This link is to a document describing a 102 seat (17 groups of 6) active learning classroom I designed and we started to use this past January. http://cedric.mghihp.edu/v3/dlefile/getfile?id=5972998164383229 If you want additional information contact me directly. We did view an MIT Physics active learning classroom and some of their information is available at this site http://web.mit.edu/edtech/casestudies/teal.html. I also used information through Scale-Up. Denis Denis G. Stratford Chief Information Officer MGH Institute of Health Professions Charlestown Navy Yard 36 1st Avenue Boston, MA 02129 Office: (617) 724-6340 Fax: (617) 643-0890 www.mghihp.edu From: Team-Based Learning [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Larry Michaelsen Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 3:59 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Dimensions of the ideal TBL facility The three key features of an ideal room for TBL are that: 1) The accoustics must allow participants to hear each other during the discussion of teams' choices on the applications (i.e., during all-class discussions). ' 2) Team members must be able to see eabh others' eyes and hear each other while all of the teams are engaged in discussions during the team RATs and the first phase of applications. The most common mistake is having tables that are too large. In fact, some schools have invested millions of dollars in rooms in which TBL teams have to engage in discussions in the spaces between large (and high tech) tables. 3) There should be as little as possible distance between the teams so that students can see each other and hear across the teams. I think the ideal room configuration is slightly rectangular with two rows on a tier, individual rolling chairs and in a horseshoe shape The instructors location should be on the end so that the majority of the teams are facing each other (i.e., The room should be deep (not wide). Larry On Mon, May 21, 2012 at 9:40 AM, Bill Goffe <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote: Hugh - You probably should take a look at what some physics departments have done with their "Scale-Up" classrooms. I believe it started at North Carolina State, but has been repeated at a number of institutions. While the details of physics pedagogy are a bit different than TBL, working in groups and working together in a class are the same. See http://scaleup.ncsu.edu/ . Also, I was thinking that there was a journal of classroom design, but I couldn't find it in a quick Google search. - Bill > Hi All, > > > > We are in the process of designing a large facility for TBL. The facility > would encompass the entire class (approx 220 students). Thus far the > architects have come up with a room of rectangular proportions. We are > worried about the possible lack of `inter-connectedness' (for want of a > better phrase) of the teams in a rectangular room - can teams at one end > (or one corner) of the room have difficulty feeling and being a part of > the inter-team discussion? Is there any hard evidence that a room with a > square design would help with `inter-connectedness' (we'll need to back up > requests to the architects!)? > > I understand that many of us make TBL work in facilities that are > non-ideal, but theoretically what room proportions would you have if > money, practicalities etc were not issues? > > Many thanks in advance > > Hugh > > > > Hugh Clements-Jewery, PhD > > > Assistant Professor of Physiology > West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine > 400 N Lee Street > Lewisburg, WV 24901 > Office: +1-304-793-6822<tel:%2B1-304-793-6822> > Fax: +1-304-645-4859<tel:%2B1-304-645-4859> > > > > -- Bill Goffe Department of Economics SUNY Oswego, 416 Mahar Hall Oswego, NY 13126 315-312-3444<tel:315-312-3444>(v), 315-312-5444<tel:315-312-5444>(f) [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://cook.rfe.org -- ******************************* Larry K. Michaelsen, Professor of Management Dockery 400G, University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 660/429-9873 voice/cell phone, 660/543-8465 fax For info on: Team-Based Learning (TBL) <www.teambasedlearning.org<http://www.teambasedlearning.org>> Integrative Business Experience (IBE) <http://faculty.ucmo.edu/ibe/home.html> ******************************* The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the e-mail contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance HelpLine at http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in error but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and properly dispose of the e-mail.