- Provide instructors with a space to support emerging instructional technologies and instructional strategies
- Raise awareness through research and help inform learning spaces design
- Improve models of instructional technology which can be scaled to all classrooms
- Experiment with “smart” technologies through a collaboration with Dell Computers with a goal to improve the experience for the instructors and/or students
About the ALCOVE
Goals of the ALCOVE
Classroom details
Location: Bloomington campus, Woodburn Hall WH203.
Capacity: The student seating capacity is 30 and is currently designed with collaboration screens that will accommodate five groups of six students each.
The ALCOVE will be updated and upgraded at a faster pace than a typical classroom to meet the goal of informing technologies in other classrooms across all IU learning spaces. The space is designed to support a variety of instructional technologies, including digital whiteboards, collaboration screens, mobile technologies, and configurable furniture. Another part of the partnership between UITS Learning Spaces, instructors, and students is dedicated support—whether that be instructional design, rethinking lessons to include more active learning and technology integration, or training on the new technologies in the space.
What to expect when scheduled in the ALCOVE
Instructors scheduled in the ALCOVE:
- Will be given the opportunity to provide input on the design of classroom spaces
- Will be guaranteed a minimum of 2 consecutive semesters scheduled in the classroom (Fall-Spring, Fall-Fall, Spring-Spring, or Spring-Fall)
- Will participate in Focus Groups pertaining to the space and technologies within the space, where feedback from sessions will drive further development of the space
- Will provide a time for students to provide feedback in the form of a digital survey distributed near the end of the term
- Will be provided priority technology support
- Will be provided dedicated instructional support for integrating technologies and active learning strategies
- And more… as determined by the instructors teaching in the space
Sign up to teach in the ALCOVE
If you are interested in teaching in the ALCOVE, add your name to the ALCOVE waitlist and we will contact you as openings become available.
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