes an introduction to PBL, information on how to use PBL in small groups, and a pointer to links on books and resources to help instructors incorporate PBL into their teaching.
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