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Beyond the Lecture: Driving Critical Thinking with Collaborative Learning
Transform your virtual classroom with table-based collaboration that fuels live discussion, hands-on problem solving, and genuine peer connection.
Most virtual classrooms still run on the same model as a face-to-face lecture hall. The instructor presents, students listen, and a handful of confident voices do all the talking. Now that AI can hand students facts on demand, that model no longer builds the skill that matters most: the ability to think with material and apply it.
In this session, Dr. David Yeager shows how he redesigned a 150-student psychology class at the University of Texas at Austin around Engageli's tables. Every ten to fifteen minutes, students move from his lecture into small-group discussion, then back again, without ever leaving the platform. He'll walk through his exact setup: how he structures discussion prompts, keeps his slides visible during table time, and uses class chat and engagement data to see what students are actually thinking. Student speak time in his class now exceeds 75 percent of total session time.
Join us live on September 15 to see the model in action and pick up a framework you can apply in your own classroom.
This is a hands-on EngageLIVE session. You'll join tables yourself, try the same discussion prompts Dr. Yeager uses with his students, and see how AI note-taking and engagement analytics work from the inside.
Meet the speakers
What we'll cover
A real classroom, redesigned
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Lecture-only formats
Understand why presenting information and expecting students to repeat it back no longer builds the thinking skills they need.
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Cognitive engagement
See how moving students into table discussions every ten to fifteen minutes multiplies real thinking time across a 150-student class.
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Classroom setup
Learn how simple structures, like paired icebreakers and peer attendance checks, help Dr. Yeager reach 95 percent attendance.
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Belonging at scale
Learn how simple structures, like paired icebreakers and peer attendance checks, help Dr. Yeager reach 95 percent attendance.
Who should attend
Built for anyone driving engagement
This session is built for anyone responsible for student engagement in a virtual or hybrid classroom, from K-12 teachers running synchronous lessons to higher education faculty managing large lecture courses. If you're looking for a tested way to increase participation without adding to your workload, you'll leave with a real classroom example to learn from.
- K-12 teachers & instructional coaches
- Higher ed faculty & program leads
- Anyone managing online classrooms
- School & department administrators
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