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Publications and Research
The following bibliography includes an evolving list of publications and rtesearch that specifically explores Challenge Based Learning, is foundational to the framework or supports speific fundamental ideas and phases. Historically there have been critics that who claimed that the authors of CBL did not honor the foundations or history that led to the framework. To be clear CBL sees itself deeply in debt to the scholars and practioners of constructivist and experiential based learning. Without this foundational thinking most of the x-based learning approaches would not have emerged. CBL is no exception. We are indebted to those who came before us and those who emerged with us – we have no desire to compete, only to continue to push the thinking forward to create a culture of creative, critical and consciensious life long learners.
This is a living collection and we will add citations as we find them. If you have a publication or research paper you want included please use the form at the bottom of the page.
Challenge Based Learning
Binder, F. V. , Nichols, M. , Reinehr, S., & A. Malucelli, “Challenge Based Learning Applied to Mobile Software Development Teaching,” 2017 IEEE 30th Conference on Software Engineering Education and Training (CSEE&T), Savannah, GA, 2017, pp. 57-64. doi: 10.1109/CSEET.2017.19 (Link)
Cator, K. & Nichols, M. (2008) . Challenge Based Learning, A White Paper. Cupertino, CA: Apple, Inc. (PDF)
Chanin, Rafael & Santos, Alan & Nascimento, Nicolas & Sales, Afonso & Pompermaier, Leandro & Prikladnicki, Rafael. (2018). Integrating Challenge Based Learning Into a Smart Learning Environment: Findings From a Mobile Application Development Course. 10.18293/SEKE2018-058. (Link)
Cheung, Ronald S; Cohen, Joseph P; Lo, Henry Z; Elia, Fabio. Challenge Based Learning in Cybersecurity Education Proceedings of the International Conference on Security and Management (SAM); Athens : 1-6. Athens: The Steering Committee of The World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing (WorldComp). (2011) http://world-comp.org/p2011/SAM5063.pdf
Conde, M.Á. , García-Peñalvo, F.J., Á Fidalgo-Blanco, & Sein- Echaluce, M.L. . “Can we apply learning analytics tools in challenge based learning contexts?” Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 10296 LNCS, pp. 242-256, 2017. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/7751849/
Conde-González, Miguel & García-Peñalvo, Francisco & Fernández, Camino & Alves, Jonny & Ramos, María-João & Celis-Tena, Susana & Gonçalves, José & Lima, José & Reimann, Daniela & Jormanainen, Ilkka. (2019). RoboSTEAM – A Challenge Based Learning Approach for integrating STEAM and develop Computational Thinking. 24-30. 10.1145/3362789.3362893. (Link)
Costa, A., Lucena, C., Lemos H., Carvalho, G., Fuks, H., & Venieris, R. (2018). Multidisciplinary groups learning to develop mobile applications from the challenge based learning methodology. 318-327. 10.1145/3266237.3266256. (PDF)
Couch, John D. and Towne, Jason. 2018. Rewiring Education: How Technology can Unlock every Students Potential. Tantor Audio. (Link)
Fidalgo-Blanco, Á., Sein-Echaluce, M. L., & García-Peñalvo, F. J. (2016). Integration of the methods CBL and CBI for their application in the management of cooperative academic resources. In 2016 International Symposium on Computers in Education, SIIE 2016: Learning Analytics Technologies. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. https://doi.org/10.1109/SIIE.2016.7751849
Gama, K., Castor, F., Alessio, P., Neves,A., Arau ́jo, C., Formiga,R., Soares-Neto, F., and Oliveira, H. Combining Challenge-Based Learning and Design Thinking to Teach Mobile App Development. 48th Annual IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE 2018) (PDF)
Gibson, D., Irving, L., & Scott, K. (2018). Technology-enabled challenge-based learning in a global context. In M. Shonfeld & D. Gibson (Eds.), Collaborative Learning in a Global World(p. 450). Information Age Publishers.
