Description:
The PBL tasking that I “unleash” in my communication courses has elicited willing (dare I say enthusiastic?) participation from students; and appreciative responses from colleagues. This is very gratifying. I would like to share my approach to conceptualizing and developing PBL scenarios and materials, and delineate the procedures I follow to “run” the scenarios. I primarily teach, and use these scenarios in, introductory and applied organizational communication courses. I also have used them in intercultural communication courses, and as an instructor seconded to my university’s MPA program. Perhaps this PBL in communication may be adapted to developing skill and confidence in applied communication contexts in YOUR discipline.
David Weber, Communication Studies, University of North Carolina Wilmington