“Active Learning Classrooms invite faculty to demand more from students and make it easier for faculty to support students in achieving ambitious learning goals. Since opening Bruininks Hall, which houses ten Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs), nearly every undergraduate at the University of Minnesota has taken at least one course in an active learning space.”

Pioneered at the University of Delaware in the early 1990’s, the PBL pedagogical approach has continued to evolve in ways that influence how learning happens and how spaces for learning are planned on that campus. Why PBL? Learning begins with a problem. Planning for a new interdisciplinary science and engineering at U Delaware built on […]

SCALE-UP spaces are designed so teachers can combine separate activities like lecture, lab, and recitation into a single, unified learning experience to meet higher standards for student success as learners.