Giorgio, T.D., & Brophy, S.P. “Challenge-based learning in biomedical engineering: a legacy cycle for biotechnology”. In: ASEE – Annual Conference Proceedings, pp. 2705-2711, 2001.
Gonçalves, José & Lima, José & Brito, Thadeu & Brancalião, Laiany & Camargo, Caio & Oliveira, Vitor & Conde-González, Miguel. (2019). Educational Robotics Summer Camp at IPB: A Challenge based learning case study. 36-43. 10.1145/3362789.3362910. (Link)
Ifenthaler, D., Gibson, D. C., & Zheng, L. (2018). The dynamics of learning engagement in challenge-based online learning. In Proceedings – IEEE 18th International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, ICALT 2018 (pp. 178–182). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICALT.2018.00049
Johnson, L. &; Brown, S. 2011. Challenge Based Learning: The Report from the Implementation Project. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. (PDF)
Johnson, L.F., Smith, R.S., Smythe, J.T. &; Varon, R.K. 2009. Challenge-Based Learning: An Approach for Our Time. Austin, Texas: The New Media Consortium. (PDF)
Kawakami, Guto & Teles, Sylker. (2019). Combinando Frameworks no Desenvolvimento de Artefatos Digitais: Um Estudo de Viabilidade. 693-707. 10.5151/ped2018-2.2_ACO_6. (Link)
Malmqvist, J., Rådberg, K. K., & Lundqvist, U. (2015). Comparative analysis of challenge-based learning experiences. In Proceedings of the 11th International CDIO Conference, Chengdu University of Information Technology, Chengdu, Sichuan, PR China. http://rick.sellens.ca/CDIO2015/final/14/14_Paper.pdf
Marin, C. ,Hargis, J., & C. Cavanaugh. “iPad learning ecosystem: developing challenge-based learning using design thinking”. Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, vol. 14, n. 2, pp. 22-34, 2013.
Membrillo-Hernández, J., Ramírez-Cadena, M. , Caballero-Valdés, C., Ganem-Corvera, R., Bustamante-Bello, R. , Benjamín-Ordoñez, J.A. & Elizalde-Siller, H. “Challenge Based Learning: The Case of Sustainable Development Engineering at the Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico City Campus”. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 715, pp. 908-914, 2018. (PDF)
Moresi, E. A. D. , et al., “The use of challenge based learning in mobile application development,” 2017 12th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), Lisbon, 2017, pp. 1-6. doi: 10.23919/CISTI.2017.7975800 (PDF – Portuguese)
Moresi, Eduardo & Lopes, Michel & Santos, Júlio & Tito de Morais, Marcos Augusto & Braga, Mario & Barbosa, Jair. (2019). Civic and Social Applications to Support Public Policies on Health. Management Studies. 7. 10.17265/2328-2185/2019.06.004.
Nascimento, Nicolas & Santos, Alan & Sales, Afonso & Chanin, Rafael. (2019). An Investigation of Influencing Factors when Teaching on Active Learning Environments. 10.1145/3350768.3353819. (Link)
Nichols, M., Cator K. & Torres. M. (2016). Challenge Based Learner User Guide. Redwood City, CA: Digital Promise. (Link)
O’Mahony, Timothy K. , Vye, Nancy J. , Bransford, John D. , Sanders Elizabeth A. , Stevens, Reed , Stephens, Richard D. Richey, Michael C. , Lin &, Kuen Y. & Soleiman, Moe K. (2012) A Comparison of Lecture-Based and Challenge-Based Learning in a Workplace Setting: Course Designs, Patterns of Interactivity, and Learning Outcomes, Journal of the Learning Sciences, 21:1, 182-206, DOI: 10.1080/10508406.2011.611775
Pérez Castán, Javier & Sanz, Álvaro & Montes, Rocío & Domínguez, Alberto & Valdés, Rosa & Gomez Comendador, Victor. (2018). Challenge Based Learning. Project about demand, predictability and safety in air trajectories. (Link)
Puspita, I. & Kaniawati, I. & Rahma Suwarma, Irma. (2017). Analysis of Critical Thinking Skills on The Topic of Static Fluid. Journal of Physics: Conference Series. 895. 012100. 10.1088/1742-6596/895/1/012100. (Link)
