# PBL on YouTube

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The note presents a school video as an example of project-based learning that gives students more control over their learning.

Essay · dominiklukes.net (2005–2009) · 15 February 2008

Published on dominiklukes.net (2005–2009), 15 February 2008. Text as published.

YouTube is obviously useful for more than just silly cat videos, it's a surprising source of information about student learning. Here's one that shows how students are personalising their learning at a US secondary school:  
\[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX1bv30rYIk&rel=1\]

- They offer another way of reading PBL - Project-Based Learning but it's still basically a technique for encouraging personal involvement of students in their learning and giving them increasing control over deciding what to learn. In other words, Personalised Learning.
- Their use of [Project Foundry](http://www.projectfoundry.org/pblHQ.html) is also an interesting choice of an VLE. It's not particularly cheap but seems to be working for them. It would be interesting to see if there are Open Source alternatives.
- I like the element of 'peer review' built into the system. That gives the whole student body a chance to get involved.

[More videos](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=project+based+learning) on PBL (project-based learning).

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## About this item

- Type: Essay
- Published: 15 February 2008
- Published in: dominiklukes.net (2005–2009)
- Language: English

Topics: [Learning technology and online learning](https://dominiklukes.net/topics/learning-technology).

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