PBL Resources
2025-04-10 - Read this PBLWorks blog about project-based learning and earth day. NEW!
2025-03-15 - Learn more about the PBL World conference which will be held on June 23-26, 2025. NEW!
2025-03-10 - Yale University will be hosting the 2025 PBL in Action Summer Institute from June 2-6, 2025. NEW!
2025-02-06 - Creatrix Campus has posted a short article on “How AI will enable project-based learning in Higher Education by 2025".
2025-02-02 - Learn more about the Early Childhood Project-based Learning Conference that will be hosted in Montana between April 4-5, 2025
2025-01-15 - Luis Espino-Diaz et al have published a research paper titled "Exploring the Impact of Project-Based Learning on Sustainable Development Goals Awareness and University Students’ Growth” in the European Journal of Educational Research
2025-01-05 - Coursebox provides an interesting take on project-based learning in the corporate world.
2024-03-13 - Learn more about the Thought Stretchers Education in-person and online project-based learning workshops.
2024-02-26 - Read about the project-based learning aligned TMSR instructional design model at Educause.
2024-02-11 - Learn more about the 2024 Institute on Project-based Learning at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
2024-01-17 - Check out this business take on the real-world value of project based learning.
2024-01-15 - Read Our Kids' listings of project-based learning in Canadian private schools.
2023-11-12 - Browse some of the student projects at High Tech High, one of the most well known project-based learning infused schools.
2023-10-12 - Check out the Harvard Graduate School of Education’s project-based learning summary.
2023-09-15 - Learn more about the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education's commitment to project-based learning.
2023-05-09 - Effie-Ling Heslop summarizes a conceptual framework for project-based learning.
2023-04-25 - Read the updated Wikipedia summary for project-based learning.
2023-03-04 - Download the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium’s Project-based Learning Guide.
2023-02-01 - Learn more about the Buck Institute for Education’s PBL World 2023 conference.
2022-11-15 - Check out the project-based learning PBL Simplified podcast.
2022-11-09 - The 2023 iteration of PBL World, the premier conference for project-based learning, will be held on June 26-29, 2023.
2022-10-01 - Writing tor Forbes, Tom Vander Ark discusses the merits of project-based learning post-pandemic.
2022-09-01 - Erik Ofgang introduces the fundamentals of project-based learning.
2022-08-14 - Check out the lightning talk about project-based learning from Boston University.
2022-06-03 - Chalk introduces the benefits of project-based learning.
2022-04-02 - The Centre for Project-based Learning at Worcester Polytechnic Institute has published a "Statement of Commitment to Equity and Inclusion".
2022-03-28 - Feedback Fruits has published Matteo Rinaldi's overview of team-based learning.
2022-03-16 - Simon Fraser University has chronicled its CityStudio Vancouver community-based learning initiative.
2022-01-05 - The 2022 Institute on Project-based Learning will be held at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute from June 21 to 24, 2022. Applications to attend are now being accepted.
2021-12-01 - The Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania is offering a certificate in project-based learning.
2021-10-13 - Katerine Hutt Scott has written a U.S. News article, titled “What is Project-based Learning?”
2021-07-15 - Rhonda Hill and Kristi Wagner have written an article for PBLWorks that outlines “The State of Project-based Learning in 2021”.
2021-06-14 - PowerSchool has written an extensive introduction to project-based learning, titled “Project-based Learning: Benefits, Examples, and Resources”.
2021-05-28 - Melissa Randazzo et al have published the research article “Project-based Learning and Traditional Online Teaching of Research Methods during COVID-19: An Investigation of Research Self-efficacy and Student Satisfaction” in the Frontiers in Education journal.
2021-02-22 - In a new article, Michigan State University’s College of Education posits whether project-based learning might be “A Remedy for COVID Learning Loss?”.
2021-02-21 - Edutopia has published an article by Youki Terada titled “New Research Makes a Powerful Case for PBL”.
2021-02-21 - Lucas Educational Research has released the results of four studies that focus on project-based learning.
2020-05-03 - In a Hello World blog entry, Mark Calleja connects project-based learning with digital education strategies.
2020-04-18 - Muhammad Ilyas' article for Technology Times explores project-based learning within the Pakistan higher educational context.
2020-03-11 - Magnify Learning has published a series of project-based learning blogs.
2020-01-27 - A Grand Canyon University blog entry explores project-based learning in music classrooms.
2019-12-01 - The Centre for Project-based Learning at the Worester Polytechnic Institute invites applications (due February 14, 2020) to attend the June 16 – 19, 2020 Institute on Project-based Learning.
2019-11-07 - Nora Mcnulty has written an opinion article on the benefits of project-based learning in higher education.
2019-09-29 - Forbes summarises the results of two large-scale reports which conclude that problem-based learning is effective.
2019-09-19 – In her Chronicle of Higher Education article, Beth McMurtrie focuses on supporting the project-based learning experiences of first year post-secondary students.
2019-08-05 - Study International has published an article on the benefits of project-based learning.
2019-05-22 - Terri C. Albert highlights five key project-based learning practices in her Harvard Business Publishing article.
