The Cutting Edge Project-Based Learning Opportunity
A new kind of PBL
The term “cutting-edge project-based learning opportunity” refers to a new type of PBL, one that emerged immediately after the launch of ChatGPT and did not exist previously.
The pre-ChatGPT PBL typically called on students to work individually or in small groups to create a tangible end product, with the assessment often focusing on the grading of the overall quality of the end product while minimal attention was given to the presentation.
With the cutting-edge project-based learning opportunity, students are not only encouraged to collaborate with ChatGPT to produce the end product, but there is also a significant shift in the assessment approach. Now, instead of solely grading the end product, or placing a far greater grading weight on the end product, teachers will place a far greater grading weight on the presentation, and particularly on the student’s ability to answer logically anticipated questions following the presentation.
This evolution in the production of the end product and the assessment of the related presentation is expected to yield several benefits. By utilizing ChatGPT as a collaborative tool, students should end up producing more comprehensive and insightful work, and by shifting the grading focus from product to presentation, the student's communication and critical thinking skills should improve dramatically while instances of cheating should decrease.
Here is but one example of a cutting-edge project-based learning opportunity.
