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Space & TechnologySpace & Technology
Can Promote or Inhibit Learning
Engage StudentsLearning StylesPresentationStudent-Teacher InteractionsStudent-Student InteractionsActive Learning Collaborative Activities
Poor Classroom Design or Poor Classroom Design or Poor Instructional DesignPoor Instructional Design
Poor Classroom Design or Poor Classroom Design or Poor Instructional DesignPoor Instructional Design
Learning Before Space and Learning Before Space and Technology Technology
Create a learning space
When designing/renovating a space or incorporating a new technology: What do we want our students to learn? What do we want our students to do? How will we know they have learned it? What learning styles do we want to engage? What learning and teaching methods will we employ? Can we create one learning space to do it all?
DESIGNRENOVATEMOVEACQUIRETHROW OUT
Building Blocks
• Presentations• Non-Networked Space without Computers
Collaborative Active Learning• Non-Networked Space without Computers
Individual Active Learning• Networked Space with Computers
Collaborative Active Learning• Networked Space with Computers
Individual Active Learning
Presentations
• White or blackboards• Overhead or electronic projection unit or LCD projector• Teacher computer station
– Applications– Catalogs– Databases
• Wireless keyboard or mouse• Polling device• Space for book trucks or carts• Space for handouts
• Explaining the benefits of a particular tool or resource• Demonstrating search strategies• Demonstrating print
Non-Networked Space without ComputersCollaborative Active Learning
• Space for activities• Individual desks or tables that can be moved or
arranged to facilitate collaboration• White or blackboards• Flip charts or whiteboard sheets• Books, journals• Handouts• Colored pens, clay, instructional aids
• Exploring prior knowledge topic• Topic development/keywords• Constructing search strategies• Evaluating resources• Sharing after an activity
Non-Networked Space without ComputersIndividual Active Learning
• Space for activities• Individual desks or tables that can be moved or
arranged to facilitate collaboration• White or blackboards• Flip charts or whiteboard sheets• Books, journals• Space for handouts• Colored pens, clay, instructional aids
• Exploring prior knowledge • Topic development/keywords• Constructing search strategies• Evaluating resources• Sharing after an activity
Networked Space with ComputersCollaborative Active Learning• Wired or wireless• Space to get more than one student at a workstation• Instructor station• Projector• Screen or smartboard• Control hardware or software• Wireless keyboard or mouse• Electronic polling devices
• Executing searches• Sharing search strategies• Revising search strategies• Evaluating electronic sources
Networked Space with ComputersIndividual Active Learning• Wired or wireless• Enough computer workstations for all students• Projector• Control hardware or software• Screen or smartboard• Wireless keyboard or mouse• Electronic polling devices• USB Drives
• Executing searches• Revising search strategies• Evaluating electronic sources• Storing or integrating information• Sharing infromation
Challenge 1: Updating the Traditional Classroom
Evolution of a Classroom (1980)
• Lectures/PresentationsBlackboardOverhead Projector
• Non-Computer Individual Active LearningIndividual Work: Reference BooksIndividual Work: Indexes and Abstracts Stations
Evolution of a Classroom (1980)
• Lectures/PresentationsBlackboardOverhead Projector
• Non-Computer Collaborative Active LearningIndividual or Group Work: Reference BooksIndividual or Group Work: Indexes and Abstracts Stations
Evolution of a Classroom (1989)
• Presentation with an LCD projector• 16 dumb terminals• Search new online catalog, then gophers, then databases• Students moved back and forth between terminals and desks• White Boards Around Classrooms
• Good for Traditional Presentations• Good for Individual and Group Work• Good for Hands-on Activities
Evolution of a Classroom (2000s)
• Teacher station (not a barrier)• Student computer stations for individuals or groups• Separate spaces for non-computer work
• Good for Traditional Presentations• Good for Individual and Group Work• Good for Hands-on Activities
Challenge 2: Create a learning space when you do not have a classroom
Solution: Go Wireless
• 22 Wireless computers in rack• Instructor station with LCD projector• Wireless keyboard and mouse• Elmo• Electronic polling device
• Good for Traditional Presentations• Good for Individual and Group Work• Good for Hands-on Activities• Good for Quick Assessment
Challenge 3: Pillars in your classroom
Giant Pillar
Projection screenWhite board White board
Giant Pillar
Solution: Get Creative
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Other Learning Spaces
This classroom has no classroom controlsoftware, a ceiling mounted projector and
a portable smartboard in the corner.
Other Learning Spaces
Other Learning Spaces
This is along, skinnyroom thathas pc’salong the
perimeter onthe sides anda projection
screen in thefront, but theprojector is
on a cart thatmust be
wheeled inand pluggedin to one of
the pc’s.Also, there is
noinstructor’s
station.
Other Learning Spaces
This room has no computers, just seating,a ceiling mounted projector and an
instructor’s workstation with a smartboardas its projection screen.
Other Learning Spaces
Other Learning Spaces
Conclusion
• Let learning guide design• Promote engagement• Make the square peg fit into the
round role• Don’t let technology or space lock
you into one kind of teaching or certain types of learning activities
• Look for design and technology tools that increase flexibility
• Network with colleagues
