Nov
2015
Active Learning Classrooms
Join us next Tuesday, November 10th from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, for a special SIG Series webinar: Tales from the National Forum on Active Learning Classrooms
The WSU Learning Spaces Team attended the National Forum on Active Learning Classrooms at the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities this summer and learned a lot. With topics ranging from picking whiteboards to better integrating classroom design into your campus strategic planning efforts, the conference was a treasure trove of good practices, pictures of cool new classrooms, links to useful information, and pro tips. Join us as we share what we learned at this amazing gathering. If you didn’t get a chance to go, this session will be a great opportunity to zoom in on the highlights. If you went, we would love to compare notes!
Ken Graetz, Tom Hill, Stephanie Stango, Dave Burman, and Eric Wright are all part of the Winona State University Learning Spaces Team and members of the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Services unit of Information Technology Services. They attended the National Forum as a team this summer and were able to cover almost all of the sessions. Each brings a unique perspective to the discussion, from under-the-hood classroom systems design and configuration to instructional design and pedagogical strategies.
Register for the webinar at http://www.eventbrite.com/o/minnesota-online-quality-initiative-7290950883. Please forward this on to anyone on your campus who might be interested.
Link to the Virtual Room:
https://moqi.zoom.us/j/672493176
Or join by phone:
+1 646 568 7788 (US Toll) or +1 415 762 9988 (US Toll)
Meeting ID: 672 493 176
FlexSpace. flexspace.org
CCUMC Leadership in Media and Academic Technology. http://www.ccumc.org
EduCause learning space rating system.
http://www.educause.edu/eli/initiatives/learning-space-rating-system
McGill Principles for Designing of Teaching and Learning Spaces has rubric
most useful technology in an ALC appears to be the whiteboard.
Whiteboards are also very glitchy. Projecting my tablet or laptop is just as effective–with less glitches
evidence that students are reluctant to engage in active learning.
the U has done work, but the “Canadians have the process”
the support faculty gets from technicians: two week in the beginning of the semester in a new classroom.
what is the most important goal of your college education and therefore of this course: a. inquiring information b. learning how to sue information and knowledge in anew situation c. developing skills to continue learning after college
- creativity
- computer skills
- GPA cutoff above 3.0
- problem solving skills
- teamwork skills
- verbal communication
- written communication skills
GigaPan.com instructor will have students use in classes to identify problems engaging in a virtual field trip. student engagement
design thinking
wikispaces as GOogle docs, MS Word 16, work collaboratively
not group, but team. team work very important
take what we learned in ALCs to traditional large lecture halls
blending the formal with the informal (including outdoors)
connecting ALCs together across distance
thinking about gear (raised floors, smart kapp boards) http://smartkapp.com/
Plamen Miltenoff
December 3, 2015 at 12:03 am (9 years ago)Learning Behaviors and Learning Spaces
Bennett, Scott
portal: Libraries and the Academy, v11 n3 p765-789 Jul 2011
What specific learning behaviors are important to students and faculty members? Does the campus provide spaces that foster these behaviors? Where are those spaces? Asking these three questions at six colleges and universities reveals notable differences in the ways students and faculty members answer them. Student and faculty member answers also reveal how narrowly and unevenly their institutions provide supportive learning spaces beyond the classroom. Their answers suggest a fundamental misalignment between learning behaviors identified as important and the campus spaces that can be a chief asset or a serious liability in achieving institutional mission. (Contains 35 notes and 5 charts.)
Descriptors: Institutional Mission, College Faculty, Teaching Methods, College Students, Educational Environment, Intentional Learning, Questionnaires, Cooperative Learning, Study Habits, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Learning Strategies, Ethnicity, Teacher Student Relationship, Student Research, Cultural Awareness, Independent Study, School Space, Space Utilization, School Libraries, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education
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http://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ936077
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/portal_libraries_and_the_academy/v011/11.3.bennett.html