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Do you have ideas—big or small—about how Sloan could improve the teaching and learning experience? We invite you to explore the examples below of innovations in teaching and learning in these contexts:
Think about Sloan’s classrooms and any conference rooms where classes take place. Consider the layout, ergonomic factors, the teaching table, the in-room technology, or any other aspect of the room that’s on your mind.
Looking for a conversation starter? Consider these examples of classroom layouts, resources, and technology in contexts and institutions outside MIT Sloan.
| Description | Example Imagery |
| Maybe you want it to be easier for students to talk together in small groups. You’d like to have more small group collaboration spaces. Examples of this kind of space include E62-221 and E62-233 at MIT Sloan. This photo shows a classroom at Harvard Business School where students sit together at small tables.
Image source: https://www.fastcompany.com/1837706/harvard-business-school-facebook-age |
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| You can also have small group spaces in tiered classrooms. This example is at the Loughborough Design School in the UK.
Image source: https://burwellarchitects.com/learn/connect-seating |
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| Maybe you want it to be easier for students to collaborate using physical whiteboards in the classroom. Whiteboards are great for the kinds of collaborative activities many classes did in Google Docs last year.
Image source: https://medium.com/@wiux/wiux-whiteboarding-workshop-recap-a806650b66d9 |
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| Maybe you want there to be spaces where students can easily divide up for in-person and hyflex collaboration. It might be helpful to have dedicated spaces for in-person breakout rooms.
Image source: https://www.red-thread.com/workspace-interiors/collaborative-learning-spaces-higher-ed/ |
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| Maybe you’d like classrooms to accommodate lots of different kinds of activities (including lectures and group work). You might want chairs and tables that are easily moveable. Examples of spaces with easy-to-move tables and chairs include E62-221 and E62-233 at MIT Sloan. This photo shows a classroom at Stanford University.
Image source: https://lts.stanford.edu/classrooms |
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| Maybe you want to there to be more ways to share visual content in the classroom.
For example, you might want a display wall like this one at Stanford. Image source: https://lts.stanford.edu/classrooms/advanced-resource-classrooms |
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| Or this one at Harvard.
Image source: https://hwpi.harvard.edu/eps-visualization-research-laboratory/research-and-teaching |
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Maybe you want it to be easy for students to
To enable either of these activities, you might want classrooms to have multiple small displays (like this room at California State). Image source: https://mytechdecisions.com/project-of-the-week/interactive-classroom-technology-csulb/ |
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| Maybe you want students to be able to be able to physically interact with on-screen content while they’re in the classroom. That could mean having interactive displays, or large touchscreens, in the classroom. Here’s one at James Madison University.
Image source: https://www.jmu.edu/coe/etmc/smartboard.shtml |
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| Or maybe you want remote students to be more visible in the classroom, like in this space at Harvard Business School.
Image source: https://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/tag/hbx/ |
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Let’s talk about digital tools for teaching and learning. These include things like Canvas, Zoom, Poll Everywhere, and Slack.
Looking for a conversation starter? Consider these examples of digital tools for teaching and learning.
| Description | Example Imagery |
| Maybe you’d like it to be easier for students to schedule team meetings—or for instructors to schedule one-on-ones with students. |  |
| Maybe you want students to be able to collaborate using virtual whiteboards. On a virtual whiteboard, you can’t run out of space and your work is easy to go back to later.
Image source: https://today.lafayette.edu/2020/11/08/miro-boards/ |
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| Maybe you think students really benefited from conversations in the Zoom chat last year. Now it would be great for students to be able to share questions and comments via chat when they’re in the classroom, too.
Image source: https://slack.com/blog/collaboration/slack-essentials-organize-your-work-and-conversations |
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| Maybe you’d like to tap into students’ intrinsic motivation with a game-like assessment system. You’d like a Canvas integration like Gradecraft where all your students start with zero points and then earn points by achieving specific course milestones.
Image source: https://www.commonsense.org/education/website/gradecraft |
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| Maybe you want to experiment with augmented reality or virtual reality inside or outside the classroom.
Image source: https://www.dbusiness.com/daily-news/augmented-reality-center-to-open-at-oakland-university-to-advance-manufacturing/ |
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Let’s talk about on-campus resources and services for instructors and students at MIT Sloan. These include study rooms, the Teaching Studio, the staff who provide course support, and the staff who support teaching and learning technologies.
Looking for a conversation starter? Consider these examples of possible on-campus resources and services.
| Description | Example Imagery |
| Maybe you want resources to support students in creating their own podcasts or videos. You’d like to have a student-focused recording space on campus.
Image source: https://www.unr.edu/journalism/our-school/labs-and-studios |
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| Maybe you want instructors to be able to record instructional videos or lead broadcast sessions in a full-service recording or broadcast studio with an onsite videographer.
Image source: https://www.chronicle.com/article/in-sign-of-the-times-for-teaching-more-colleges-set-up-video-recording-studios/ |
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| Maybe you find board writing helpful for teaching and learning about complex concepts. You’d like instructors to be able to record instructional videos in an on-campus lightboard studio.
Image source: https://sites.udel.edu/ats/udcapture/lightboard/ |
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| Maybe you’d like there to be additional support for designing and building course Canvas sites. Or you’d like instructors to have access to dedicated thought partners for discussing teaching strategies and course design. |  |
| Maybe you’d like to have more study rooms where hyflex teams can collaborate on class projects.
Image source: https://www.fastcompany.com/90583490/the-surprising-way-to-build-a-productive-organization-in-2021 |
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