1 University of Florida Case Study Surrounded by classrooms designed for students who sit in rows and take notes—pretty much the way it’s been for generations—Dr. Tawnya Means, director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment at the University of Florida’s Warrington College of Business Administration, wondered if it might be time to try something different. Her curiosity was prompted mostly by a campus-wide conviction that such passive learning isn’t always the best way to connect with today’s students. Another question was also in play: At the University of Florida, many students learn online—an even more passive experience than the old-school lecture hall. Could a classroom be designed to engage remote students who never even step inside it? Hundreds of college

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