Active learning spaces offer many features to support teaching and learning, including furniture that encourages collaboration (e.g., round tables for group work, movable chairs for facilitating work in pairs or small groups) and numerous technological features (e.g., digital writing, screen-sharing facilities). However, these rooms are often new and different environments for many instructors, even those with experience in active learning. While they can offer important opportunities for teaching and learning, they also create unique challenges. In order to leverage these rooms' features to create opportunities for deep learning, instructors need to refocus their instruction to include and adapt active learning strategies. In this session, we'll explore and experience different types of successful active learning strategies (from the literature to multiple instructors at multiple institutions) and how to select and adapt those best suited to active learning spaces.
