Engaging Students in a Large Classroom and Distance Environment

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Author(s): William R. Hamilton (Creighton University, USA), Victor A. Padron (Creighton University, USA)and Jennifer A. Henriksen (Creighton University, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 19
Source title: Handbook of Research on Teaching and Learning in K-20 Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Viktor Wang (Florida Atlantic University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4249-2.ch044

Keywords: Education / Educational Technologies / Information Science Reference / Instructional Design

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The economic climate is pushing educational institutions toward larger class sizes and distance education. As both physical and virtual class sizes increase, the use of active learning becomes a challenge. The authors report a decade-long experience converting students from passive to active learners in a large classroom with an asynchronous distance component. As class size increases and a distance pathway is added, the foundational pedagogy, technology, active learning strategies, the integration of distance and campus pathways, and the teaching of intangibles are recounted. This chapter describes a model that achieves a reasonable, efficient, learner-centered, delivery of an educational experience.

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