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Distributed Problem-Based Learning in Social Economy: A Study of the Use of a Structured Method for Education.

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Bjorck, Ulric – 2001

Students' use of distributed Problem-Based Learning (dPBL) in university courses in social economy was studied. A sociocultural framework was used to analyze the actions of students focusing on their mastery of dPBL. The main data material consisted of messages written in an asynchronous conferencing system by 50 Swedish college students in 2…

Descriptors: College Students, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Customer or Refined Student? Reflections on the "Customer" Metaphor in the Academic Environment and the New Pedagogical Challenge to the Libraries and Librarians.

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Tovote, Christina – 2001

This paper discusses customer services in academic libraries. The first section addresses the concept of the "customer." Thereafter, the paper applies the metaphor of the producer and its consumers to the relationship between a university and its students. The second section looks at education as a process of refinement. Next, the…

Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Active Learning, Foreign Countries, Higher Education