The New York Times is reporting on MIT's migration away from large lectures as many colleges and universities have.
Attendance at these lectures often falls to 50 percent by the end of the semester. TEAL (Technology Enhanced Active Learning) gives the students a more hands on approach and may signal the death of the massive lecture hall synonymous with achieving a bachelors of science.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/us/13physics.html