PBL requires you to identify what you already know about the problem and what knowledge and resources you still need to figure out how and where to obtain that new information and finally how to piece together a solution to the problem. 

Problem-based learning can be thought of as the following series of steps: 

• Define your problem.
• Determine what you already know.
• List potential solutions and choose the one most likely to succeed.
• Break the steps into action items (a timeline often helps).
• Identify what you still need to know and how you will get that information. 

Advantages:

• Helps gain a deeper understanding of the problem and solutions.
• Better retention of what you have learnt.
• Saves you time in the long run.
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Activity:
Take a real-life problem related to your learning and outline a PBL process for it. Use it as a model for applying learning techniques to practical challenges.