Using The Internet To Support Problem Based Learning

Abstract

This paper reports on the use of the Internet to support problem-based learning, a trend in pedagogy that is used to engage students in learning by presenting them with problems they perceive as more realistic than textbook problems and by requiring them to fill in gaps when presented with a situation they do not readily understand. This past fall, we implemented a relatively simple homework/project using the Internet in our senior level "Production and Inventory Control" course in the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering at Lehigh University. This paper discusses an overview of the problem/learning tool implementation and student reaction.