As long as the instructor provides clear goals, instructions, and structure, group work in online classes centers the learner(s) because they collaborate with each other, take responsibility for their part, and use the highest order of Bloom’s Taxonomy (creation) to make and present a meaningful project together.

There are two types of discussions that I use that require students to move into groups: Spider Web and Jigsaw. The experimental classroom is great for that because we could arrange the furniture for maximum engagement and active learning.

Utilizing experimental classrooms to transform learning in higher education.

I’m casting my vote for the 2022 top tools for learning list. Here are my tech favorites.

Starting each class with a question of the day.

How the interactive quizzing tool Socrative helps me measure and track formative assessments.

An annotated timeline as an alternative to a research essay.