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688 Sherbrooke 1279/1285

  • Location:
  • Capacity: 24Ìýstudents per room, with breakout rooms
  • Type: Flat classroom

Alignment with principles for designing Teaching and Learning Spaces

Academic challenge

Promote individual, active engagement with content.

Layout

Work surfaces for notebooks, laptops, and textbooks: large, shared tables.

Furniture

Comfortable furniture: adjustable, ergonomically approved chairs.

Technologies

Access to infrastructure: power for student laptops, networked printing, 1:1 laptops for students at tables. Access to resources: LMS, internet (via lab-provided or personal laptops).

Lighting & colour

Appropriate natural and overhead lighting for individual work.

Photograph of classroom 1279/1285 in 688 Sherbrooke
SH688 1279 following renovations

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Learning with peers

Promote active engagement with one another.

Layout

Promote face-to-face communication: oblong tables encourage students to communicate with one another in groups of up to 6. Individuals can move about easily, and sight lines are unobstructed.

Acoustics: Sound zones support multiple simultaneous conversations at student tables.

Furniture

Comfortable chairs on wheels permit students to turn to discuss and work with those next to or behind them.

Technologies

Shared workspaces (writable walls throughout the room, each table has their own projector to work on). Further, low-tech videoconferencing via an installed camera that permits bridging to another location with skype, adobe connect, etc. allows student to interact with external participants.

Lighting & colour

Appropriate overhead and natural lighting for individual and group work.

Photograph of classroom 1279/1285 in 688 Sherbrooke
SH688 1285 following renovations.


Experiences with faculty

Promote interaction and communication.

Layout

Easy access to all students: Instructor can easily move around room with small mobile podium and can circulate from table to table.

Acoustics: Sound zones support multiple simultaneous conversations.

Furniture

Small podium does not interfere with sightlines, movement and interaction, while wall shelf provides extra space for instructional materials. Mobile chairs support different teaching strategies (e.g., group work in various sizes, student presentations).

Technologies

Dual-source projection and multiple classroom technology sources (Smartboard, document camera, instructor computer) and multiple screens permit simultaneous display of different learning materials.

Lighting & colour

Different lighting patterns to support multiple types of teaching tasks.

Photograph of classroom 1279/1285 in 688 Sherbrooke
Close-up of instructor podium, SMART board, and whiteboard.


Contributions to the campus environment

Classrooms that incorporate elements of active and collaborative learning are part of a vision for a variety of flexible campus learning spaces. This classroom is designed for all populations using the space: well-lit, with a standardized room control panel that simplifies instructors’ use of equipment in classrooms across campus. IT is consistent with teaching and learning needs, and durable furniture contributes to sustainability efforts.ÌýBoth physical and virtual affordances help maximize High Impact Practices (HIPs) for student learning within and beyond this classroom.


À¦°óSMÉçÇø is on land which has served and continues to serve as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. Teaching and Learning Services acknowledges and thanks the diverse Indigenous peoples whose footsteps mark this territory on which peoples of the world now gather. This land acknowledgement is shared as a starting point to provide context for further learning and action.

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