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The Active Learning Spaces Book
“Rather than confining students to a passive experience, we
need to consider how to more fully engage students in the
learning activities. We need to think about ways in which we
can disrupt outdated methods of delivering instruction to
make way for methods that encourage full-participation for
students in class.”
Andrew J. Milne, Ph.D. CEO Tidebreak, Inc.
Produced with the financial support of the following companies:
Published in February 2014, the Active Learning Spaces Book takes
an holistic look at the many requirements to make active learning
spaces effective, including expert contributions on:
Management
The Student Perspective
Technology
Multiple Displays
Pedagogy
The Active Learning Spaces Book also features:
Case studies
The perspectives of specialist AV integration companies
Observations from recently graduated students
New technology solutions for active learning
Design ideas for transforming traditional lecture
theatres and teaching rooms into active learning
spaces.
Active Learning Spaces and Technology
Advances in Higher and Further Education
Active learning improves both learning and teaching, enhances the
student experience, and can help achieve better space utilisation
targets.
These represent three of the four most frequent strategic aims of
university management boards.
As technology becomes even more connected, software will be
developed that results in more group learning scenarios and the
spaces, furniture, and pedagogy to support it.
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