Lectures Vs CasesOnline version Lecture-based instruction Vs Case method instruction by Grupo Avance Educativo Eduavance 1 Case method instruction 2 Lecture-based instruction Puts the students in an active learning mode Challenges the student to accept substantial responsibility for their own education Gives the student first-hand appreciation of, and experience with, the application of knowledge to practice Allows participants to consider multiple perspectives on a single problem or dilemma Builds students confidence in the diagnosis of complex problems in a profession Promotes a tolerance for ambiguity and complexity Forces students to generate nonobvious, alternative responses to difficult problems Challenges students to adopt the "action perspective" The path of learning is zigzag, through a series of interrelated experiences that allow the rethinking of personal meanings. Students continually face the challenge of adding each new life experience to their developing cognitive frameworks and deepen their understanding Compiles related information efficiently Adapts the information to the specific interests of the audience The expression of the academic behavior model The expression of passive learning Does not promote long-term retention Does not promote transfer to the new context The student's attention span drops after the first 10 to 18 minutes The psychological distance between the instructor and the student inhibits learning Follows a linear progression, with a beginning, middle, and end The purpose is related to the destination, that is, the acquisition of specific knowledge by the students.