- Location:
- Capacity: 55听students
- Type: Tiered classroom
Alignment with principles for designing Teaching and Learning Spaces
Academic challenge
Promote individual, active engagement with content.
Layout
Substantial work surfaces for notebooks, laptops, and textbooks.
Acoustics: Acoustic design to avoid distraction from outside and inside sources.
Furniture
Comfortable, adjustable-height chairs on wheels permit students to work individually or in groups.
Technologies
Access to resources: Tabletop plugs for student laptops, LMS, internet (via student laptops). Multiple sources and screens for simultaneous display of different learning materials.
Lighting & colour
Appropriate lighting for individual work.
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Learning with peers
Promote active engagement with one another.
Layout
Students can move about classroom with ease due to centre and side aisles. Unobstructed sightlines.
Acoustics: Sound zones support multiple simultaneous conversations among students.
Furniture
Chairs on wheels permit students to turn and discuss with those nearby, supporting a variety of collaborative learning approaches.
Technologies
N/A
Lighting & colour
Different lighting patterns and levels support different learning activities.
Experiences with faculty
Promote interaction and communication.
Layout
Instructor is not limited to the 鈥渇ront of the room鈥� and instead has access to all students due to unobstructed sightlines, side aisles and an only slightly sloped floor.
Acoustics: Sound zones ensure that not only are students able to hear the instructor, but that the instructor is also able to hear the students. Wireless audio amplification available for instructors.
Furniture
The podium does not interfere with sightlines or movement, and has a large surface for instructional materials. Chairs on wheels support different teaching strategies.
Technologies
Dual-source projection, multiple classroom technology sources (document camera, data projector, computer, Sympodium, Blu-Ray/DVD player, etc.) and multiple screens permit display of different learning materials.
Lighting & colour
Lighting patterns support multiple types of teaching tasks.
Contributions to the campus environment
Classrooms that incorporate elements of active and collaborative learning are part of a vision for a variety of flexible campus learning spaces. This classroom is designed for all populations using the space: well-lit, with a standardized room control panel that simplifies instructors鈥� use of equipment in classrooms across campus. IT is consistent with teaching and learning needs, and durable furniture contributes to sustainability efforts.听Both physical and virtual affordances help maximize High Impact Practices (HIPs) for student learning within and beyond this classroom.
