PBL has been embraced by many prominent institutions worldwide as a main-stream instructional pedagogy. The theme of the Symposium – Reinventing PBL – is a daring proposition that PBL is constantly evolving, and the debate about PBL has shifted from “why use PBL” to “how to use PBL better”.

The vision of “reinventing PBL” is to spur academics to continuously rediscover their conceptions of learning in the PBL context, and through credible research, initiate improvements to PBL.

“Reinventing PBL” will be an exciting opportunity for scholars to present critical reviews of PBL methodologies, new perspectives on PBL and paradigm shifts within PBL. To reflect our belief that there must be institution-wide commitment for PBL to be successful, we have chosen to put together a symposium that will be relevant to strategic management as well as faculty/ teaching staff.

General Overview of Sub-themes:

A brief explanation of each sub-theme is provided here to give a sense of the issues of interest to the symposium. However, any interesting work pertaining to the main theme will be favourably considered for inclusion in the symposium.

(1) Teaching Practices in PBL
• Effective strategies that trigger deep and active learning.
• Maximising collaborative learning in group settings.

(2) Design of PBL Curriculum
• Designing inter-disciplinary curriculum.
• Designing subject-specific curriculum.
• Assessment strategies.

(3) Epistemology Underlying PBL
• Curriculum built on epistemological theories.
• Critiquing the relevance of knowledge.
• Measuring knowledge.

(4) Staff Development
• Staff development programmes to support PBL.
• Evaluation of staff development programmes.
• Evaluating staff competence in facilitating PBL.

(5) Technology and Innovation
• Innovative trends in technology that support PBL.
• Technologies that promote a culture of inquiry.
• Technologies that address logistical requirements of PBL.
• Technologies that measure students’ learning.