A Pilot Study of Problem Formulation and Resolution in an Online Problem-based Learning Course.

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Autor/Urheber	Rick Kenny; Mark Bullen; Jay Loftus
Institution	Athabasca University Press
Titel	A Pilot Study of Problem Formulation and Resolution in an Online Problem-based Learning Course.
Quelle	In: 1492-3831; International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, Vol 7, Iss 3 (2006)(2006) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	online learning; problem-based learning; problem-solving; Constructivism; instructional design; content analysis; distance education; online education; higher education; Special aspects of education
Abstract	This paper discusses an exploratory study to investigate the existence, and nature, of student problem formulation and resolution processes in an undergraduate online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) course in Agricultural Sciences. We report on the use of a content analysis instrument developed to measure problem formulation and resolution (PFR) processes in online asynchronous discussions (Murphy, 2004a, 2004b) to analyze students' text-based, online discussions. The results offer evidence that students do engage in problem formulation and resolution and that these processes appear to be consistent with the PBL process carried out in this course. However, the nature of the PBL pedagogy, at least in this instructional context, ties the PBL problems to be solved tightly to a marked assignment structure and, therefore, appears to restrict the PFR process in its early and late stages.
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