RBL
Created by SLAQ. Succinct if not pithy!
http://www.slaq.org.au/Issues/rb_learning.htm

What is resource-based learning?
Today's society is experiencing the tremendous impact of the information age. Information is growing and changing so rapidly that it is no longer feasible or acceptable to focus solely on content as the curriculum in our schools.
http://www.stemnet.nf.ca/~acrawfor/lrc2.html

Resource-Based Learning. 
Cory Laverty, 1997. Canadian teacher librarian's site 1997. A useful overview with bibliography/webliography on RBL. http://stauffer.queensu.ca/inforef/tutorials/rbl/index.htm

Discussion Area: Resource Based Learning. Saskatchewan Education
http://elara.sasked.gov.sk.ca/cgi-in/forum/wwwboard.cgi?Smsg=&Sind=1&Subject=rbl

The Role of the School Library in Resource-Based Learning.
by Alixe E. Hambleton and John P. Wilkinson. A Canadian study from way back in 1994. Quote: "in the major efforts at educational reform and restructuring, the school's learning resource center and the role of teacher-librarians appear to be overlooked." So what has changed in the past 10 years?! http://www.ssta.sk.ca/research/instruction/94-11.htm

Designing Resource Based projects that use the Internet.
Although written in 1995, it presents the long-standing principles of RBL to a teacher audience but also relates it to constructivist teaching and engaged learning. An oldie but a goodie.http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/RSE/RSEviolet/RSEviolet.html#roles

Teaching and Learning on the Internet
Useful list of links from the University of Colorado. Up-to-date verification of links provided. http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itc_data/net_teach.html

What's in a name? RBL appears in different guises and has many close relatives!

Inquiry based learning  | Problem based learning  |  Project based learning  |  Flexible learning/Open Learning  |  Distance education  |  Other useful articles

Inquiry based learning

"--a student-centered learning paradigm that emphasizes research, critical thinking and multi-disciplined study to achieve course outcomes." http://www.uwec.edu/net/old/ibl.htm

Inquiry Page - Learning Begins with Questions
Search a database of inquiry units, or build your own inquiry units. http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/

Using the Internet to Promote Inquiry-based Learning 
Page supports a staff development workshop on the Internet and inquiry-based learning; developed as a result of an interest in taking Web-based learning to the next level. The workshop empowers teachers with the strategies necessary to make Web learning a truly productive and meaningful experience for their students.
http://www.biopoint.com/inquiry/ibr.html

Inquiry-Based Learning and Teaching http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/burris/iwonder/

 

Performance-Based Learning

".. a method of learning in which the focus is on the desired results. Performance-based learning involves determining what important learning we want students to accomplish, and then structuring instruction and assessment to focus on that learning at the competency, productivity, and performance levels." http://www.tensigma.org/glossary.html#PB

Problem based learning

Problem Based Learning 
Provides an overview of problem based learning (PBL) and offers a searchable archive of PBL resources, including papers on the effectiveness of PBL [sic RBL] Up-to-date site. http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/pbl/problem.html

Problem-Based Learning
http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/pbl/

Project based learning

"PBL attempts to engage students in authentic and interesting types of activities. The student is required to make and refine questions, debate ideas, make predictions, collect and graph data, draw conclusions and communicate ideas to others through discussion or the creation of a product." http://www.2learn.ca/Projects/Together/KWORDS/projecta.html

The Guide on the Side: A Project-Based Learning Resource from IEARN-Canada Compiled by WIlliam Belsey. Project-Based Learning: An instructional method that uses complex, real-life projects to motivate learning and provide learning experiences. http://www.iearn-canada.org/guideontheside.html

Project-Based Learning and Multimedia 
Multimedia adds a vibrant new dimension to project-based learning. Find teacher resources, evaluation reports, events calendar, forum, and examples of student work. Links to other useful articles  e.g. What does research say about outcomes from project-based learning? http://pblmm.k12.ca.us/

The Project Approach  http://www.project-approach.com/

INTEC: What is Project Based Learning?  http://www.concord.org/intec/t1/a1/t1a1p1proj_base.html

Flexible learning / Open Learning

"Flexible delivery is an approach to vocational education and training which allows for the adoption of a range of learning strategies in a variety of learning environments to cater for differences in learning styles, learning interests and needs, and variations in learning opportunities." Open Learning, Adelaide Institute of TAFE. http://dino.tafe.sa.edu.au/institutes/adelaide/olearn/open_learn.html

NCODE - Flexible Learning  http://ncode.uow.edu.au/

University of Western Australia http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/altmodes/to_delivery/open_learning_development.html

see also my notes on creating Flexible Learning Materials (zipped Word file)

Distance education

"Distance learning can mean many different things. The key elements are a student and instructor, separated by distance and possibly time, using technology to facilitate learning. The technology is ever-evolving and can involve television, computers, and data networks including (but not limited to) the Internet." PBS Adult Learning Service. http://www.pbs.org/adultlearning/als/dlweek/

Implementing Distance Learning 
http://fcit.coedu.usf.edu/distance/chap10.htm

Students' Frustrations with a Web-Based Distance Education Course 
This article presents a qualitative case study of a Web-based distance education course at a major U.S. university. The case data reveal a taboo topic: students' persistent frustrations in Web-based distance education.
http://www.firstmonday.dk/issues/issue4_12/hara/

Some other useful articles.........

Teaching Methods/Subject Area Resources Links 
Teaching Methods Web Resources Scientific Basis for the Art of Teaching | The Role of Planning in Teaching | Curriculum Theory | Technology in Education | Learning Environments and Motivation | http://www.mhhe.com/socscience/education/methods/resources.html

Web Based Learning resources library 
A bibliography of web based educational tools, theory and practices
http://www.knowledgeability.biz/weblearning/

Blue Web'n Learning Sites Library 
This searchable database of outstanding Internet learning sites categorizes entries by content, audience, and type (lessons, activities, projects, resources, references, & tools).
http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/bluewebn/