U of M Active Learning Classrooms

Given our topic of technology this week, I thought you all might be interested in the U's new(ish) Active Learning Classrooms.  I taught in one of these classrooms for a year, and they have both good points and bad, just like traditional classrooms.  The U recently published a self-congratulatory article about how great the ALCs are, and make the argument that based on one research study, they can say conclusively how effective ALCs are in improving student learning (an assertion that I find astonishing, even given my relatively limited knowledge of statistical significance, sample sizes, and etc.).  They also talk about how much students love these classrooms, when there are certainly plenty of students who dislike them, as can be seen from the comments on the U's posting of this news article on Facebook (scroll down to find the post on 2/23).