Technology Enhance Active Learning (TEAL)
"The Technology Enhanced Active Learning room brings a dedicated space designed to enable groups to work together on problems in a really good environment in a restructured way, it is going to need tutors to rethink the way they are teaching and designing their unit but you can definitely have a different dynamic of engaging the students in the material within the TEAL room."
Philip Brabazon
Senior Lecturer.
There are various benefit to using this specialist learning space.
- Collaborative learning - students working during class in small groups with shared laptop computers.
- Knowledge sharing - Personal response systems that stimulate interaction between students and lecturers.
- Coaching - Lecturers can act as coaches guiding and discussing with each groups about relevant ideas.
- Leadership - Lecturers gives a different member of the group an opportunity to lead each week and this student is responsible for presenting the findings to set problems.
It is necessary for academics to sort through information and resources before engaging with the TEAL room. The BaL Digital team can provide you with training, on how to use it and also help to tailor and redesign your Moodle units for getting the best learning experiences out of the TEAL room.
Here is an example of a practical use of this teaching room
Open partition features
72 max capacity room
2 main class screens
8 Team screens
Closed partition features
32 max capacity
1 class screen
4 team screens
Team table features
9 max capacity seating
3 computers
50 inches touch screen monitor
1 HDMI cable to mirror set problem to the team screen
Classroom step up
A member of the BaL Digital team will be available for 5-10mins, in the first two sessions to assist in the creating and adding of students and lecturers to an online cloud platform within Google drive folder. G-drive allows students to work simultaneously with each other using the team screen. Teams will need to initially set up their google drives before working.
For instructions on how to set-up a group google drive folder Click here
Team table features
9 max capacity seating
3 computers
50 inches touch screen monitor
1 HDMI cable to mirror set problem to the team screen
Room Booking
Booking this technological innovative space could be done via central timetabling or you could book this room for one-off sessions through Tracey Audin. Also feel free to contact us for any questions you may have as we are available to support you in ensuring you get the best out of this teaching space.