University of Tampere, Faculty of Education and
Lahti Polytechnic organize an 
International Conference on
Problem-Based Learning
9-11 June 2005
Lahti, Finland
PBL IN CONTEXT
– BRIDGING WORK AND EDUCATION
The amount of accepted abstracts is 85 paper presentations, 12 workshops and 18 poster presentations from 23 different countries and from all the six continents.
The papers explore and report PBL experimentations, PBL curriculum developments, and collaborations with working life within different fields of engineering (mechatronics, forestry and wood technology, computer science, architecture), education (higher and professional education, civic engagement, e-learning), business and management studies, law, art and design, psychology and therapist education, police education and health and medical sciences.
Programme
Here are the accepted abstracts which will be presented in the paper and poster sessions and in the workshops.
» Accepted abstracts
Thursday 9 June
| 9.00 – 12.00 | Registration |
| 11.00 – 12.00 | Lunch |
| 12.15 – 13.00 | Opening Ceremonies (Puusepänsali) |
| 13.00 – 13.30 | Tutorial as a Dynamo of Learning: Introduction and Orientation Professor Esa Poikela (Puusepänsali) |
| 13.30 – 14.00 | Coffee |
| 14.00 – 16.30 | Tutorials |
| 17.00 – 19.00 | Get-together party at Sibelius Hall (the Forest Hall) |
Friday 10 June
| 9.00 – 9.15 | Opening of the Day (the Main Hall) |
| 9.15 – 10.15 | Keynote: Putting Minds at Work: New ways of carrying PBL into the World of Work Professor Wim Gijselaers (the Main Hall) |
| 10.30 – 12.00 | Paper Sessions/Workshops |
| 12.00 – 13.00 | Lunch |
| 13.00 – 14.00 | Posters (the Balcony of the Forest Hall) |
| 14.00 – 15.00 | Keynote: Tutoring in Problem Based Pedagogy - Work Community as Environment for Creating and Processing knowledge Professor Sari Poikela (the Main Hall) |
| 15.00 – 15.30 | Coffee |
| 15.30 – 17.00 | Paper sessions/Workshops |
| 18.00 - | Bus transportation to Heinola |
| 19.00 - 21.00 | Conference Dinner at Restaurant Kumpeli http://www.kumpeli.fi/ |
| 21.00 - | Bus transportation to Lahti |
Saturday 11 June
9.00 – 9.15
Opening of the Day
9.15 – 10.15
Keynote: Quality Assurance in the Context of Problem-Based Learning
Professor Swee Eng Chen (the Main Hall)
10.15 – 11.30
Panel Discussion: Bridging Work and Education - Key points (the Main Hall)
11.30 - 12.30
Lunch
12.30 - 14.00
Tutorials
14.15 - 15.30
Closing Ceremonies and Coffee (the Forest Hall)
18.00 - 21.00
Summer Night Cruise from Lahti Harbour (m/s Vellamo)
Snack will be served on Board