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Physically inhabiting new and different spaces

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Virginie Greene, Professor of Romance Languages and Literature, transfers the theme of her Freshman Seminar course, The Grail Quest of Marcel Proust, to the classroom by holding every class session in a different location around the Harvard campus or in...

Bringing the best parts of a seminar into larger courses

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When enrollment for seminar After Luther: Faith, Will, Law, and the Question of Goodness doubled last year, Michelle Sanchez, Assistant Professor of Theology, was concerned that the depth and quality of the connections—with and among students and the...

FLEXspace

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The Flexible Learning Environments eXchange – FLEXspace – is a robust, open access repository populated with examples of learning spaces.

7 Things you should know about collaborative learning spaces

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EDUCAUSE compiled the 7 Things you should know about collaborative learning spaces. The 7 Things You Should Know About... series from the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) provides concise information on emerging learning technologies. Each brief focuses...

The Physical Classroom Reconsidered

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HarvardX course GSE2x Leaders of Learning explores the notion via architectural case study that the physical classroom may play as important a role as the content.

Research: Pedagogy and Space: Empirical Research on New Learning Environments

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Students attending classes in the University of Minnesota's Active Learning Classrooms – characterized as student-centered, interactive, flexible, and active – exceeded final grade expectations relative to their ACT scores, suggesting that learning space...

Getting the most out of classroom space

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Melissa Franklin, Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics, rethought her teaching by rethinking her classroom. She created a flexible classroom, “the SciBox,” to encourage active learning, greater engagement, and student ownership.

Learning Spaces Week at Harvard

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Learning Spaces Week at Harvard convened June 8 – 11, 2015 with over 200 Harvard affiliates participating in an event similar to an academic scavenger hunt. Organized by the HILT Teaching and Learning Consortium.