Visioning Tomorrow’s Classrooms

Leanne ChunMarch 6, 2009Leeward Community College

GoalThis session will help you to develop ideas on how classroom design can facilitate teaching and learning.

Image from LCC Catalog 2005-06

Who are your students?

A Vision of Students Today

Traditional Learning Spaces

This is what an old fashioned,

one room classroom used

to look like.

Traditional Learning Spaces

This is what my current

classroom looks like.

Image from http://www.lander.edu/mathcis/faculty/MathCISImages/Laura_Lander_SMART_Classroom.jpg

Do you see any

similarities between the classrooms?

Do you see any

differences?

Classrooms today

University of Minnesota’s Classroom Laboratory

Let’s take a look at what a

redesigned classroom

space looks like.

Image from http://www.classroom.umn.edu/active-learn-room.asp

Image from http://www.classroom.umn.edu/active-learn-room.asp

Image from http://www.classroom.umn.edu/active-learn-room.asp

Trends in Education

Do you know the

trends occurring

in education?

1. Technology Rich Environments

2. New modalities for Teaching &

Learning

3. Flexible physical spaces

Stanford University Wallenberg Hall

Stanford University Wallenberg Hall

Stanford University Wallenberg Hall

University of Washington

University of Colorado

University of Colorado

Cabrini College Image from http://www.eypaedesign.com/project.php?subj=1&page=1&project=7

Lecture Halls

Are lecture

halls still being used?

Yes, but they are being

designed a bit

differently.

Oh, I see, they are being

designed with flexibility in mind also

Lecture Halls

Lecture Halls

Stanford University Wallenberg Hall

Classroom Layouts

Let’s take a look at a few

classroom layouts.

Classroom Layout

Southeastern Louisiana Universityhttp://www.ncsu.edu/PER/SCALEUP/Classrooms.html

Classroom Layout

University of Alabamahttp://www.ncsu.edu/PER/SCALEUP/Classrooms.html

Writing SurfacesWhat about

other aspects in the

classroom, like writing

surfaces and furniture?

Writing Surfaces

New York University

Writing Surfaces

Stanford University

Writing Surfaces

Stanford University

Furniture

Stanford University

Furniture

Stanford University

Quotes

“While it is difficult to build the perfect classroom, a flexible classroom comes close.” (Leiboff)

Classrooms should be conceived as spaces that can, should, and inevitably must change (within certain parameters) over time.  (Leiboff)

Discussion…

Let’s discuss various classroom designs