Team-based learning. By Cynthia J. Brame, CFT Assistant Director What is it? Team-based learning (TBL) is a structured form of small-group learning that emphasizes student preparation out of class and application of knowledge in class. Students are organized strategically into diverse teams of 5-7 students that work together throughout the class.

Blended and Online Learning. By Blaine Smith and Cynthia Brame Online courses are those in which at least 80 percent of course content is delivered online. Blended (sometimes called hybrid) instruction has between 30 and 80 percent of the course content delivered online with some face-to-face interaction. Blended and online courses not only change how content is delivered, they...

Neuroscience research and what we know about how students construct new knowledge tell us that students need to acquire new content in digestible chunks.

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