Problem-based Learning
I love problem-based learning and I am always trying to find ways to incorporate problem-based learning in the courses I teach. One of the most memorable problem-based activities I integrated into my flipped classroom was in a Nursing Leadership class I was teaching. I say it was memorable because I have students, who are now RNs, remind me of the “really great activity about the difference between problem solving and decision making.” The learners were senior level nursing student getting ready to graduate and start their careers as RNs. We were discussing the concept of problems in the workplace and how determine if the situation was a true “problem” or just a “decision” that needed to be made. Our textbook had given a great overview of the differences and the students were completely engaged by giving personal examples of true problems that need to be solved compared to decisions that needed to be made. After the discussion the students self-selected into groups of 3-4.