For many of us, phrases such as "classroom" or "lecture hall" conjure memories of stiff, wooden chairs with ill-fitting desk attachments, endless pen and paper notes, and long-winded explanations from ...

Associate Teaching Professor Cecil Joseph remembers the first time he taught physics in one of UMass Lowell’s Technology ...

Have you recently visited a coffee bistro, restaurant or public library and noticed the comfortable settings being created to attract customers? What used to be places for quick stops are now becoming ...

This is the first segment in a three-part series of articles focused on classroom design. Each article in the series looks at a how schools are reinterpreting the traditional classroom for the 21st ...

As technology continues to play a pivotal role in classrooms, many schools are turning to active learning environments to effectively use technology to help engage students in learning. Join us on ...

While hundreds of peer-reviewed studies have concluded that students taught in an active learning environment are significantly more likely to outperform peers who are in classes taught more ...

Technology’s pivotal role in education can’t be denied, and it will remain a constant in classrooms. Many schools are turning to active learning environments to effectively use technology to help ...

Active Learning Classrooms (ALC) are student-centered spaces that support engagement, group collaborations and instructor-student interaction. The technology and seating arrangements in these rooms is ...

Active learning is not a new concept. Though coined by Bonwell and Eisen (1991), aspects of active learning can be found in studies by Piaget, Vygotsky, and Dewey*. Active Learning is a broad set of ...

Since William G. Jackson’s gift, we have been exploring options for a larger bring-your-own device (BYOD) active learning classroom. With help from Information Technology, the advice of a diverse ...

This is the first segment in a three-part series of articles focused on classroom design. Each article in the series looks at a how schools are reinterpreting the traditional classroom for the 21st ...