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Table 1 Knowledge acquisition and application stages of learning across different learning models

From: Comparison between two asynchronous teaching methods in an undergraduate dental course: a pilot study

Learning Model

Knowledge acquisition

Application and practice

Conventional passive learning

Face-to-face (lecture)

Self-directed (homework)

Conventional active learning

Face-to-face (Discussions, interactive exercises, case studies)

Collaborative (groupwork)

Conventional online learning

Digital – synchronous or asynchronous (Live or pre-recorded lecture)

Self-directed (homework)

Conventional flipped learning

Self-directed (prework)

Face-to-face (Discussions, interactive exercises, case studies)

Virtual flipped learning

Self-directed (prework/pre-recorded lecture)

Virtual (Discussions, interactive exercises, case studies)

  1. Modified from J. Phillips and F. Wiesbauer (2022) [20]