Online education is convenient (no moving, no commuting, no leaving the house, even) and collaborative (students in China and Minnesota can work together on presentations).
One table was especially collaborative: students added to one another's ideas, collectively building on an often correct but incomplete idea to ultimately create a well-supported reason for their answer.
In these institutions, physicists have been pioneering teaching methods drawn from research showing that most students learn fundamental concepts more successfully, and are better able to apply them, through interactive, collaborative, student-centered learning.
To the Editor: Your article says that the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and other top science institutions "have been pioneering teaching methods drawn from research showing that most students learn fundamental concepts more successfully, and are better able to apply them, through interactive, collaborative, student-centered learning".
It engages students in an active, collaborative, student-centered learning process (or a series of learning steps) that develops critical thinking, problem-solving, teamwork, and self-directed learning abilities needed to meet the challenges of life and career in our increasingly complex environment (Hmelo-Silver and Eberbach 2012).
We partner with high schools, students and faculty to create a hub for collaborative student journalism.
We recommend and encourage student participation in high quality, collaborative, student-led, supervised projects to deliver extracurricular academic training.
Encouraging active participation in collaborative, student-led, national studies offers a novel approach for delivering essential academic training.
Emphasizing the need for a collaborative approach, students work in multi-disciplinary teams as they explore theory, case studies and current research.
For example, the University of Cincinnati's Live Well Collaborative connects students and faculty with corporations to develop products and services aimed at consumers aged 50 years and older.
Through collaborative methods, students gain the edge needed to generate personal creations.