2019-05-06 - This article highlights the key elements of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education Project-based Learning Certificate program.
2019-04-26 - The Centre for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition will be hosting an Exploring Project-based Learning summer institute on July 22-26, 2019.
2019-04-21 - Health Professions Education has published a 50 years retrospective on problem-based learning at McMaster University.
2019-04-15 - Check out the project-based learning resources at Getting Smart.
2019-03-10 - The Buck Institute for Education will be hosting PBL World 2019 on June 18-20.
2019-03-06 - Read the interview with Professor Nell Duke titled “Do Standards and Project-based Learning Go Hand in Hand?”
2019-02-18 - The NWS Government in Australia has published an article titled, “Finding Inspiration for Project-based Learning Projects”.
2019-02-05 - Stanford University has republished a Currents in Teaching and Learning review of the book, “Hacking Project-based Learning: 10 Easy Steps to PBL and Inquiry in the Classroom” by Ross Copper and Erin Murphy.
2019-01-09 - More and more universities, such as California State University - Fresno, are highlighting the pedagogical benefits of project-based learning.
2018-12-12 – Valerie Strauss’s Washington Post article surveys project-based learning, including its historical antecedents.
2018-11-15 - Sam Houston University has published an article titled, “Project-based Learning in Higher Education”.
2018-11-01 - CNN has published an article which references project-based learning.
2018-10-01 - The academic journal Currents in Teaching and Learning has published a special issue on project-based learning.
2018-10-01 - Lauren Faggella has published an article on how Summitt Learning approaches project-based learning curriculum development.
2018-09-25 - Erik M. Francis has published a blog entry which explores the debate between projects vs project based learning.
2018-06-13 - The University of Indianapolis and Columbus Signature High School are collaborating on two four-day PBL workshops that are scheduled for June 25-28, 2018.
2018-06-12 - The most recent issue of The Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning has been published.
2018-05-09 - The Buck Institute for Education invites applications for a new TEP/district partner to join an an existing teacher preparation project-based learning initiative.
2018-04-15 - Learn more about the Project-based Learning Certificate Program which is offered by the School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania.
2018-04-05 - A U.S. News article by Lauren Camera focuses on the connections between project-based learning and STEM education.
2018-03-16 - McMaster University is launching a unique online project-based learning course in partnership with Riipen.
2018-02-16 - The PBL for the Next Generation conference is currently underway. The conference is organized by Santa Clara University.
Project Exemplars
Top PBL Websites
Among many other resources, PBLWorks (aka the Buck Institute for Education) publishes several PBL handbooks and a PBL best practices framework titled “Gold Standard PBL: Project Based Teaching Practices.”
Edutopia features a wealth of PBL resources, including blogs, videos, monographs, and a user forum.
The Pininterest Project-based Learning board links to a wealth of PBL resources.
2018-02-15 - Teach Thought has published an article by Jennifer Rita Nichols which describes ten practical ideas for project-based learning at the K-12 level.
2018-01-15 - Applications are invited from post-secondary educators interested in attending the 2018 Institute on Project-based Learning at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
2017-12-27 - An article by EdSurge contrasts the differences between project-based learning and challenge-based learning.
2017-12-11 - The Michigan State University School of Journalism has published an article by Alexa Seeger, a journalism student, on project-based learning.
2017-12 - The Project Management Educational Foundation has published a new book on project management strategies applied to project-based learning.
2017-12 - Santa Clara University is organizing an International Conference on Active and Project-based Learning for February 2018.
2017-11 The Australian College of Kuwait is hosting a project-based learning symposium in March 2018.
2017-11 Check out how Maastricht University conceptualizes problem-based learning at their university website. Also check out the Problem-based Learning Academy website at Aalborg University in Denmark which publishes the Journal of Problem-based Learning in Higher Education.
2017-11 Mahbub Hasan, a PhD student at the University of Queensland, has drafted a presentation titled, “University students’ approaches to project-based learning (PBL): An Engineering context”
2017-11-07 Susan Kologi has written an article for Additude which explores how project-based learning can support students with attention deficit disorder.
2017-10-02 Education Week has published an article by Jeff Heyck-Williams which focuses on best practices for choosing project topics.
2017-09-28 CNN has published an article about project-based learning which asks “Are these the schools of the future?”
2017-09-23 - Check out the resources at The Centre for Project Based Learning in the Curriculum and Instruction Department at Sam Houston State University.
2017-09-01 - The Maury County Chamber & Economic Alliance has published an article which explores the workforce readiness outcomes of project-based learning.
2017-08-26 - April Smith has published a YouTube video which examines the basic elements of project-based learning from a classroom teacher’s perspective.
2017-07-01 - The journal Currents in Teaching and Learning has issued a call for papers on the topic of project-based learning at the higher education level. The special issue will be published in Spring 2018.
2017-06-03 - The Tarrant Institute for Innovative Education has published a blog entry, written by Katy Farber, titled “Take Project-based Learning to the Next Level.”
2017-05-31 - Duke University has published a blog entry, written by Esther Sackett that focuses on team-based learning strategies for higher education.
