This study has elucidated the effectiveness of the web-based PBL approach both in terms of the
students’ academic performances and perceptions and compared it to the commonly available
web-based CBL approach. The results show that the web-based PBL approach has the ability to
out-perform the web-based CBL approach in both aspects studied. This implies that not only do
the students perform better but they also perceive that they have acquired better understanding of
the concepts they are supposed to learn. Other advantageous features of the PBL approach have
also been indicated, such as learning through social interaction, acquisition of kills in metacognitive reasoning and proficiency in problem solving in the workplace context. As such, efforts
should be taken by the institutions of open and distance learning to consider the web-based PBL
approach as one of the mechanisms for the delivery of courses in their educational program