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, > > *Rebecca Orr, Ph.D.* > > > > *Professor of Biology Collin College, Spring Creek Campus 972-516-5088 > <972-516-5088> http://iws.collin.edu/rorr <http://iws.collin.edu/rorr>* > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click here. > <https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1> > > Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on > the UBC IT website. > -- Tim Healy Professor of Electrical Engineering 408-554-5309 [log in to unmask] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the TEAMLEARNING-L list, please click the following link: https://lists.ubc.ca/scripts/wa.exe?SUBED1=TEAMLEARNING-L&A=1 Further information about the UBC Mailing Lists service can be found on the UBC IT website.