Problem-Based Learning On-Line For Nursery Management Luck, Petraauthor Owens, TessaauthorLiverpool Hope University College has introduced a new Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Nursery Management. This programme has a traditionally taught cohort of students and another, separate ‘on-line’ cohort. This paper illustrates the management team’s rationale and process in creating the initial programme and then adapting it to cater for the needs of the new ‘e-learning’ students. The team has chosen to adopt a ‘Problem Based Learning’ (PBL) approach for the e-learning programme as this approach has been found to facilitate the acquisition of professional knowledge along with the requisite practitioner skills. The University College’s chosen virtual learning environment (V.L.E) is Granada’s ‘Learnwise’. This V.L.E has as one of its features collaborative ‘Forums’ in which students take part in asynchronous discussion in small teams and work on specific management and education problems. The PBL approach offers a perspective on learning that emphasizes social learning processes within communities of practice where individuals engage in the negotiation of meaning and the mutual construction of knowledge. This contrasts to theories of learning that highlight individual and isolated cognitive processes and where learning is viewed as the absorption of an abstract body of knowledge that stands apart from practice. The PBL approach and early evaluations are presented.Q Science, Computer ScienceL Education2003Journal