Construction of project-based virtual learning community

Abstract

With the further reform of education in our country, new teaching models spring out centered on learning. To meet students' needs for autonomous and constructive learning, it's urgent that besides appropriate resources and contexts, teachers have a relevant learning environment attached to new teaching models to aid teaching in class and realize students' autonomous learning. This paper, take project-based learning for example, mainly starts with definitions of PBL and project-based virtual learning community (abbrev. PBVLC), and expounds components of PBVLC. In the light of constructive perspective for learning environment components and web-based cooperative learning, this paper systematically scaffolds the model of PBVLC and develops it with technologies of ASP and Access. © 2008 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.