Welcome to our Web site!

The Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Web site was established in 1998 in conjunction with two grants from the Pew Charitable Trusts. Since that time, Samford took on the challenge to not only incorporate PBL into various undergraduate programs within the Schools of Arts and Sciences, Business, Education, Nursing and Pharmacy, but also to document best models of PBL practice in course portfolios.

The Center’s mission was to support the Samford community in enhancing student learning through the training, implementation and documentation of PBL and other methods of active, student-centered, collaborative, inquiry-based learning; and to share these practices with other educators. The site corresponds to Samford University’s efforts to be a learner-centered community that nurtures the intellectual, emotional, physical, social and spiritual development of students and teachers.

The goal of the Web site is to provide administrators, faculty, students and parents with detailed information on the components, implementation, assessment and documentation of PBL. The site also contains a guide to relevant workshops and conferences, links to many other PBL related Web sites, and a listing of institutions that are using PBL in their undergraduate and/or graduate programs.

We hope you will find this Web site of assistance. If you have any suggestions or comments pertaining to this site, please contact us.

Thank you.

Mary Sue Baldwin, Director