I’m sure you’ve heard of blended or hybrid learning, methods that combine both online and in-in-class instruction. And I’m also sure you’re familiar with the flipped classroom, where students are asked to view video lectures at home, and then apply what they have learned when they arrive in class.

Since 2013, Dr. Thomas Aicher, Assistant Professor of Sport Administration at the University of Cincinnati has been teaching using a method that he calls the “scrambled class.” In his scrambled class, Dr. Aicher really mixes it up for his students. Sometimes his students will be assigned lectures to view at home and then do homework assignments in class. Other times, he will lecture in class and students will use classroom time to work on various projects that have been assigned during the term.

Dr. Aicher now uses an earlier version of the Echo360 student engagement solution, which is now part of the new Echo360 Active Learning Platform. These features let him create interactive presentations in PowerPoint. Students preview the presentations prior to class and then apply what they have learned during classroom time. The features also allow Dr. Aicher to ask questions, create short quizzes, and build student polls. Students can also raise questions on their own. The ability to ask questions anonymously helps shy or quiet students participate without fear. According to Dr. Aicher, these students often have the most to contribute and the engagement tools make it easy for them to add to the discussion. 

Read more about how Dr. Aicher keeps students engaged at the University of Cincinnati.

One thing you can be sure of is that through his “scrambled classroom” methods, none of Dr. Aicher’s students will get off “over easy.”

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