About the Conference

What is PBL and where is it going?

During the last decades hundreds of educational programs in higher education throughout the world have been reformed in accordance with the basic ideas of the PBL pioneers at Mc Master university in Canada. Besides, educational programmes aiming at the health care sector, engineering, business administration, law and teacher education are but a few of other faculties and professional schools which have implemented PBL-programmes. It goes without saying that the diffusion of PBL-implementations into new areas has meant the introduction of modifications and/or additions of the original concept. In spite of the massive experience that is now at hand, we still need to further our knowledge about PBL.

We would like to high-light some of these issues in our international conference on PBL. Like the first conference in Linköping in 1995 we are aiming for an inter-faculty profile, focusing on the following themes.

Development What has happened up till today regarding the theoretical elements and practical characteristics of PBL? Under this theme we would like to welcome contributions focussing on development of already existing programs or pioneering implementations into new areas. Theoretical and/or empirical analyses of the links between PBL and contemporary research on learning are also possible contributions here.

Outcome What do we know about the impact of PBL on students and teachers? Thinkable contributions here are studies comparing learning processes and outcomes of PBL and conventional curricula.

Identity When is it justified to talk about a program as a PBL-program? What are the criteria for categorizing a pedagogical innovation as PBL? Contributions questioning, expanding or restricting core criteria of PBL are thinkable under this heading.

Trends What is behind the corner? Can we foresee a role for PBL in the next century?
In which ways will PBL e.g. be affected by the increasing application of information and communication technology (ICT) in educational settings?

General information

UNISCENE
The first "International Conference on Problem-based Learning in Higher Education" took place in Linköping 1995. During the conference the UNISCENE network, a University Network for Innovative Student Centered Education, was started. Other conferences associated to this network are Maastricht 1996, Roskilde 1997 and Aalborg 1998.

Acknowledgements

The Second International Conference on Problem-based Learning in Higher Education is supported by the Swedish Council for the Renewal of Higher Education, Linköpings universitet and the Municipal Council of Linköping.

Venue

The conference will be held at Linköping Konsert & Kongress, in the center of Linköping.
Visiting address: Konsistoriegatan 7, SE-582 22 Linköping

Language

English will be the official language of the conference

Who should attend

The conference is of particular interest to teachers from various areas in higher education. Also teachers with interest in problem-based learning in undergraduate or professional education may attend.

Accommodation and hotel booking

Hotel booking is available through the registration form until June 1. After this date or if you have requirements not covered by the form, please contact:

MZ Travel Event, Helena Kagerup
Box 444
SE-581 05 Linköping
Sweden

Phone: +46 13 374130
Fax: +46 13 374129
E-mail: helena.kagerup@mztravel.se

Last modified on September 4, 2000 by Paul Pop.