Integrating computer applications technology simulations in problem-based-learning and as an interdisciplinary approach at the Central University of Technology, FS

In this research article, a computer applications technology simulation supported learning strategy encompassed within constructivism theories and models of learning have been developed to enhance conventional Problem-based learning programs at CUT. As educational approaches take on a general social constructivist model of learning, challenging learners with an ill-structured problem that directly linked to specific syllabus outcomes becomes imperative to teaching and learning environment. In other instructional models, teachers/lecturers are agents that deliver information, giving students some guided activities, and they also provide an audiovisual experiment for the students to work on, whereas in PBL, students are encouraged to reflect their goals, skills, and other personal reasons for wanting to work on their study by means of individual portfolios. PBL enables a change to a new curricular style that allows instructional offerings to become more flexible in nature and also allow individuals to solve new managerial and organizational problems more meaningfully through simulations.