Hello,

I like the idea of developing "embryos" and "teasers" of "problem based learning objects". So far many of the LOs don't necessarily successfully implement any pedagogical approach, leaving it much up to the teacher to implement the LO in the class as they wish and see most suitable for their purposes, or like in many occasions, do it as they always have done it.

If an "embryo" or a "teaser" of a LO would already give a strong guiding toward implementing Progressive Inquiry, I believe it would be easier for many teachers to start working with this type of learning model.

As in the Celebrate project (http://celebrate.eun.org) the partners are developing templates for teachers to create LOs, in the same way there could be a template ("embryo") to develop "problem based learning objects" that would be exportable/importable to Fle3 and possible other LCMSs, LMSs, and to other VLEs (transferable, interoperable, reusable, possibility to repurpose).

Apart from templates, there would be some content ideas created, too, as Teemu explained in his proposal. These "teasers" would be collected in different areas, and each theme could be easily adaptable to different levels (primary, secondary, higher), etc.

I personally, without no engagement from my employee, would be interested in working further with this idea.

Regards, Riina V. ----------------------------------------

We have thought that with the export/import functionality of Fle3 we could produce some ready-made "problem-based learning objects" that teachers could import to Fle3.

The "learning objects" could be like "starting points", introductions to some theme" or "teasers" opening many questions and problems in the minds of the pupils.

This way the objects could help teacher in the first stage of "Progressive Inquiry, in the "setting the context". The teacher could simply import the "context" in a .zip package with the introduction material and some starting problems in the Knowledge Building. I think this could make it easier for teachers to implement "Progressive Inquiry" in their classrooms. At the momenet teacher must do everything from the very beginning.

Maybe we could build up a project around this idea?