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Books and articles on new learning spaces

SCALE-UP
Describes the SCALE-UP Project which established '...a highly collaborative, hands-on, computer-rich, interactive learning environment for large, introductory college courses' at North Carolina State University.
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Beicher, R. (2006). North Carolina State University: SCALE-UP. In D. Oblinger & J. Oblinger (Eds.). Educating the net generation. Educause e-book.
Leading the transition from classrooms to learning spaces
'An active, collaborative teaching and learning philosophy is often manifested in a different design. Space can either enable - or inhibit - different styles of teaching as well as learning. A number of studies have linked learning spaces and course design with student achievement, mastery, and retention.' (p. 14)
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Oblinger, D. (2005). Leading the transition from classrooms to learning spaces. Educause Quarterly 28(1), 14-18.

What are new learning spaces?

New Learning Spaces are designed to increase active learning and to support a more student-centred approach to teaching and learning. While new learning spaces vary in their exact characteristics, they typically are:

carefully planned to facilitate interactions between teams of students;
designed to allow for flexible use and arrangement of furniture;
constructed to enable the teacher to both teach and facilitate the class from anywhere in the room; and
technology enabled to encourage active learning.

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Interactive teaching methods significantly improved student attendance and doubled both engagement and learning in a large physics class compared to another class undertaking the same course through 3 hour traditional lectures.

The University of British Columbia (2011, May 12). Interactive teaching methods double learning in large undergraduate physics class: UBC research.