eSchool News

AUGUST 26, 2015

What is the future of learning spaces? The spaces we inhabit have a profound effect on how we inhabit them. Space induces a particular way of feeling, of being. We look inside current learning spaces and look at the world; there is a big disconnect. These are the questions of an educational space designer.

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Scholarly Teacher

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

At times, however, that stone may feel like a boulder, especially to research faculty who are used to delivering lectures and to whom the switch to activity-based learning may seem like a daunting and demanding venture into unfamiliar territory. 2023; Hsu & Goldsmith, 2021; Venus & Sharma, 2024). Two birds with one stone.

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Edsurge

JULY 9, 2018

An entire graduate course at Stanford University explores the principles for designing spaces that support learning. Yet most of our energy has been focused on designing physical learning spaces, even as more teaching and learning shifts online.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Most of us have the experience of registering for a workshop only to discover that it is a lecture or (worse) an advertisement for the presenter. What follows are some suggested principles we have prepared for workshop facilitators that move beyond a talkfest to genuine learning. Make sure that all the technology is working.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Most of us have the experience of registering for a workshop only to discover that it is a lecture or (worse) an advertisement for the presenter. What follows are some suggested principles we have prepared for workshop facilitators that move beyond a talkfest to genuine learning. Make sure that all the technology is working.

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Lecturing Participation Discussions Group work 97

Edsurge

MARCH 21, 2017

One thing University of Central Florida has become known for is large lecture classes. As I recall, some in-person courses are so big you have overflow rooms where students watch the lectures on TV. How does what you’re learning in online play into those large classes? Can you say a little bit more about how the adaptive works?

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Edsurge

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

This year, at Lexington High School (LHS) when teachers are absent, an “ELF” now greets students in a collaborative learning space. Our “ELF” is an Electronic Learning Facilitator. What was formerly a lecture hall, the IDLC still features stadium seating but has been reimagined to promote collaborative work.

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