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Rebecca
I use a variation of TBL in my EE circuits class. I love the UMass room,
great for TBL. The space I like best right now is u-shaped. There is no
back row. I walk around in the middle of the U or horseshoe, do a little
bit of lecturing, a few minutes at best. Then students work together on a
worksheet. They also have a before class (BC) assignment to get them ready
for the material. I can't handle more than about 18 students in this
configuration. I have used a space in which fixed chairs were replaced by
roll around chairs (bumper cars?). It can be hard to walk around, but it
certainly is versatile. When I have a class of 35 I end up with a room
with four lines of tables. I push apart the middle tables so that I have
easy access to anyone in the room. In any configuration I always do
worksheets and teams to talk to each other.
If you haven't seen it, here is a very nice paper on the value of active
learning.
http://www.pnas.org/content/111/23/8410.full
Tim Healy
Santa Clara U.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Rebecca Orr <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I have been using TBL for a couple of years, and have asked our college
> about the potential for remodeling a classroom specifically for TBL. I was
> particularly impressed by the classrooms shown in this video from UMass
> Amherst (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv3FFZ4l_iw). I am hoping that
> any of you that have been involved in a classroom remodel for TBL might be
> willing to share information as to what you have found to be the best
> decisions/features/purchases that you made in the process. Thanks in
> advance!
>
> Kind regards,
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> *Rebecca Orr, Ph.D.*
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> *Professor of Biology Collin College, Spring Creek Campus 972-516-5088
> <972-516-5088> http://iws.collin.edu/rorr <http://iws.collin.edu/rorr>*
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