Project-based learning or project work?

We need to rethink the way project work is administered in EFL in our context. Project-based learning is not simply giving a topic to the students and asking them to do it at home.

Some ideas for project work:
http://worldteacher-andrea.blogspot.com/2011/06/project-work-in-efl-classrooms-eltchat.html

Assessing students' project work:
http://www.thecreativeeducator.com/v07/articles/Assessing_Student_Project_Work

Difference between project-based learning and projects:
http://www.teachthought.com/learning/project-based-learning/difference-between-projects-and-project-based-learning/

Assigning clear roles - preparing checklists for self-evaluation during and after presenting the project - rubrics for summative assessment