Teaching Lab Design Trends Campus Planning & Real Estate
Curricular Trends Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL) Just-in-Time Learning Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Model-based reasoning “Scaffolding” Knowledge on display (reveals unknowns) Visual models Discovery-based Research-rich Group learning / collaboration “Pods” Sandbox Integrative thinking Cognitive flexibility No text books Interdisciplinary courses More topic courses Hands-on Science matters Creating community More faculty-faculty interaction More faculty-student interaction More major/non-major engagement Shared labs Sustainability Technology: Imaging Digital visualization Projection of live demos, powerpoint, 2D/3D objects Computers in labs
Design trends in and around the teaching lab Multi-purpose spaces Less wet functions Gathering spaces Bench layout for groups of four More open room layout Views into and out of lab Movable furniture Easily reconfigurable furniture More flexible seating arrangements Lounge spaces w/movable white boards Cool and modern display cases outside lab Data analysis rooms Shared teaching labs More whiteboard areas Flexible utilities More energy efficient Better use of day light Technology: Projection screens Wireless technology Smart board Remote conferencing Simulations Computers in labs “Plug and play” portable technology
Teaching Lab Remodel – Before & After Lots of visual obstructions and excessive storage More open layout and adequate storage
More flexible seating arrangements for group work
More flexible seating arrangements for group work
More flexible seating, accommodation of technology
Flexible furniture, Pods of four
Non-linear layout, better access to students
Multi-purpose space
Multi-purpose space, accommodation of technology
Multi-purpose space, accommodation of portable technology
Projection
Flexible utilities Portable equipment
Wider aisles – more access to students
Visibility/ “Science on display”
Data analysis room adjacent to lab
Reconfigurable furniture
“Knowledge on Display”/Wall-to-Wall Whiteboard
Shared Lab