2017-05-09 - Ten Strands has published a blog entry, written by Jim Bentley, that connects project-based learning and environmental education.
2017-05-08 - The Buck Institute for Education, which normally focuses on K-12 education, has published a blog entry by Janet Watson (U.C. Berkeley) on the transition to project-based learning in higher education.
2017-03-05 - EduProject has published the handbook, Project-based Learning: A Project Management Approach.
2017-02-05 - EduProject has published the monograph Implementing Project-based Learning through University Curriculum by Ryanne Dailey.
2017-01-10 - EduProject has published the monograph Problems, Projects, and Promises: An Integrated Experiential Learning Capstone by Kushan Azadah and Mary-Beth Raddon.
2017-01 - The University of Michigan has published Teaching Project-based Assignments.
2017-01 - Check out the PBL resources at Teach Thought.
2016-11 - Bob Pearlman has published a list of upcoming PBL related conferences.
2016-11-23 - A recently published study by the Education Endowment Foundation calls into question the educational benefits of project-based learning at the K-12 level.
2016-09-07 - University Affairs has published the article, Why the Undergraduate Years Should Include a Research Experience.
2016-08-02 - Dr. Scott Wurdinger has published a Buck Institute for Education blog entry which focuses on PBL at the higher education level.
2016-08 - Getting Smart and the Buck Institute for Education have published Preparing Students for a Project-based World.
2016-06-14 - EduProject has published the monograph Engaging Community Organizations in Digital Projects by Jodine Perkins.
2016-06-01 - EduProject has published the monograph ‘Communities of Inquiry’ in Online University Courses by Matthew Stranach.
2016-04-24 - EduProject has published the monograph Q&A: A Commitment to Social Entrepreneurship by Aniqah Zowmi.
2016-02 - The Project Management Institute Educational Foundation maintains a Vimeo site which includes a collection of videos that focus on the intersection of PBL and project management best practices.
2016-02-05 - EduProject has published a facilitator’s guide by Amy Lin for a popular Edutopia PBL video.
2016-01-05 - EduProject has published the monograph Q&A: From Kindergarten to
Project-based Learning by Joanne Marie Babalis.
2015-12-16 - EduProject has published the monograph Q&A: A First Year Teacher’s
PBL Experience by Allison Spratt.
2015-10-25 - EduProject has published the monograph Online Tools for PBL by Tim Monreal.
2015-11-24 - EduProject has published the monograph Managing Risks & Constraints by David Hutchison (Editor of EduProject).
2015-09 - The Ontario Ministry of Education’s Student Achievement Devision has published Project-based Learning: Drawing on Best Practices in Project Management by David Hutchison (Editor of EduProject).
2015-05-06 - The Project Management Institute Educational Foundation has released the Project Management Kit for Primary School: Practice Guide for Tutors which is available for free download (registration required).
2014-10-14 - Learning in Hand has published a blog post titled Crafting Questions that Drive Projects which focuses on strategies for creating compelling driving questions.
2014-08 - Nichola Harmer at Plymouth University’s School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences has published Project-based Learning: Literature Review.
2014-05-27 - The Project Management Institute Educational Foundation has released the Foundational Guide – Project Management for Learning which is available for free download (registration required).
2014-04-04 - The Project Management Institute Educational Foundation has released the 21st Century Skills Map – Project Management for Learning which is available for free download (registration required).
2014-03 - The Partnership for 21st Century Learning has released the 21st Century Skills Map - Project Management for Learning.
2014 - KeyCoNet has published a teacher’s guide for Using Project-based Learning to Develop Students’ Key Competences which is written by Amanda Harper.
2013-03-23 - Jonathan Martin has published a blog post titled PBL: What Does the Research Say?
2013 - The Project Management Institute Educational Foundation has released the Project Management Toolkit for Teachers which is available for free download (registration required).
2013 - Lynn Burlbaw et al. have authored a chapter titled The Project Method in Historical Context (available online) in the Sense Publishers book, STEM Project-based Learning (2nd edition), by Robert M. Capraro et al.
2012-04-26 - The Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College has published the Assessing Project-based Learning website which includes links to additional resources.
2012-02 - The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has published Work That Matters: The Teacher’s Guide to Project-based Learning.
2011-02-11 - The Project Management Institute Educational Foundation has released the Project Management Toolkit for Youth which is available for free download (registration required).
2011 - The Pacific Education Institute has published Project-based Learning Model: Relevant Learning for the 21st Century which is written by Erica Baker et al.
2011 - The New Media Consortium has released Challenge Based Learning: The Report from the Implementation Committee.
2011 - The National Academy Foundation and Pearson Foundation have published Project-Based Learning: A Resource for Instructors and Program Coordinators.
2010-09 - Aalborg University has released Principles of Problem and Project-based Learning: The Aalborg PBL Model.
2009 - The New York City Department of Education has released Project-Based Learning: Inspiring Middle School Students to Engage in Deep and Active Learning.
2005 - McMaster University has published The Tutor in Problem-based Learning: A Novice’s Guide which is written by Dr. Allyn Walsh.