How To Design A Project-Based Learning Unit: 7 Essential Ingredients by TeachThought Staff Project-Based Learning is the anchoring of student-driven learning through the design, development, and publication authentic projects, products, and related learning outcomes. It is a forward-way of thinking about how you can plan learning experiences for students while simultaneously centering them in the learning process itself. We've taken a look in the past at the difference between 'doing projects' and project-based learning and even keys to designing a project-based learning classroom , and the following visual from @davidleeedtech dovetailed nicely behind each. 7 Essential Ingredients Of Project-Based Learning 1. A Need To Know 2. A Driving Question 3. Student Voice & Choice 4. 21st Century Skills 5. Inquiry & Innovation 6. Learning Feedback & Revision 7. Publishing The graphic also takes a look at a seven-phase model for designing project-based learning units, which parallel much of what is accepted as 'best practice' for learning design. How To Design A Project-Based Learning Unit: 7 Essential Ingredients