688 Sherbrooke room 1265
Location
688 Sherbrooke Street West
Capacity
24 students
Alignment with Principles for Designing Teaching and Learning Spaces
Student Faculty Interaction
- Round tables (6 students), movable chairs
- Easy to move around room between tables
- Central movable podium (wireless keyboard and mouse controls instructor podium computer)
- Additional wall podium (where the computer is and the phone, etc…)
Active / Collaborative Learning & Enriched Educational Experiences
- 5 screens (1 SmartBoard, 4 projectors around room)
- 1 SmartBoard (new multi-touch board allowing you to use two hands to move objects)
- Each table has their “own” projector to work on – connections on each table allow groups to use their “own” projector
- Multiple sources
- Instructor podium computer (connected to SmartBoard)
- Document Camera
- Laptop connection
- Whiteboards surrounding room (nearly 3 full walls of whiteboard)
- Screen Sharing
- Can send SmartBoard to all 4 other projector screens
- Can easily allow students to use SmartBoard (or use wireless keyboard and mouse to control podium computer)
- Students can screen share without extra technology – the room is small enough to easily see all screens from anywhere in the room
- Low-tech videoconferencing
- Camera in corner of room can view entire room (and can be controlled by the instructor with a remote to zoom in, zoom out, etc..) acts as a webcam attached to instructor podium computer
- Can be used to bridge to another location with Skype, Adobe Connect, etc… allowing students to interact with external participants
Supportive Campus Environment
- Better zoning of lighting
- Natural light
- Subtle colours that indicate table groups
Further information about Active Learning Classrooms at McGill