Kristin Wobbe
Email
kwobbe@wpi.edu
Office
157 West St. 1st floor
Phone
+1 (508) 8315375

Kristin Wobbe

Center for Project Based Learning
Director, Center for Project Based Learning
Affiliated Department or Office
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Integrative and Global Studies
Center for Project-Based Learning
Education
BA St Olaf College 1983
PhD Harvard University 1991

Project-based learning is an enormously powerful approach to education. I've been changed by it; I've watched students be changed by it. I've seen faculty develop a renewed sense of joy in teaching from using it. And now, after over a decade of using PBL with students, I'm embarking on a new phase of helping faculty implement PBL through the work of the Center for Project-Based Learning. The good news - working with faculty on PBL is as much fun as working with students!

Sustainable Development Goals

SDG 4: Quality Education

SDG 4: Quality Education - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

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Scholarly Work

Project-Based Learning in the First Year: Beyond all expectations
co-editor with Elisabeth (Lisa) Stoddard 2019

Wobbe, KK and R. Vaz. (2015) Engaging Students with Global Challenges across the Curriculum. Diversity and
Democracy, 18: 15-17. 2015

Professional Highlights & Honors
, 2016
National Academy of Engineering
, 2008

, 2001

, 1992

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The Academic Minute
Maximizing Learning through High-Impact Practices

The Academic Minute podcast explores the results of a WPI alumni survey. It finds that WPI's project-based curriculum provides strong preparation for students' lives and careers. Kris Wobbe, director of WPI's Center for Project-Based Learning, discusses how stacking high-impact practices over time can uniquely benefit students.

 

Inside Higher ED
Academic Minute: Project-Based Learning in Year One

In an audio segment on Inside Higher Ed's Academic Minute, Kristin Wobbe, Co-Director of the Center for Project-Based Learning, explains that project-based learning provides benefits from the beginning.