#ECIL2023 Research and Conclusions Regarding Using Problem-Based-Learning in Teaching

Pam McKinney here live blogging from the first afternoon sessions at the ECIL conference.   Angela Repanovici from Transilvania university of Brasov Romania spoke about the intersection between information literacy and problem-based learning pedagogy, which is increasingly used as a pedagogy in higher education, and requires critical thinking, problem solving and navigating the information landscape. A literature search for problem-based learning found that PBL is an expanding concept in the literature. They conducted a student survey with students who had engaged with PBL which showed that students liked PBL. in the PBL course students visited the library and engaged with some of the activities there, for example cataloguing and digital repository management. Students recognised these visits as an aspect of their PBL, and found them useful for understanding cataloguing processes and the shape of professional roles in this area,  but online activities were less recognised as being helpful. The time it takes to implement PBL is substantial, but it does have benefits for students. Although this is PBL not inquiry-based learning, there were a number of similarities between this presentation and my own research