PBE Resources

We've gathered together some useful resources for project-based education. We hope they are useful! We are always happy to add resources, so please write to us if you want to recommend something.

Framing PBE 

Framing project-based education at ETH Zürich

This paper provides a concise history of PBE, a definition of PBE for ETH
Zürich, and some guiding questions to getting started with designing and delivering project-based education. 

Link to article by Elsner et al 2025

 

Teaching resources

Supporting Project-Based Education with a Well-Designed Moodle Course

This post presents the top Moodle features that enhance project-based courses

Link to blog post about Moodle and PBE

PBE in Action

Short summaries of selected PBE courses detailing out key features, to inspire other lecturers.

Link to PBE in Action page

 

Lecture streams about PBE

Foundations of Project-Based Education (PBE)

Seminar 8. April 2025

external page Watch the recording

Refresh Teaching

Project-based learning (04.06.2025)

A deeper dive into project based education (22.10.2025)

 

Other resources

ETH Learning and Teaching Journal

Volume 5, 2025 - Learning through projects and practical work

The diverse experiences shared here illustrate the many facets of project-based education, offering insights and inspiration for teaching practice across disciplines.

Link to Journal

ETH Week

Interdisciplinary groups of students spent one week defining a problem and developing a solution related to sustainable development.

To the ETH Week documentation

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