Scenario-Based Learning (SBL) represents a set of pedagogy methods widely recognized as a key tool in the educational toolkit for safe training in reasoning and decision-making. Virtual scenarios (VS) encourage students to use their knowledge-base to explore simple management decisions as they work through a case that mimics a real-world problem.

Within this context the TELSON project has aimed at:

• innovating teaching practice through technology-enhanced learning tools, such as VS;
• developing students’ critical thinking and reasoning skills with the use of SBL methods in the study programs encompassing selected biomedical and natural sciences;
• sharing know-how and transferring best practices from universities which have already gone through a successful implementation of authentic, motivating, competency-based learning styles into curricula;
• delivering interactive VS in the languages and cultures of the partners and associated educational networks;
• comparing pedagogical value and efficiency of two different but established SBL methods: Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Team-Based Learning (TBL).

The TELSON project has resulted into a multi-institutional investigation of SBL/VS approach to education in various fields, representing a benchmark in the exploration of pedagogy, efficacy and staffing efficiency of each method, in an era in which learning activities are increasingly blending face-to-face with eLearning.