eSchool News

JANUARY 5, 2021

Districts and schools are increasingly adopting active learning practices in order to address businesses’ demand for employees capable of creative and collaborative work. But one commonly overlooked factor in this transition is classroom design. Unfortunately, most classrooms look the same as they did 20-30 years ago.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 4, 2018

When class isn’t in session, UC Irvine’s shiny new Anteater Learning Pavillion looks like any modern campus building. There are large lecture halls, hard-wired lecture capture technology, smaller classrooms, casual study spaces and brightly colored swivel chairs. Not only as subjects, but as researchers themselves.

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Edsurge

JANUARY 30, 2017

Tables and chairs can be easily assembled for a group activity, or separated for a lecture-style class. Wireless clickers let students to participate in live polling to increase engagement during lectures. Dean Miller says the college plans to convert many more classrooms to the active-learning format over the next few years.

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