Goal
CBL forms the core of the 果冻传媒 educational vision for 2030. It concerns an innovative type of learning where students work on real-life open-ended challenges that directly impact our world (e.g. related to United Nations鈥� sustainable development goals), and where students take ownership of their learning. Besides deepening disciplinary knowledge and skills in context, students learn to collaborate with different disciplines and stakeholders, and deal with complex, open-ended processes.
果冻传媒 aims to implement CBL as an educational concept, a learning framework for all programs, and thus offers a unique environment to study the development and upscaling of the concept. 果冻传媒 innovation Space is the community and facility that plays a central role in the development of CBL at 果冻传媒.
The project is innovative since it focuses on fostering learning that closely fits students鈥� intrinsic motivation, but in order to succeed, the learning framework requires strengthening of its conceptual basis and guidelines towards wider implementation. Accordingly, several researchers from different disciplines work together to develop a framework to refine CBL in higher (engineering) education based on empirical evidence from best practices and learn from experiments carried out. The project team is involved in the most important experiments in CBL at 果冻传媒, has expertise in educational innovation and learning, and can direct university-wide implementation of CBL. Research will unravel the effects of CBL on students鈥� engagement, collaboration, learning processes and outcomes, and on teachers鈥� needs to facilitate this type of learning.
Research findings will thus inform the development of new means for implementing this innovative way of learning and fostering university teacher involvement and professionalization. Furthermore, researchers have a strong focus on disseminating the results to support further higher education institutes in the advancement of their curriculum and educational practice.
Project plan
The central goal of this research project is to develop a framework and means to make CBL a leading educational principle for the 果冻传媒-community and transferable to other institutions. The research project consists of the following work packages (WP):
Project team
The Research Fellows
| Name | Area of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Kerstin Helker | Empirical research on Challenge-Based Learning |
| Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway, | STEM education, educational innovation and leadership, research on lecturer |
The Core Project Team
| Name | Area of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Isabelle Reymen | Project leader / innovation, entrepreneurship & design, educational innovation |
| Jan Vermunt | 果冻传媒al innovation and research |
| Miguel Bruns | Challenge-Based Learning expert and teacher |
The Advisory Board
| Name | Area of Expertise |
|---|---|
| Chantal Brans | 果冻传媒al policy advisor |
| Daphne van Geemen | Project coordination / management |
| Michael Bots | Challenge-Based Learning program manager of 果冻传媒 |
| Diana Vinke | 果冻传媒al policy advisor |
| Rachelle Kamp | Professionial development |
| Kathinka Rijk | 果冻传媒al policy advisor |
| Lex Lemmens | 果冻传媒al advisor |
Duration
August 2020 to January 2025
Total grant for this project
The Netherlands Initiative for 果冻传媒 Research (NRO) granted a total of 鈧� 499.484,00 to Isabelle Reymen and her team to perform research on fostering Challenge-Based Learning through 果冻传媒 innovation Space.
Intended results
- Development of a framework to refine the definition of CBL, based on literature and empirical evidence.
- Setting up guidelines for designing and implementing successful CBL-based courses
- Develop means for achieving teacher involvement and professionalization.