2. Sometimes All It Takes Is Some Tables and Chairs: Reports from Steelcase Active Learning Center Grant Winners

3. Presenters: Jay Rozgonyi Tricia Shepherd Beverly Bondad-Brown
Director of Academic Computing & Director of Learning Technologies, Fairfield University
Tricia Shepherd
Professor and Dept. Chair, St. Edwards University
Beverly Bondad-Brown
Director of Academic Technology, California State University Los Angeles

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5. Fairfield University About Us...
Located in Fairfield, CT – about 60 miles outside of New York City
4000 undergraduate / 1000 graduate
One of 28 Jesuit colleges
Founded in 1942
College of Arts & Sciences plus Business, Nursing, Engineering, & Graduate Education schools

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Canisius 9

11. Faculty Quotes…
“I would have to say that I love that everything is moveable. Doing group assignments, small group discussions, and one-on-ones are much easier. Also, if I want to form one big square, then I can also sit at the table with students. I am not just standing upfront. So, that gives me some flexibility. I think all those things all help develop a stronger learning community in the classroom as well.”

12. Faculty Quotes…
“I actually do like the televisions in each corner because it allows me to make the conversation that ‘this is not about me’, all eyes aren’t on me, and all eyes are up in different directions…. It’s not that I’m a sage on the stage but we’re all sages upon the same stage.”

13. Faculty Quotes…
“I know that students are happy in there because I hear them talking about it. So I think, if they walk into a positive space, that’s a good thing for me…. It makes me feel good walking in there, too.”

14. Faculty Quotes…
“It’s the most technology friendly classroom I’ve been in.”
“I think that kind of classroom just really encourages free thinking and experimentation.”
Canisius 9 “allows me to reimagine the instruction.”

15. Faculty Quotes… “This is the best teaching classroom I’ve been in.”
“Thanks, STEELCASE!”
100% of faculty who taught in Canisius 9 say they want to teach there again!

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17. One more thing…
Steelcase furniture (or other mobile furniture) is just one part of the story.
Mobile furniture with no front of the room
LOTS of whiteboards
SIMPLE classroom technology
“Push everything to the device”
Coordinated faculty development efforts around active and group-based learning
Meet students where they are in terms of technology use