Classroom Design Articles
Please note: Some of these articles are open access and some are restricted. Please contact your library for access to restricted articles below if you do not have access through Mesa Community College.
- Flexible Learning Spaces: The Integration of Pedagogy, Physical Design, and Instructional TechnologyRestricted: MEID and password required.
Paper discusses the redesign of a classroom into a flexible learning space.
Citation:
Neill, Stern, and Rebecca Etheridge. "Flexible Learning Spaces: The Integration Of Pedagogy, Physical Design, And Instructional Technology." Marketing Education Review 18.1 (2008): 47-53. Education Research Complete. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. - Designed for LearningRestricted: MEID and password required.
Paper discusses the variety and flexibility of different learning spaces.
Citation:
Magney, Tammy, and Kim Sorenson. "Designed For Learning." American School & University 83.6 (2011): 26-29. ERIC. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. - Space Strategies for the New Learning LandscapeArticle written by Shirley Dugdale who visited our campus back in December 2011
- Classroom Furniture: The Mod SquadFrom Campus Technology
This is a first article in a six part series on the elements of a collaborative classroom: furniture, social media, video/web conferencing tools, collaborative software, interactive devices and mobile devices. - Designing Spaces for Active LearningPublished in InformeDesign
Paper discusses active learning spaces, furnishings and using flexible design with innovative use of technology. - Library Classroom Renovated as an Active Learning ClassroomRestricted: MEID and password required.
This paper discusses the process of redesigning the University of Iowa's Main Library classrooms into "active learning" spaces.
Citation:
Soderdahl, Paul A. "Library Classroom Renovated As An Active Learning Classroom." Library Hi Tech 29.1 (2011): 83-90. Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. - Beyond Classroom Construction and DesignRestricted: MEID and password required.
This article discusses two remodeling projects that focused on research, learning, group and private settings in libraries.
Citation:
Beth S. Woodard, et al. "Beyond Classroom Construction And Design." Reference & User Services Quarterly 44.4 (2005): 296-300. Academic Search Premier. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. - The Community College Classroom Environment: Student PerceptionsRestricted: MEID and password required.
Paper discusses the results of a qualitative case study that investigated how community college students perceived specific classroom attributes as contributing to or hindering their learning.
Citation:
Veltri, Sandra, James H. Banning, and Timothy Gray Davies. "The Community College Classroom Environment: Student Perceptions." College Student Journal 40.3 (2006): 517-527. Academic Search Premier. Web. 19 Apr. 2013. - Designing Schools for the 21st CenturyArticle discusses school design and how it is changing in response to community needs.
Citation:
Brubaker, C. W. (1999, November). Designing schools for the 21st century. Principal, 79.2, 14-18.
Web Sources
All of the articles and resources linked below are open access:
- Pedagogy and Space: Empirical Research on New Learning EnvironmentsGreat article from Educause Quarterly on learning spaces and how they contribute to student learning outcomes.
- TILE classrooms at the University of IowaTILE classroom model (Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage) - Note the round tables used in the Library Classroom. Educause article.
Design Trends
The following links will take you to websites of various institutions that have initiated learning space design projects:
- SCALE-UP at NCSUClassrooms at NC State University.
The primary goal of the Student-Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs (SCALE-UP) Project is to establish a highly collaborative, hands-on, computer-rich, interactive learning environment for large-enrollment courses. - TILE - University of IowaThe TILE (Spaces to Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage) program will create new learning space structures that address a variety of teaching and learning needs on campus and helps to recruit and retain students.
- TEAL at MITTechnology-enabled active learning is a teaching format that merges lectures, simulations, and hands-on desktop experiments to create a rich collaborative learning experience. By the fall of 2005, TEAL will be used for almost all MIT introductory physics instruction.