digital ticket presentation 05 16 2013
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Process of creating a faculty development center transforming the university classroom.TRANSCRIPT
Building Collaborative Classrooms For Teaching and Learning at LU
•L. Kay Abernathy – Assoc Prof Ed Leadership•Sheryl R. Abshire- Asst Prof Ed Leadership•Steven Zani – CTLE Director
Goal: To create new learning spaces for teaching and learning at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Purpose: To implement facilities, spaces, and faculty development for engaging 21st century learners.
Creating Collaborative Classrooms
Lamar University Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement
Shared Voices from University Entities
Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement
Academic Information Technology Committee
Creating Collaborative Classrooms
Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement
Creating Collaborative Classrooms
A strong commitment to student and faculty engagement and teaching and learning excellence.
Supports faculty, administrators, graduate students, and staff in their academic pursuits.
Provides a range of instructional services to assist all members of the LU teaching community.
Creating Collaborative Classrooms
Mission Statement for Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement To promote deep understanding of the scholarship
of teaching and learning. To cultivate dialogue about teaching pedagogies
and learning theories To foster the use of research-based best practices,
models, and approaches to university teaching and learning.
Creating Collaborative Classrooms
Academic Information Technology Committee April 2012
LAMAR UNIVERSITY2011-2012 UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES & COUNCILS
Academic Information Technology Committee
Appointment of Subcommittee to study new learning environments for 21st century learners
Membership & Reporting: Recommendations from the Committee presented to Lamar Provost
Recommended Action Items
Further research the Active Learning Classrooms concept.
Investigate other University and/or Department efforts.
Create a subcommittee to design a local research initiative plan and a presentation to share with Academic Information Technology Committee and University administration.
From where they enter our halls of academia?
https://vimeo.com/scil/scil-building
http://vimeo.com/28448313
Why Do We Need New Learning Spaces?
Concept Lab vs. Lecture
http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/MinnVideo/MinnVideo.html According to Dr. Robin Wright, University of
Minnesota:
http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/groups/adopters/wiki/817e4/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology.html
http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/
University Models
Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs) are designed to foster interactive, flexible, student-centered learning experiences, and operate using central teaching stations and student-provided laptops.
ALCs feature: A 360-degree glass-surface marker board. Multiple flat-panel display projection systems. Round tables that accommodate nine students each. A centered teaching station that allows selection and display
of table-specific information.
Transitions to online learning.
Active Learning Classroom Features
http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/wiki/pages/12m1C9c6/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology.html
Creating Collaborative Classrooms Example
Rigorous evaluations of learning have been conducted in parallel with the curriculum development and classroom design efforts.
Besides hundreds of hours of classroom video and audio recordings, different schools have conducted numerous interviews and focus groups, conducted many conceptual learning assessments (using nationally-recognized instruments in a pretest/posttest protocol), and collected portfolios of student work.
NC State has data comparing nearly 16,000 traditional and SCALE-UP students taking physics.
How Do You Know it Works?
Their findings can be summarized as the following: Students' ability to solve problems is improved. Their conceptual understanding is increased. Their attitudes are better. Failure rates (especially for women and minorities)
are drastically reduced. “At risk" students do better in later courses. Beichner, R. J., Saul, J. M., Abbott, D. S., Morse, J. J., Deardorff, D. L., Allain, R. J., Bonham, S. W., Dancy, M. H. Risley, J.S. (2007). The Student-Centered Activities for Laerge Enrollment Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) Project. NC Scale-up Researchhttp://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=4517
How Do You Know it Works?
Creating a Collaborative Classroom at Lamar University
Creating a Collaborative Classroom at Lamar University
45 person classroom
Eno board 2 $ 2,777.99 $ 5,555.98
Media Scape Mobile 4 $ 8,467.56 $ 33,870.24
Projector 2 $ 793.61 $ 1,587.22
Tables 6 $ 562.50 $ 3,375.00
Chairs 46 $ 326.34 $ 15,011.64
Teacher Station 1 $ 863.16 $ 863.16
Furniture installation 1 $ 3,100.00 $ 3,100.00
TOTAL $ 16,891.16 $ 63,363.24
Creating a Collaborative Classroom at Lamar University
Classroom at Lamar University30 person classroom
Qty Unit price Extended price
Eno board 1 $ 2,777.99 $ 2,777.99
Media Scape Mobile 2 $ 8,467.56 $ 16,935.12
Projector 1 $ 793.61 $ 793.61
Tables 4 $ 562.50 $ 2,250.00
Chairs 31 $ 326.34 $ 10,116.54
Teacher Station 1 $ 863.16 $ 863.16
Furniture installation 1 $ 2,265.00 $ 2,265.00
TOTAL $ 16,056.16 $ 36,001.42
Creating Collaborative Classrooms at Lamar University
Resources
http://edudemic.com/2013/03/the-10-skills-modern-teachers-must-have/
https://vimeo.com/scil/scil-building
http://vimeo.com/28448313
http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/
http://www.crlt.umich.edu/faculty/Thurnau/ThurnauVideos.php
Closing
Questions?
Comments?
Dr. L. Kay Abernathy - [email protected] Dr. Sheryl Abshire - [email protected] Dr. Steven Zani – [email protected]
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