Case Studies
The case studies section focuses on applied EBL and PBL drawn from examples from a range of academic disciples, settings and institutions. There is inevitably an overlap between this section and the Papers sectition, since some papers are case-studies or collections of case-studies, in addition, many of the CEEBL Small Projects have been written up as case-studies.
CEEBL Case Studies booklets can be sent to you by post! These cover the years 2005-6, 2006-7, 2007-8, 2008-10.
- Evidence of the Educational Effectiveness of Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) for Law and Criminology, Norman Powell (PDF 82kb)
Response to: Do you have any evidence resources that give legitimacy to the educational effectiveness of EBL? (for the School of Law/Criminology). - McMorrow, J.M. (2008) PCL in the Larger Curriculum: Enquiry-Based Learning in Humanities at Manchester (PPT 3.44MB)
Project-Centred Learning Symposium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA, 17-19 March. Invited paper.
MIT Podcast (McMorrow presentation starts about 15 mins in) - Handbook of Enquiry and Problem-based Learning: Irish Case Studies and International Perspective, T. Barrett, I. M. Labhrainn and H. Fallon. Galway, All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE), 2005
- Hutchings, W and O'Rourke, K (2006) Enquiry-Based Learning, internationality and interdisciplinarity: a case-study of a trial Anglo-American student event (PDF, 678Kb)
- An Enquiry-Based Learning Course on Jane Austen, Dr Bill Hutchings (PDF 1.7Mb)
Problem scenarios and guidance for an enquiry-based course on Jane Austen. - Inquiry Resources and Case Studies, McMaster University
A range of resources on processes of learning based on inquiry from McMaster University. - Powell, N. J., Moore, I., O'Rourke, K., Freeman, S., Sattenstall, M., A., Gough, G., D. and Jinks, P., J. (2007) Developing professional skills in three professional programmes through enquiry-based learning (PDF, 73Kb)
Teaching and Learning in the Challenging World of Higher Education. Maynooth, Ireland, All Ireland Society for Higher Education (AISHE), 30th – 31st August - Powell, N. J., Peaker, A. R., Truscott, W. S., Hicks, P. J. and Canavan, B. (2007) Seeding Enquiry-Based Learning in Electrical and Electronic Engineering: Case Study 1 – Optoelectronics (PDF, ICEE website)
The Moving Frontiers of Engineering, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE). Coimbra, Portugal, International Network of Engineering Education Research (INEER), 3rd- 7th September 2007 - Powell, N. J., Renfrew, A., Truscott, W. S., Hicks, P. J. and Canavan, B. (2007). Seeding Enquiry-Based Learning in Electrical and Electronic Engineering: Case Study 2 - Robotics . The Moving Frontiers of Engineering, Proceedings of the International Conference on Engineering Education (ICEE). Coimbra, Portugal, International Network of Engineering Education Research (INEER), 3rd- 7th September 2007. (PDF, ICEE website)
- Jones, T. Using brief presentations to
assess project work (2008) (PDF, 332Kb)
Manchester Science Enterprise Centre presentation for EngCETL International Symposium in Engineering Education, Loughborough University, January 2008 - Hutchings, W and O'Rourke, K (2006) Evaluating Learning Change: How Third-year English Literature
Students Adapt to Problem-Based Learning, University of Manchester (PDF 88Kb)
Account of the evaluation process of an EBL course. - Powell, N. J., Hicks, P. J., Truscott, W. S., Green, P. R., Peaker, A. R., Renfrew, A. and Canavan, B. (2008). Four Case Studies of adapting Enquiry-Based Learning (EBL) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. International Journal of Electrical Engineering Education, 45(2): 121-130.(PDF)