New Learning Environments and Constructivism: The Students' perspective

PBL is one good example of a new learning environment. PBL has 6 fundamental characteristics :
a) learning needs to be student-centred
b) learning has to occur in small student groups, under the guidance of a tutor
c) tutor acts as a facilitator
d) authentic problems are encountered in the learning sequence
e) the problems encountered are used as a tool to achieve the required knowledge and the problem-solving skills are necessary to eventually solve the problem
f) new information is acquired through self-directed