Abstract:

In the environment where scientific and technological developments progress at a reversible speed, it is possible to follow the developments, to look at the world from a wider window and to produce ideas with the training that individuals will receive. Today, individuals need to have more complex skills than before. In this direction, the educational institutions have also taken the task of educating students who are able to investigate, question, and produce solutions to the problems they encounter. With the student’s active role in the teaching process in the forefront, the problem-based learning approach (PDÖ) has also come to the forefront. This study aims to make a conceptual analysis of the problem-based learning approach and to evaluate its availability in virtual environments by creating a general framework of this approach. With this aim, literary information on the PDÖ approach, benefits and limitations, learning process, teacher and student roles and evaluation processes has been provided on how the process of using the PDÖ approach in virtual learning environments can progress. The virtual environment is able to meet some of the requirements of the PDÖ approach. However, the application process is necessary to be carried out rigorously. It is important that the sessions that are considered as the basis of the PDÖ approach are organized in the form of the planning process and sessions. When all of this is organized, the teachers will be in the guidance position in the process and the process will be directed properly and the PDÖ process will be conducted in a healthy way. Furthermore, the virtual environment should be designed according to the PDÖ approach process while taking into account various design principles.

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