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Using a Variety of Teaching and Learning Strategies

How People Learn	Livening Up Your Lectures	Strategies for Collaborative Learning	Exploring Problem/ Project/Case-based Learning	Managing Experiential Learning Environments
Promoting Active Learning: Strategies, Tools and Techniques		Supporting Independent Learning	Choosing the Right Model for Your Teaching Purpose	College Directives Supporting This Competency
The Professor of the 21st Century uses a variety of teaching and learning strategies. Read Competency

Exploring Problem/Project/Case-based Learning

Other forms of active learning that are staples in nearly all faculties are case-based learning, project based learning and problem-based learning. Many case-based, project-based and problem-based learning experiences are collaborative, but sometimes they are designed as individual activities.

Case-based, project based, and problem-based learning are all profiled in this site from Virginia Tech. For each teaching model you will find a definition, design tips, college-level examples of the model in action (very interesting), and further references. Here are key pages from the site.

Case-based: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/models/
casebased.html
Problem-based: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/models/anchored.html
Project-based: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/models/construction.html
Advanced Problem-Based: http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/models/pbl.html

Case Study Ideas from TVO: Many thanks to Angela Woollam, Pembroke Campus, for suggesting this addition to our site. The TVO for Teachers site is an excellent site for topical material in the arts, social sciences, and sciences which could enrich many learning experiences and provide the base for many case studies.

http://www.tvo.org/tvoforteachers/jan06/

For more in-depth information on case-based learning:

Case-Based Learning in Your Classes provides lots of information of types of cases, planning for case-based learning, generating ideas for cases, writing tips for cases, and assessing case-based learning.
http://cstl-csm.semo.edu/waterman/CBL/
Characteristics of an Effective Case Study introduces the reader to important features of a good case study, steps for implimenting the case-study approach, and the benefits of case-based teaching models.
http://www.nscc.edu/seatec/pages_resources/forum_papers_pdf/
smith.pdf
Return to Mars: How Not to Teach a Case Study by Clyde Herreid, the State University of New York, provides a list of common pitfalls associated with a case-based learning that was derived from a real-life teaching experience, as well as suggestions for avoiding them. Written with humour, a nice read when you are in the mood for something lighter.
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/teaching/mars.html