Wednesday, July 20, 2011

21st Century Learning Environments


 
A new approach to today's classroom environment involves changing both the physical space and the teaching and learning processes. Now your faculty and students have the freedom to customize their learning environment to meet the teaching and learning needs on demand

Student Perspective
Instructor Perspective
  • Flexible space enough to support group work of various sizes.
  • Furniture that moves to support the way I like to learn.
  • Furniture in the room can be easily reconfigured for various learning needs.
  • Allows students to use group work time efficiently.
  • Encourages an integration of a wide range of teaching methods.
  • Flexible enough to support various teaching styles.
  • Makes it easy to see all students in the room.
  • Enhances ability to communicate with students during class.
  • Helps students collaborate with each other for their in-class group work.
Key Design Principles

#1 Comfort
Utilize a combination of different kinds of seating that gives individuals choices. Provide comfortable places to sit, talk, socialize, and study.


#2 Social and collaborative settings
Increase social learning, participation, and group interaction with free-form arrangements. Switch between collaborative group work to individual study. Mobile flexible furniture allows for spontaneous reconfigurations.


#3 Changing focal points
Hold the attention  of technically savvy students by multiple display surfaces and mobility of the instructor’s location and mobile teaching tools


#4 Visual stimulation
Benefit from interactive visual/whiteboard technology to Increase participation and enhance cognitive skills with color and texture.


#5 Technology on demand
Avoid down-time and technological frustration by creating technological redundancy.  Provide multiple screens, outlets, and docking ports for a quick touchdown.


#6 Lighting Control
Optimize visual comfort and flexibility while slashing energy consumption. Cutting-edge technology allows changes between a lecture and a video presentation with the touch of a single button.







Featured Products

NOVALinked™ by Nova Solutions

KI Learn2™ Mobile
Classroom Furniture


Egan Tectern

 
  A+CLASS System by
Alera Lighting


Dewey by Fixtures Furniture

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