Cascading Teaching Model for Teaching Leadership in Large Online Class

Teaching over 350 students leadership skills in an online environment encouraged faculty to experiment with a cascading model in which students form teams, then take turns being the team leader. The team leaders attend a live lab with the instructor and then CASCADE the learning back to their teams by facilitating a recorded, virtual meeting. The faculty collaborated with a PhD. student from the School of Education to study this instructional strategy for teaching leadership in a large online class. This research will be presented along with a demonstration and discussion of the teaching model.