教育思考：西部大学的主动教学空间（wals）-- 主动教学之“通用护照”（英文）.pdf

TEACHING SUPPORT CENTRE WESTERN UNIVERSITY NUMBER 71, AUTUMN 2014 WALS (Western Active Learning Space): A PaSsPorT to Active Learning BY WENDY A. CROCKER AND STEPHANIE OLIVER, TEACHING SUPPORT CENTRE mid the usual excitement and expectations that a return to school Abrings, Western students can look forward to learning in a new classroom environment this year. Imagine a classroom where space, technology, and active learning pedagogy come together seamlessly to support the best possible teaching and learning experience. That classroom is here at Western in UCC 66, and it is a new iteration of the traditional General Use (GU) classroom space. What is WALS? Figure One: WALS in UCC 66 featuring seating for group work, interactive white boards, wheeled While the construction of an active learning “huddle boards”, and an observation room for conducting research classroom had been discussed for several years, the plan became a reality in 2013 Teaching Support Centre have collaborated wirelessly to the technology in the space when a Productivity Innovation Grant from to create Western’s first GU active learning using their own Mac or PC laptops, tablets, the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and space. WALS is the first classroom of its and smartphones. In WALS, technology Universities was realized and matched by kind at Western that enables teachers and becomes another tool for deep learning. In funds from Western. Since November 2013, learners to choose from a range of features the words of Chickering and Gamson (1987): a committee comprised of representatives to promote interaction for deeper learn