Travels towards Problem Based Learning in Medical Education (VPBL).

Bowdish, Bruce E.; Chauvin, Sheila W.; Kreisman, Norman; Britt, Mike

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Publication Date: 2003

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Travels towards Problem Based Learning in Medical Education (VPBL).

Bowdish, Bruce E.; Chauvin, Sheila W.; Kreisman, Norman; Britt, Mike

Instructional Science, v31 n4-5 p231-53 Jul-Sep 2003

Reports results of an investigation of the effectiveness of a prototype virtual problem-based learning (VPBL) exercise delivered via the World Wide Web to first year medical students. Compares the VPBL and a text-based version of the same exercise on students' achievement and examines instructional design issues including learner control and teacher and learner roles. (Contains 91 references.) (Author/LRW)

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Distance Education, Instructional Design, Instructional Effectiveness, Learner Controlled Instruction, Medical Education, Problem Based Learning, Student Role, Teacher Role, Virtual Classrooms, Web Based Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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