Bringing together different ideas and experiences enhances the virtual classroom experience. Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images September 15, 2024 Online classrooms where students run the show: we tested how this unconventional model can work Matthew Wingfield, Stellenbosch University; Bettina von Lieres, University of Toronto, and Laurence Piper, University of the Western Cape It’s important to position students as collaborators and co-creators of knowledge.