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Join a community of learners, do-ers and teachers. Journey through a Design Thinking experience, apply it in the real world, and go forth and teach others the methodology. This is a paired activity, so there must be an even number of participants. Internet connection, a large screen or projector with sound.

What is it? This summary of research on Project Based Learning also appears in the BIE book PBL for 21st Century Success. It provides a quick look at key studies showing PBL's positive effects on student academic achievement, mastery of 21st century competences such as problem-solving and critical thinking, addressing the needs of diverse learners and closing achievement gaps, and increasing students' motivation to learn.

Interesting article with real examples of project-based approaches to typical 'solve this' problems in a variety of disciplines.

This is a concise guide to the three main categories of adaptive courseware (off-the-shelf, customizable and custom-built) and five key questions to inform courseware adoption decisions: problem to solve? resources? control? access? support?