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Research-Influenced Learning Spaces

A Principal's Reflections

Examples include altering the classroom layout, designing classroom displays differently, and choosing new wall colors (Barrett et al., There is also a free ASCD study guide aligned to the book that can be accessed HERE. Steelcase Education. Cited Sources Barrett, P., & & Zhang, Y. Salford, UK: Design and Print Group.

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To Get More Students to Office Hours, Colleges Rethink the Faculty Office

Edsurge

One of the most dramatic examples of rethinking the faculty office can be found at Cornell Tech, a new university under construction on Roosevelt Island in Manhattan, a joint venture between Cornell University and Technion–Israel Institute of Technology. The concept is called “hoteling,” explains Jeffrey J.

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What it's like to teach in an active learning classroom

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

and easy access to digital and analog learning tools including whiteboards, projectors, and power supplies. As most readers know, I spent the 2017-2018 academic year on sabbatical at Steelcase doing research on active learning spaces, which resulted in this comprehensive literature review paper co-authored with architect Anat Mor-Avi.