creating active learning environments
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Creating Active Learning Environments One Way or Another Derek Bruff (@derekbruff) Center for Teaching (@vandycft) Vanderbilt University
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Transmission Interaction
PARADIGM
“Active Learning Increases Student Performance in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics,” Scott Freeman et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2014.
Transmission vs. Interaction
• 228 studies comparing active learning to traditional lecturing
• Failure Rates: – Lecturing: 34% – Active Learning: 22%
• Exam Scores: – Active Learning: 6 points higher
The Berry School circa 1910 (replica)
Boise State University
Vanderbilt University
TILE Classroom, University of Iowa
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Transmission Interaction
PARADIGM
Single- Purpose
Multi- Purpose
FLEXIBILITY
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Nutrition & Dietetics Lab, Viterbo University
Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
Single- Purpose
Multi- Purpose
FLEXIBILITY
BYOD Wired Up
DIGITAL TECH
Vanderbilt University
Georgetown University, Qatar
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BYOD Wired Up
DIGITAL TECH
Cold Warm
AESTHETICS
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Georgetown University,
Qatar
Cold Warm
AESTHETICS
Interaction
Transmission
Single- Purpose
Multi- Purpose
Classroom #1 Indiana University, Bloomington
Classroom #2 Vanderbilt University
Classroom #3 Carleton College
How can individual instructors navigate the affordances and
constraints posed by the learning spaces in which they teach?
HACKING THE CLASSROOM
Vanderbilt University
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Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University
How might an instructor hack Classroom #1, 2, or 3?
How can colleges and universities work to advance the design of
learning environments given campus infrastructure limitations?
DESIGNING FOR LEARNING
St. Olaf College
Georgia Institute of Technology
St. Olaf College
TILE Classroom, University of Iowa
1. What constraints or challenges do you face on your campus when it comes to creating active learning environments?
2. How might you or others on your campus work within those constraints or around those challenges?
Derek Bruff: derekbruff.org / @derekbruff Vanderbilt Center for Teaching: cft.vanderbilt.edu / @vandycft Learning Spaces on Flicker: tinyurl.com/dbspaces