Active Learning Classrooms

Frey Hall 119 is an advanced-technology General Purpose Classroom located within Frey Hall. 

Room Capacity: 192

Furniture: Small tables for groups of 6

Equipment:: Each table has power and a sharable screen. Whiteboards and huddle boards are also available. Wireless microphones and an instructor's station fixed at the middle of the room. The instructor's station is equipped with a SMART Podium that can push the instructor station or any of the other stations out to the 32 screens in the room. Instructors can also borrow a mobile laptop that has annotation capabilities. Instructions for using the technology in Frey 119 can be found in our Frey 119 Google Doc.

Suggested Activities: Case studies, group work, intimate collaborative classrooms, concept-driven interaction

HSC L2-101 offers  three LCD projectors controlled by a touch panel, windows along the back wall with electronic shades, and Node chairs that switch for left-handed students and easily move for active learning formats.  Students will have an opportunity to focus intently on case studies, group projects, or class-wide collaborations. Tablet armrest chairs are specially designed for comfort, quick rearranging, and personal technology devices.

Room Capacity: 45

Furniture: Moveable furniture, Node chairs with extra storage, chairs with tablets, a divisible wall that can split the classroom in three, windows on the back wall

Equipment: Three LCD projectors controlled by a touch panel

Suggested Activities: Case studies, group work, intimate collaborative classrooms, concept-driven interaction

HSC L2-310 Active Learning Classroom hosts up to 80 students in a tiered, circular format perfect for interactive lectures and discussions. With LCD projectors up front, and white boards surrounding the entire room, students will be able to shift from lecture to collaboration with a simple turn of their chair. Huddleboards (desktop sized whiteboards) fuel partnership and consultation, while the larger whiteboards provide opportunities for consensus building and collaborative problem solving.

Room Capacity: 80

Furniture: Fixed and Flexible; tables, chairs, and tablet armchairs

Equipment: Echo360 capable, Vaddio Bridge, fully digital Crestron DM control system, Windows 10 computer, keyboard and mouse in slide-out tray, SMART Monitor, VGA w/ 3.5mm Audio, HDMI, USB, Two 110V receptacles, dual projection 16:9 screens, dispersed speakers throughout room in ceiling tiles, Sony Blu-ray player, Solstice

Suggested Activities: Case studies, group work, intimate collaborative classrooms, concept-driven interaction

HSC L3-159 &  HSC L3-171 offer movable tables and chairs so students will have an opportunity to focus intently on case studies, group projects, or class-wide collaborations. 

The HSC L4W-MART 0101 (A, B, C) is truly flexible. Divided by power, key-operated moveable walls, the room can be set up in three different configurations:

• As one very large room (0101+ 0101A+ 0101B)

• As two large rooms (0101+0101A, 0101B)

• As two small rooms and one large room (0101,0101A, 0101B)
  
  

Room Capacity: Can be used fully open; Split (A+B, C); or as three individual rooms:

• A: 40
• B:47
• C: 87
• A, B: 87
• A, B, C: 174

Furniture: Individual desks

Equipment: ECHO capable in 0101 & 0101B; CISCO VTC Codec in 0101 & 0101B; Vaddio Bridges in 0101 & 0101B; Crestron DMPS; fully digital touch panel control in front of each room; WINDOWS ONLY boot Mac Mini, keyboard and mouse in credenza drawer; 65" Touchscreen TVs, 42" TVs, 16:9 Projectors; VGA and HDMI ports on wall plate on credenza; 1/8" audio jack on wall plate, dispersed audio in ceiling; Solstice

Suggested Activities: Case studies, group work, intimate collaborative classrooms, concept-driven interaction

In Melville Library N-3033, students will have an opportunity to focus intently on case studies, group projects, or class-wide collaborations. With no true "center" in this classroom, the technology and collaborative equipment are distributed evenly throughout the class. Every wall is equipped with collaboration-ready LCDs, installed whiteboards, and moveable furniture that makes group work, rearranging, changing focus, and  redirecting student activities a breeze.

Room Capacity: 26

Furniture: Moveable furniture, tablet arm chairs

Equipment: Surround LCDs/Monitors/Whiteboards (all four walls)

Suggested Activites: Case studies, group work, intimate collaborative classrooms, concept-driven interaction

Amp up your lecture game in Melville Library W-4535, which offers tiered seating designed to increase engagement in discussions and lectures. Bright and airy, this classroom features two LCD projectors up front and a wall-length whiteboard in the back of the room. With two focus stations and nimble, moveable furniture, students can divide their efforts and attention to either side of the room, and quickly reconvene for group discussion.  Tablet armrest chairs are specially designed for comfort, quick rearranging, and personal technology devices.

Room Capacity: 48

Furniture: Tablet arm chairs in the front, tiered tables raised in the back with moveable chairs, many windows

Equipment: Two LCD screens in the front/Long whiteboard in the back

Suggested Activities: Discussion-centered lectures, team activities, group collaborations, and focus groups

Harriman 206 is a dynamic and flexible learning environment that is designed to facilitate collaborative work and boost student engagement. The space features moveable furniture that can be easily rearranged to support many different active learning activities. Multiple whiteboards can be found around the room that can also be positioned around the classroom to allow for student brainstorming, group work, interactive lessons, and more.

Room Capacity: 40

Furniture: Moveable furniture

Equipment: Screen with HDMI input, whiteboards

Suggested Activties: Discussion-centered lectures, team activities, group collaborations, and focus groups

Javits 106 is an advanced-technology general purpose classroom located within Javits lecture hall. This classroom is designed to accommodate up to 60 students in set tables that allow for groups of six students at each table. This, coupled with large LCD screens at the end of each table, promotes collaborative group activities as well as interactive learning experiences. Additionally, there are also LCD screens positioned around the classroom as well as a large screen at the front of the classroom which are all interconnected through Solstice. This allows faculty to push content from the main screen to the individual screens around the space and vice versa, which allows for the seamless sharing and discussion of course materials and resources.

Room Capcity: 60

Furniture: Sets of tables for groups of 6

Equipment: Each table has power and a sharable screen with Solstice, faculty can push content to all of the sharable screens and/or the main screen using the touch button system. Please visit DoIT's Touch Button System Classroom page for more information.

Suggested Activites: Discussion-centered lectures, team activities, group collaborations, and focus groups, case studies, group work, intimate collaborative classrooms, concept-driven interaction