Project-Based Learning

Project-based learning is a way to engage learners in meaningful, authentic tasks that develop both content knowledge and 21st century skills. Project-based learning is different from doing a traditional project in that it does not come after the learning but is instead the learning process itself. Learners are presented with or come up with an essential question with a real-world application and no simple answer. Through exploring the question in collaboration with others, learners build skills and content knowledge needed to work on the project that ultimately leads to a final product they can share with a public and authentic audience. However, in project-based learning, the focus is on the process and the learning more than the final product. 

You can learn more about Learner-Centered Collaborative’s Project-Based Learning Elements and how to design Project-Based Learning experiences in this course.

Bright Spots

Gain inspiration from authentic examples of this strategy shared by teachers who have used them with their learners.

Creating your own Bright Spots? Let’s get them out into the world! Share yours here.

AbleGamerz Project

Source: High Tech High

6th grade students at High Tech Middle North County in San Diego, CA grappled with a question around how technology can create more access to economic and social opportunities for those with disabilities. Their final product was to create a tool that would support people with different physical disabilities to play video games and they exhibited their final products and research findings in a local arcade.  Learn more about this project here.

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