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PBL in Remote & Hybrid Settings |
Participate and share : Interactive lecture
Rich Dixon Dr. Lisa Mireles
How can PBL be an effective way to meet the needs of each learner when facilitated through a remote or hybrid setting? Explore best practices, tools and tips that bring the best of PBL to life by examining the common challenges and solutions to help overcome these barriers.
| Audience: | Coaches, Library media specialists, Teachers |
| Skill level: | Beginner |
| Attendee devices: | Devices useful |
| Attendee device specification: | Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, iOS, Windows |
| Participant accounts, software and other materials: | none needed |
| Topic: | Project-, problem- & challenge-based learning |
| ISTE Standards: | For Educators: Designer
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| Disclosure: | The submitter of this session has been supported by a company whose product is being included in the session |
| Influencer Disclosure: | This session includes a presenter that indicated a “material connection” to a brand that includes a personal, family or employment relationship, or a financial relationship. See individual speaker menu for disclosure information. |
The purpose of this session is to help educators be better prepared to facilitate Project Based Learning online or in hybrid situations. This data driven session will review the most common problems of practice identified by teachers who facilitate PBL in these settings. Project implementation tips and resources to create the conditions for success will be shared. Participants will review the framework of Gold Standard Project Based Teaching Practices with a focus on implementing it online. Attendees will also leave with a set of recommendations to address educational equity within the online implementation of PBL. Within this interactive session, attendees will share their insights with each other to build a collection of additional tools and tips they use right away.
Participants will demonstrate success through reflection activities that allow them to document their learning, online tools to help them implement Gold Standard PBL online and plan for next steps after the session is over.
I. Introduction, Outcomes and Overview (3 min)
II. The What & Why of PBL (7 min)
A. Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) connections with PBL
III. Gold Standard Project Based Learning Teaching Practices (30 min)
A. Overcoming Common Challenges when Teaching PBL in a Remote or Hybrid Environment
B. Tips & Resources
IV. Collaborate: Tools and Tips (10min)
V. Q&A/Debrief (10 min)
A. Reflections and planning next steps
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Rich is the Director of Online Learning at PBLWorks/Buck Institute for Education and is passionate about applying his over 25 years as a teacher, administrator, staff developer, IT director, and curriculum coordinator to professional development in order to promote personalized learning that addresses educational equity issues. He is a national speaker who has presented on a wide range of emerging educational technology topics, including digital badges and technology enhanced pedagogy. Rich also helps develop leadership capacity for cabinet level school district administrators as a faculty member of the Education Innovation Alliance.
Dr. Lisa Mireles is an equity-centered educator dedicated to making school more interesting and engaging for all learners. Having served in public, independent and international schools as a teacher, coach, principal, and district-level administrator, she brings a unique perspective that lifts up the intersection of deeper learning pedagogical approaches, technology integration, and heart-centered leadership. Lisa was a founding member of the Kauai Educational Leadership Alliance, the Hawaii Society for Technology in Education, and Edcamp Kauai.
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