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Wright, Mary C.; Bergom, Inger; Bartholomew, Tracy – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2019
Small class size is often used as an indicator of quality in higher education, and some research suggests that instructors in smaller classes more often use activities that are learner-centered and that involve physical and mental activity on the part of learners, such as group work, simulations, and case studies. However, we have little…
Descriptors: Class Size, Small Classes, Higher Education, Learning Activities
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Riehemann, Jens; Hellmann, Jens H.; Jucks, Regina – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2021
Massive open online courses are increasingly popular. One characteristic of most massive open online courses is that they are offering educational contents to masses of different individual learners. At the same time, a particular challenge for the individual learner could be the massiveness of such courses, that is, that one is part of a large…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Online Courses, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Taylor, Lucy; McGrath-Champ, Susan; Clarkeburn, Henriikka – Active Learning in Higher Education, 2012
One activity-rich way to utilize collaborative learning, team-based learning (TBL), can present students and teachers with both opportunities and challenges. TBL requires students to prepare for each class, where they are then assessed for their "readiness" to apply the concepts learned during their pre-class preparation. This study addresses two…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Teaching Methods, Cooperative Learning, Academic Achievement