Rådberg, K. K., Lundqvist, U., Malmqvist, J., & Holmberg, J. Learning Outcomes in Challenge Based Master’s Theses for Sustainable Development at Chalmers University of Technology. http://publications.lib.chalmers.se/records/fulltext/229169/local_229169.pdf
Ramirez-Mendoza, R. A. , et al., “Towards a disruptive active learning engineering education,” 2018 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), Tenerife, 2018, pp. 1251-1258. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8363373
(2019)Understanding sustainability and the circular economy through flipped classroom and challenge-based learning: an innovative experience in engineering education in Spain, Environmental Education Research, DOI: 10.1080/13504622.2019.1705965
Santos, Alan & Kroll, Josiane & Sales, Afonso & Fernandes, Paulo. (2018). Challenge-Based Learning: A Brazilian Case Study. 10.1145/3183440.3195061. (Link)
Santos, A.R., Sales, A., Fernandes, P. & Nichols, M. . “Combining challenge-based learning and scrum framework for mobile application development”. In: Annual Conference on Innovation and Technology in Computer Science Education, ITiCSE, pp. 189-194, 2015.
Sathaporn Yoosomboon, Panita Wannapiroon,Development of a Challenge Based Learning Model via Cloud Technology and Social Media for Enhancing Information Management Skills, Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, Volume 174,2015,Pages 2102-2107, ISSN 1877-0428, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.02.008.
Winnie L.S. Cheng, Application of Challenge-Based Learning in nursing education,
Nurse Education Today, Volume 44, 2016, Pages 130-132, ISSN 0260-6917, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2016.05.026.
Yoosomboon, S., & Wannapiroon, P. (2015). Development of a Challenge Based Learning Model via Cloud Technology and Social Media for Enhancing Information Management Skills. Procedia – Social and Behavioral Sciences, 174, 2102–2107. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2015.02.008
Zhi Yang, Ying Zhou, Joanne W.Y. Chung, Qiubi Tang, Lian Jiang, Thomas K.S. Wong, Challenge Based Learning nurtures creative thinking: An evaluative study, Nurse Education Today, Volume 71, 2018, Pages 40-47, ISSN 0260-6917, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nedt.2018.09.004.
Experiential Learning
Dewey, J. (2018). Democracy and education: An introduction to the philosophy of education. Sacramento: Franklin Classics, an imprint of Creative Media Partners.
Dewey, John. (1938) Experience and education,New York, Macmillan,
Kolb, D. A. (2014). Experiential learning: Experience as the source of learning and development. FT press. (book)
Kolb, A. Y., & Kolb, D. A. (2005). Learning styles and learning spaces: Enhancing experiential learning in higher education. Academy of management learning & education, 4(2), 193-212. (PDF)
Constructivist Learning
Bruner, J. (1986) Actual Minds, Possible Worlds, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
Bruner, J. S. (1966) Toward a Theory of Instruction, Cambridge, Mass.: Belkapp Press. 176 + x pages.
Piaget, J. (1963). The language and thought of the child. Ohio: The World Publishing Company.
Vygotsky, L. S. (1978). Mind in Society: The development of higher psychological processes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
Active Learning
Freeman, S., Eddy, S.L. , McDonough, M. , Smith, M.K. , Okoroafor, N. , Jordt, H. & Wenderoth, M.P. . “Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics”. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 111, n. 23, pp. 8410-8415, 2014.
Michael, J. “Where’s the evidence that active learning works?” American Journal of Physiology – Advances in Physiology Education, vol. 30, n. 4, pp. 159-167, 2006.
Other Foundational Literature
Freire, P. (2005). Pedagogy of the Oppressed/Paulo Freire. New York.–London: Continuum.
Harris, M. (1987). Teaching and religious imagination.
Palmer, P. J. (1983). To know as we are known: Education as a spiritual journey.
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