Project Based Learning benefit

The one area I believe benefitted me the most this semester was the final project we did, Project Based Learning. In my area, Marketing/Business, I have a lot of group projects. Many of these projects are monsters and can span several weeks. Managing these projects can be truly challenging with 7 to 9 different groups of up to 4 students each.

The most beneficial point delivered by this project was the breaking it down part. Giving the students 2 or 3 benchmarks to assess their progress and give them additional direction has already proven very useful in my classes. Managing the project process is not nearly as daunting when done this way. It has also proven to make the grading of these large projects easier. I guess the saying “How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time” really rings true here.