What Are the Educational Values of Using PBL Cases in a Multimedia CD-ROM?
Although many students cope admirably with the didactic teaching (e.g., lectures and seminars) and follow up their learning using textbooks or other resources, there are students for whom the addition of alternative methods of learning/teaching enhances their knowledge base and understanding of the relevant material. Learners differ in choosing the best method of instruction for their learning. However, there is current evidence that students comprehend an issue by doing tasks and actively engaging in solving a problem (1, 3, 12, 18). The use of PBL cases in a multimedia CD-ROM will allow students to develop a number of learning skills (14, 15, 26, 32, 38) including • hypotheses generation for each problem identified in the trigger, • building mechanisms to explain their hypotheses, • collection of new information via medical history and clinical examination, • ranking their hypotheses on the basis of the new information and clinical findings, • understanding the scientific basis behin
