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Beyond Active Learning: Transformation of the Learning Space<\/a><\/strong> — from educause.edu by Mark S. Valenti<\/p>\n

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The past decade has seen exciting developments in learning space design. All across the United States and around the world, across seemingly every discipline, there is interest in creating new, active, project-based learning spaces. Technology-rich and student-centric, the new learning spaces are often flexible in size and arrangement and are a significant departure from the lecture hall of yesterday. These developments are not the result of any one factor but are occurring as the result of changes in student demographics, technology advances, and economic pressures on higher education and as the result of increasing demands from employers. The nature of work today is inherently team-based and collaborative, often virtual, and geographically distant. Companies are seeking creative, collaborative employees who have an exploratory mindset. Employers seek graduates who can be more immediately productive in today’s fast-paced economy. Colleges and universities around the country are responding by creating flexible, multimodal, and authentic learning experiences. It’s a complex ecosystem of education\u2014and it’s evolving right before our eyes. What an amazing time to be in education and to be a part of the transformation of the learning space!<\/p>\n

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The next generation of learning spaces will take all the characteristics of an active learning environment\u2014flexibility, collaboration, team-based, project-based\u2014and add the capability of creating and making. Project teams will be both interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary and will likely need access to a broad array of technologies. High-speed networks, video-based collaboration, high-resolution visualization, and 3-D printing are but a few of the digital tools that will find their way into the learning space.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1. The T-Shaped Professional<\/strong><\/p>\n

Credit:<\/em> Developed by IBM (Jim Spohrer, IBM Labs) and Michigan State University and
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CMU\u2019s active learning classrooms improve STEM students\u2019 learning<\/strong><\/a> — from cmich.edu; with thanks to Krista Spahr for this item
\nEnvironments support collaborative conversation, development of real-world skills<\/em><\/p>\n

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The active learning difference<\/strong>
\nThrough state-of-the-art technology, students spend their class time in active learning classrooms collaborating on assignments and solving problems rather than listening to lectures. Faculty become coaches and guides instigating thoughtful discussions and debates. Often, students watch faculty members’ online lectures before each class session begins.<\/p>\n

Studies have shown that active learning classrooms and their settings allow students to learn up to three times more and retain greater knowledge, strengthen student-faculty relationships and improve student performance. Active learning also is proven to increase the likelihood that students in STEM disciplines will continue in those programs and removes the gap between the success of male and female students.<\/p>\n

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The flipped classroom can be associated with more collaborative, experiential, constructivist learning. “Faculty become coaches and guides instigating thoughtful discussions and debates. Often, students watch faculty members’ online lectures before each class session begins.”<\/p>\n

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6 Secrets of Active Learning Classroom Design <\/strong><\/a>— from campustechnology.com by Dian Schaffhauser
\nWhile the basic elements of active learning classrooms are well known, no one-size-fits-all template exists. Here’s how to achieve the custom fit your school needs.<\/p>\n

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4 Questions to Guide Classroom Design<\/strong>
\nBy next year, the University of Oklahoma will have nearly a dozen active learning spaces, up from one in 2012. Every single classroom looks different from the others, and that’s by design. Chris Kobza, manager of IT learning spaces, and Erin Wolfe, director of strategic initiatives, have honed their process down to four simple questions:<\/p>\n

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  1. What’s the vision?<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. What’s the focus?<\/strong><\/li>\n
  3. How flexible?<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. What’s the budget?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The process starts when they sit down with the person or people who want to redo a room to find out what they envision \u2014 is it maximum technology or maximum flexibility? “It’s a real casual conversation but you can learn enough about what their expectations for the space are, what the expectations for their faculty are, what they hope the students get out of the space,” said Kobza.<\/p>\n

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    Reasons and Research \u2013 Why Schools Need Collaborative Learning Spaces<\/strong><\/a> — from emergingedtech.com by Kelly Walsh
    \n<\/span><\/span>There are Many Reasons Why Flexible, Active Learning Classrooms Should be Widely Adopted<\/em><\/p>\n

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    The power of Active Learning<\/strong>: \u201cMany of today\u2019s learners favor active, participatory, experiential learning\u2014the learning style they exhibit in their personal lives. But their behavior may not match their self-expressed learning preferences when sitting in a large lecture hall with chairs bolted to the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \"Collaborative-Flexible-Elearnroom\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \n     Learning Spaces<\/em> compilation out at Educause:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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    From DSC:<\/span>
    \nDon’t like the phrase “active learning?” I’m compiling a list of other words\/phrases\/thoughts that one can use:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n