PBL Symposium, Republic Polytechnic (Part 1): Day 1

Rambling Librarian:: Incidental Thoughts of a Singapore Liblogarian (0)

6 months ago

I'd like to think that the future of librarianship isn't for librarians to attend only library-related conferences, but to step outside of our industry into other related ones.Which is why I signed up for this conference:Just ended Day-1 of the three-day symposium, held at Republic Polytechnic. I didn't have any specific expectations of the symposium. My main aim was to get some insights on Problem Based Learning (PBL). To get a feel of the trends and what educators are thinking/ doing. ...

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