Verb Active Media Table Activates Large Classrooms
The Verb Active Media Table houses built-in, retractable media to bridge the gap between students, instructors and content.
A Steelcase Education Customer Story: Xi’an Liangjiatan International School
Xi’an Liangjiatan International School (XLIS) partnered with Steelcase Education, embracing active learning to create an environment where students thrive, forming a new age for international schools in China. Read full article
Connection, Diversity, Mobility: A New Age for International Schools in China
FIRST IMPRESSIONS Xi’an is a city with diversity at its roots. Located at the start of the old Silk Road,
The Effects of a Stimulating Learning Environment
A dynamic and constantly changing reality requires adaptation and change in educational approaches: the student is no longer to be seen as a passive receptacle for knowledge, but as an active participant in the construction of knowledge.
Active Learning Centers Impact Education
After reimagining the classroom, 12 educational institutions find that their Active Learning Centers result in enhanced collaboration and supported instructor-led changes in pedagogy among other positive outcomes.
CATS College Cambridge
Recognizing the critical interdependency of pedagogy, technology and the spatial environment for successful active learning, in 2013 CATS Cambridge began planning for a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility.
New Tools for a New Future
India has been straining for years to reach an ambitious goal of educating all of its children, but is still struggling with low engagement in the classroom and a high dropout rate. Resources and ideas from countries with similar goals could help.
University of Florida Focuses on Active Learning
The LearnLab was the first of the two spaces to be created and it helped pave the way for the AHA! space, but it faced an initial challenge: UF’s need — as at all institutions of higher education — to hold down the amount of real estate allocated per student.
The Newmark School Adds Flexible Space
The Newmark School is focused on providing a positive learning environment for its special needs students. Administrators, teachers and parents are focused on environments that are flexible, comfortable, high-tech, and optimistic for their students. See how they are using space as a strategic tool to help students reach their full potential.
Stanford d.school Aids Design Thinking
The d.school’s philosophy holds that space, furniture, tools, and technology are integral to pedagogy. Students are encouraged to display their ideas and work in progress. See how they use their space to promote behaviors critical to design thinking, such as empathy and experimentation.
Teaching the Teachers
Ohalo College in Katzrin, Israel, takes an innovative approach to space, pedagogy and technology to educate a new generation of teachers, putting it at the leading edge of faculty development and training.
Teaching the Teachers
Ohalo College in Katzrin, Israel, takes an innovative approach to space, pedagogy and technology to educate a new generation of teachers, putting it at the leading edge of faculty development and training.