Abstract:
In current educational system, traditional method of learning and Project
Based Learning are two popular techniques which are widely used by technology
focused institutes. Each technique has its own pros and cons. Traditional
method has a positive aspect that it can be covered with in limited time and
it also cover breadth of course but its negative aspect is that students cannot
gets hands on experience in this methodology. On other hand, Project
Based Learning gives student hands on experience by practical implementing
each concept but the major drawback of PBL is that it goes into more depth
which is very di cult to manage in limited semester time. To overcome these
issues in both techniques, recently another technique which is called Hybrid
Project Based learning (HPBL) is introduced. HPBL is modi ed form of
PBL, along with course projects it also includes some short lectures which
help students to give some background knowledge. In this thesis, a detailed
comparison between HPBL and traditional method of learning is done. This
comparison was done by applying both techniques side by side on Advance
Operating Systems course of Masters of Computer Science class in National
University of Science and Technology. This thesis also proposed comparison
and evaluation methodology. At the end of course, results collected from
student's feedback show that more than 80% of students declared HPBL as
better approach. HPBL also improved student's grades by 30% as compared
to previous class in which traditional learning was applied.
