Creating Collaborative Classrooms

L. Kay Abernathy – Assoc Prof Ed Leadership

Sheryl R. Abshire- Asst Prof Ed Leadership

Melissa Hudler – QEP Director

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.

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Lamar University Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement

Shared Voices from Three University Entities

Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement

ACES

Academic information Technology Committee

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Center for Teaching and Learning Enhancement

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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.

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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.

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Quality Enhancement Plan: The ACES Project

The Lamar University Quality Enhancement Plan, Active & Collaborative Engagement for Students (ACES), focuses on improving student learning in core and developmental courses by promoting active and collaborative learning.

ACES Project Focused on the core courses. Focused on enhancing faculty understanding

of the importance of active and collaborative

learning for student engagement. Focused on enhancing faculty skill at utilizing

innovative educational pedagogies.

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ACES Project

Faculty are chosen through a competitive process to serve as ACES Fellows and are committed to implementing active and collaborative teaching methods in their courses.

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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

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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

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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 - lkabernathy@lamar.edu Dr. Sheryl Abshire - sheryl.abshire@lamar.edu Dr. Steven Zani – steven.zani@lamar.edu Melissa Hudler – melissa.hudler@lamar.edu

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