Duke Teaching and Learning Center
Architect’s rendering of Help Desk, informal collaboration spaces, and classrooms [Larger image]
Architect's rendering of classroom with attached group breakout space [Larger image]
Other information:
Preliminary list of courses scheduled for Fall 2008
"New teaching and learning spaces at Duke" (CIT Showcase 2008 Presentation)
In Fall 2008, the Duke Teaching and Learning Center ("The Link") is scheduled to open in the Perkins Library Lower Level. The Link will offer a dynamic space to support student and faculty learning, teaching, and collaboration. Technology-enhanced classrooms and group study spaces have been particularly designed to accomodate collaborative work and project-based learning activities. The Teaching and Learning Center will include:
- Six classrooms (5 rooms with 24-30 student capacity and one larger classroom seating 46)
- Four seminar rooms (15-20 seats)
- Eleven group study rooms (6-10 seats)
- Informal spaces for collaboration, individual work and kiosk-style computing
- Ready access to library resources and services
- On-site Help Desk providing classroom support, training, and equipment for faculty and students
This space is designed for faculty and students whose courses and learning activities would include:
- Collaborative activities, including those requiring breakout rooms for small group meetings during class or groupwork outside of class time
- Remote guest-speakers via interactive videoconferencing
- Simultaneous projection of multiple documents or images
- Close proximity to library resources and services
- Furniture that is easily reconfigured for different seating formats
All classrooms will offer furniture that can be easily configured into flexible seating arrangements as well as a standard set of presentation technologies (such as LCD projectors and flat panel displays). Classroom, seminars, and break-out rooms within The Link are designed to encourage pedagogical experimentation with existing and emerging technologies.
Some classrooms will offer special design and equipment features to support faculty experimentation and dynamic teaching, including:
- Attached space for breakout groups
- Access to mobile equipment including tablet PCs, Mac iBooks, student response system ("clickers")
- Audio/video recording capabilities to capture and review classroom activities
- The ability to project from multiple sources at once
- Built-in videoconferencing
More details about the types of instructional activities supported in The Link. A centrally located Help Desk will be equipped to provide support for routine and high-end classroom technologies and will offer equipment loans to support the use of student response systems, tablet PCs, and other mobile interactive technologies. Classes will be scheduled in these new spaces beginning in the Fall 2008 semester (see a preliminary list of Fall 2008 classes).
