PBL2006 and Beyond

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PBL2006 and Beyond

• PBL2000David Chapman, Samford University
• PBL2002George Watson, University of Delaware
• PBL2004Enrique León and Rodrigo Polanco, ITESM
• PBL2006Juan Carlos Crespo, Pontificia
  Universidad Católica del Perú

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Samford University

• Largest privately supported and fully accredited
  institution for higher learning in Alabama
• Eight colleges and schools arts and sciences,
  business, divinity, education, law, music,
  nursing and pharmacy
• Over 20 degree programs with more than 80 majors
  are offered to 4366 students from 42 states and
  22 nations
• 236 million in endowment
• Ranked fifth in the South by US News

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Samford Universitys Journey with PBL

• 1998-2001 The Pew Charitable Trusts awarded one
  million dollars to Samford University to support
  its problem-based learning initiative on campus
• Over 100 faculty participate in the redesign of
  dozens of courses using PBL methods
• Samford sent scouts to Aalborg U. (Denmark),
  Newcastle U. (Australia)
• Established international clearinghouse for PBL
  (www.samford.edu/pbl)

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Samford University A PBL Leader

• PBL has been adopted across the curriculum in
  nursing, pharmacy, and education over 60 of
  courses in arts and sciences use PBL
• Numerous faculty have presented their experiences
  with PBL nationally and internationally
• An international clearinghouse for PBL
  www.samford.edu/pbl established in 1998 continues
  to be a valuable resource to faculty around the
  world.

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• 650 Participants
• 119 Presentations including plenary speeches by
• Lee Shulman
• Trudy Banta
• Wim Gijselaers
• Barbara Duch
• Russ Edgerton

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Conference Evaluation (n 307)

• Opportunities for effective learning Very Good
  (48.2)
• Overall content of PBL2000 Very Good (47.2)
• Pre-conference publicity Very Good (35.3)
• Conference organization Outstanding (39.5)
• Registration materials Very Good (47.3)
• Conference timing Very Good (41.7)
• Opportunities for effective learning Very Good
  (48.2)
• Food Good (32.2)
• Conference meeting facilities Very Good (44.5)
• Conference hotel Very Good (42.1)
• Birmingham as conference site Very Good (37.3)

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PBL2000 Conference Highlights

• Keynote Speaker
• Plenary Sessions
• Pre-conference Sessions
• Opportunities to Network
• Diversity of Topics

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Samford Universitys Perspective on PBL2000s
Success

• Early Start
• Varied Marketing Campaign
• Teamwork
• Resources
• Enthusiasm

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Participants 400 Institutions 95 Countries 26
3½ day conference 1 day preconference workshops
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200 workshops, papers, and presentation
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Early-bird 595 Registration 695 Pre-conference
50 - 80
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rates 117 - 185
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• PROBLEM
• BASED
• LEARNING
• 2004

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Riviera Maya Cancún, Mexico June 13-19, 2004
2 days workshops 21/2 days paper, panel and
poster presentations
174 attendants
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Keynote speakers

• Marisa Martín
• Peter Bouhuijs
• Sara Sage
• George Watson

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PBL2004
Cancun, Mexico Hosted by Tec de
Monterrey Panelists Enrique Leon Rodrigo Polanco
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PBL2006 proposal
Lima, Perú Hosted by Pontificia Universidad
Católica del Perú Panelists Juan Carlos Crespo
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Pan-American Association of PBL
A modest proposal
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Pan-American Association of PBL
Suggestion is based on success ofAsia-Pacific
Conference on PBL Annual rotation among
countries Typically in December through early
Spring Location of next APC-PBL?
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Pan-American Association of PBL
Objectives Strengthen interaction and
collaboration of higher education across North
and South America. Support and promote continued
development of PBL in Spanish-speaking
world. Regularize offerings of bi-annual
international PBL conference.
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Pan-American Association of PBL
First steps Create advisory board with
self-selected representatives from PBL200X host
institutions to date. Create a listserv and
website to serve membership. Draw at-large
members onto the advisory board by election.
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Pan-American Association of PBL
Next steps Support PBL2006 and
beyond Identification of future
venues Scheduling Assistance with program
committee
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Pan-American Association of PBL
Longer range Develop base of support for PBL20XX
conferences. Membership dues Modest cut of
conference proceeds Support development of global
PBL association
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Discussion