These shifts are resulting in increasingly learner-centered colleges and universities. A shift from lecture and recitation to coaching . With subject matter available via interactive technologies, instructors spend less time directing students and more time facilitating student learning. A shift from whole-class instruction to small group instruction . Working with computers, students progress at different rates rather than in lockstep as a whole.
Instructors are able to spend more time with individual students and small groups.
A shift from all students learning the same thing to different students learning different things . As the amount of information available to students continues to explode, student choice regarding what is learned will increase. A shift toward more engaged students . With interactive technology, the need for large lectures with passive students will become outdated. A shift from assessment based on test performance to assessment based on products and progress .