“At first I was overwhelmed by the sheer size of the group, I am not used to teaching an interactive class with fifty students. But then I realised the shape of the room itself could be changed, and students were able to work in groups and still interact as a whole class. The tables could be moved and they could still see what was going on with the multiple Teamboards.” (Teacher comment from the Lectorial Report, 2010)

The Business Academic Development Group produced the following video case studies of Sarah Holdsworth and Arthur Shelley who have been teaching in next generation learning spaces.

Sarah Holdsworth is a Lecturer at the School of Property Construction and Project Management entering the third year of her involvement with collaborative learning spaces. Sarah teaches about 240 undergraduate students in four groups of 60 for three hour blocks each week. She describes the blocks as a workshop/lectorial.

Arthur Shelley is an Adjunct Lecturer at the Graduate School of Business and Law. Arthur teaches class sizes of about 30 to 40 and has fine-tuned his teaching approach to the learning spaces available in Building 13.

It is important to discuss your class with others teaching in your program. What are they doing? What assessment have they set? Is my assessment different or should it be? How are they enabling students to learn?

Meet your colleagues often and share ideas.