Create, Innovate & Evaluate in Higher Education

"The rise of the Maker has been one of the most exciting educational trends of the past few years. A Maker is an individual who communicates, collaborates, tinkers, fixes, breaks, rebuilds, and constructs projects for the world around him or her. A Maker, re-cast into a classroom, has a name that we all love: a learner. A Maker, just like a true learner, values the process of making as much as the product. In the classroom, the act of Making is an avenue for a teacher to unlock the learning potential of her or his students in a way that represents many of the best practices of educational pedagogy. A Makerspace classroom has the potential to create life-long learners through exciting, real-world projects."

"Project-based learning is a matter of identifying needs and opportunities (using an app like flipboard), gathering potential resources (using an app like pinterest), collecting notes and artifacts (with an app like Evernote), concept-mapping potential scale or angles for the project (using an app like simplemind), assigning roles (with an appp like Trello), scheduling deadlines (with apps like Google Calendar), and sharing it all (with apps like OneDrive or Google Drive).

With that in mind, below are 30 of the best apps for getting this kind of work done in the classroom, with an emphasis on group project-based learning apps for both Android and iPad (and even a few for plain old browsers)."

In the first of two parts, guest blogger John Larmer of the Buck Institute for Education clears up any confusion on the difference between project-based learning, problem-based learning, and whatever-else-based learning.

Learn more:

- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=PBL

Si tuviéramos que dar una definición sencilla de  lo que es el ABP (aprendizaje basado en problemas) nos quedamos con la que dio Barrows y Tamblin: "Aquel aprendizaje que resulta de un proceso de trabajo dirigido hacia la comprensión o resolución de un problema, siendo el problema el punto de partida del proceso de aprendizaje".

El ABP es una metodología centrada en el  aprendizaje, en la investigación y reflexión que siguen los  alumnos para llegar a una solución ante un problema planteado por el profesor.

Generalmente, dentro del proceso educativo, el  docente explica una parte de la materia y, seguidamente,  propone a los alumnos una actividad de aplicación de dichos contenidos. Sin embargo, el ABP se plantea como medio para que los estudiantes adquieran esos conocimientos y los apliquen para solucionar un problema real o ficticio,  sin que el docente utilice la lección magistral u otro método para transmitir ese temario.