1. 1 A Study of Educator Workload in Problem-based Learning Dr. Akcell Chiang Tungnan University in Taiwan This research studies the educator workload in PBL and asks a question about － whether we can create a software agent to play as PBL tutor in the Moodle-liked environment to take care of the routine PBL duties for the educator or not?

2. 2 Presentation Outline 1.Educator Workload in PBL 2. Routine duties in PBL 3. CAN we create a PBL tutor/agent in a Moodle-liked learning environment to take care of the routine PBL duties or NOT?

3. 3 PBL workload

4. 4 (1). Educator Taking care of many student groups in PBL discussion PBL Course Design

5. 5 (2). PBL Problem Design An ill-structured problem initiates students to learn.

6. 6 (3). Student Discussion

7. 7 (4). Tutor Training 1. Coaching students cognitively in the PBL activities 2. Facilitating students in the learning discussions 3. Recording the learning activities and student progress 4. Bridging between students and educator to achieve the learning objectives in the course design

8. 8 (5). Formative and Summative Assessments 1.Self assessment 2.Peer assessment 3.Educator or tutor assessment 4.Oral Presentations 5.Written reports 6.Concept maps 7.Role play 8.Practical examinations in the lab 9.Tests or examinations There is no right or wrong way but a better matching way to apply an assessment to a learning activity, as long as, it is responsive to the learning objectives and the course design.

9. 9 Routine duties in PBL Generally speaking, the PBL workloads could be categorized into the following two duties: 1.The first is the problem-scenario design duty which usually happened before the PBL course. 2.The second duty happens regularly during the PBL discussion. It includes three tasks: 1.the student conflict settlements 2.the tutor cooperative interactions, and 3.the PBL assessments

10. 10 PBL platform from Moodle to Sloodle

11. 11 Can we create a PBL tutor/agent in the Moodle-liked Environment to take care of the routine PBL duties or NOT?

12. 12 Future Work － Create the PBL tutor/agent for the hardworking educators MALESAbrain