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Creating Economy Active Learning Classrooms for IT Students

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Quentrese Cole,

Matthew Johnson,

Jesse EickholtAuthors Info & Claims

SIGITE '17: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education

Pages 77 - 82

https://doi.org/10.1145/3125659.3125682

Published: 27 September 2017 Publication History

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Active learning and active learning classrooms can enhance students' classroom performance and experience and the technology and collaborative nature of active learning classrooms are similar to what IT students can expect to encounter during their careers. One difficulty in providing more students with access to active learning classrooms is the cost associated with creating new spaces or retrofitting existing spaces. State-of-the-art active learning classroom designs, such as those showcased elsewhere in the literature, can easily cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to construct. In this work we describe the modification of an existing IT lab to create an economical active learning classroom. Our experience is that even with limited resources it is possible to create a productive space that students find helpful and that mimics state-of-the-art active learning classrooms. Also provided is an overview of the theoretical foundations of active learning classrooms and active learning and some preliminary results from the use of such a classroom for an introductory programming course.

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Index Terms

Creating Economy Active Learning Classrooms for IT Students
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. Collaborative learning
    2. Interactive learning environments
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Collaborative and social computing
    1. Collaborative and social computing systems and tools

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SIGITE '17: Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education

September 2017

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ISBN:9781450351003

DOI:10.1145/3125659

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Stephen Zilora
Rochester Institute of Technology, USA
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Broward College, USA
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Rochester Institute of Technology, USA

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SIGITE/RIIT 2017: The 18th Annual Conference on Information Technology Education and the 6th Annual Conference on Research in Information Technology

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Eickholt JJohnson MSeeling P(2021)Practical Active Learning Stations to Transform Existing Learning Environments Into Flexible, Active Learning ClassroomsIEEE Transactions on Education10.1109/TE.2020.300991964:2(95-102)Online publication date: May-2021
https://doi.org/10.1109/TE.2020.3009919
Eickholt JJogiparthi VSeeling PHinton QJohnson M(2019)Supporting Project-Based Learning through Economical and Flexible Learning SpacesEducation Sciences10.3390/educsci90302129:3(212)Online publication date: 9-Aug-2019
https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci9030212
Eickholt JGandy LSeeling PJohnson M(2019)Advancing Adoption of Active Learning Pedagogy via New Avenues of Research and Training2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028603(1-5)Online publication date: Oct-2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028603
Seeling PEickholt JHinton QJohnson M(2019)Low-Cost Active Learning Benefits for Introductory Computer Science Courses2019 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028587(1-4)Online publication date: Oct-2019
https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE43999.2019.9028587

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