Since 2005, there has been increased focus on the design of teaching and learning spaces that better support students’ active engagement in their own learning. A key result has been the creation of the Teaching and Learning Spaces Working Group (TLSWG) by the Provost in 2006. Intended to create a vision for teaching and learning space development aligned with University directions, the working group establishes teaching and learning space principles and standards, identifies teaching and learning space needs, sets priorities and recommends funding for improvements to teaching and learning spaces at McGill.
This working group has recommended funding for over $8mnearly $12M of renovations and IT improvements to classrooms across campus since 2006. These projects have includeding multiple new Active Learning Classrooms designed for active and collaborative learning. In the 2011-2012 year, over 214 classrooms in 49 buildings across campus will bewere improved.
As of 2011, tThe University Teaching Labs Working Group (UTLWG) has also recently begun to fund improvements to teaching labs in order to improve discipline-specific spaces across campus.