CBL in a Post-Truth World

A key element of CBL is identifying Guiding Questions - not just the ones given to us by an authoritative source but every question we can pull from the most diverse audience we can find. By asking lots of questions, we expand our perspectives, learn how to ask good...

Your Brain On CBL

The fusion of Challenge-Based Learning and MBE science provides educators with a powerful framework for learning how to learn. By capitalizing on the brain's natural learning processes, CBL integrates real-world challenges, collaboration, and active learning,...

Boundaries of Adventure

For a challenge to be a challenge, there needs to be a sense of adventure. When we set boundaries, there must be enough space to explore, get lost, struggle, and feel apprehensive. We also need to be aware of the participant's experience with the boundaries and be...

Essential Questioning

To understand Essential Questioning, we need to start with a clear sense of the purpose of the Engage phase. The purpose of the Engage phase is to move from a Big Idea to an actionable Challenge. So, in the Engage phase, the questioning process is focused primarily on...

(Our) Based Learning

When we start with the hard work of fully understanding the context, stakeholders, goals, and language, the result will be a “we are all in this together” and a “we can figure it out” community that sees all challenges as learning opportunities. The added benefit is...

Creating and Learning From Beautiful Data

The Investigation phase provides an exciting opportunity to ask questions, explore, hunt, dig, and connect. Using this data to represent the findings in beautiful visual summaries will lead to interesting revelations and opportunities.By Mark Nichols How can we make...

Challenge Based Learning and Development

Challenge Based Learning and Development (CBLD) is an emerging software development and learning framework that leverages the innovative Challenge Based Learning (CBL) model to experience and learn all facets of the process while creating meaningful and valuable...

The Power of “Why”

Taking time to fully and collectively understand the "why" not only builds ownership and increases the chance for a meaningful and sustainable solution, but it sustains us through the hard work of change. If we do not have a clear and shared answer for "why" we are...

The Importance of “Quality Ignorance”

If we want individuals who can embrace “quality ignorance” and ask good questions we need a learning framework that supports this. The beauty of CBL is that it provides a scaffolding that celebrates the asking of questions and allows for the application of...

Sage on the Stage Or Guide on the Side?

Just because words rhyme and create a catchy phrase does not make them correct. Before they become the basis for decision making and practice they need to be thoroughly unpacked and discussed. In fact we should make it a practice to define our terms before we argue...

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