Dan Gilbert Page Year One Experiences in Wallenberg Hall, Stanford University Dan Gilbert Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning

Dan Gilbert Page Key Points About Stanford’s Advanced Resource Classrooms Rationale must be clear to students and faculty: Why are we here? Good teaching becomes great; Bad teaching becomes awful A significant technical challenge conceptually and operationally is file management

Webster Rear-Projection Digital Whiteboards SmartPanel Control with DVD/VCR & Laptop Connection Video Cameras and Microphones 4 20-Student Experimental Classrooms

Dan Gilbert Page In-class Laptops with iSpace Software Wireless Network Videoconferencing

Dan Gilbert Page Huddleboards (Portable Lightweight Whiteboards) 2 CopyCams (Fixed Scanners to Capture Whiteboard Work)

Dan Gilbert Page Team Meeting Space Open to Public Whiteboards and CopyCam First Floor Breakout Spaces

Dan Gilbert Page 3 12’ Screens with iSpace Computers Flexible Seating for up to 50 Peter Wallenberg Learning Theater

Dan Gilbert Page Courses in Wallenberg Hall Classics History German Japanese Hebrew Mechanical Engineering Computer Science Public Policy Education Medical School Science, Technology, Society English Drama Linguistics Bioinformatics Biochemistry Cultural Anthropology Anthropological Sciences Management Sci. and Engineering

Dan Gilbert Page Poetry of Horace, Prof. Richard Martin Engaged entire class in single text Introduced web resources to students Compared student work

Dan Gilbert Page Poetry of Horace: Comparing Multiple Works Publicly Student Work (Huddleboards/Laptops) Original Poem (Class Website) Expert Commentary (Online/Class Reader) Professor Mediates Discussion

Dan Gilbert Page Bioinformatics Project Course, Prof. Russ Altman Lectures plus group-work World class remote guest speakers matched project topics Students shared models of complex data

Dan Gilbert Page Bioinformatics Project Course, Prof. Russ Altman

Dan Gilbert Page Bioinformatics Project Course

Dan Gilbert Page First-Year Hebrew, Dr. Vered Shemtov Quick Transitions from media to group work Extensive Use of audio, video, and web Experiments with class configuration daily

Dan Gilbert Page First-Year Hebrew

Dan Gilbert Page What’s Easily Exportable Now Leave the Lights On! –Use rear projection or invest in bright front projection –Eases transitions and encourages discussion Mobile Whiteboards and Furniture –Facilitates group work –Transition from whole class to breakout groups quickly Breakout Space Designated for Teams –Enables teamwork and discussion; its okay to be loud –Encourages interactions across disciplines - (i.e. Engineering class can share space with an English class)

Dan Gilbert Page Observations and Challenges File management is key technical challenge for faculty and students; USB drives and Course Management System are critical Social relationships impact technology usage –Students follow faculty lead and try to meet faculty expectations –Faculty/Instructors learn from and listen to each other across departments Flexibility in curriculum is as important as flexibility of space –New ideas inevitably pop up –In some cases, faculty explore concepts deeper using multiple representations

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