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Active Learning Classroom Guide

This guide was created to serve as a resource for library staff, faculty, students, staff, and visitors using the Active Learning Classroom in Bell Library.

Bell Library Active Learning Classroom Information

 

This image shows the Active Learning Classroom, room 126 from the main doors.

 

The Bell Library Active Learning Classroom is located in room 126 on the library's first floor in the Learning Commons Area. 

The Active Learning Classroom is an instructional space designed to facilitate active, collaborative learning experiences and support multiple instructional modalities, including hybrid. The Active Learning Classroom's layout and furniture are designed to seat a total of 42 students in table configurations optimized for small-group work and content sharing from multiple student devices.

STUDENT CHECK-IN with STARFISH

Students attending librarian-led or faculty-led classes, events, or tutoring in the Active Learning Classroom are encouraged to check-in using the STARFISH app. Active Learning Classroom student workers are trained to assist with the check-in process.

This image shows a view of the Active Learning Classroom from the Seminar area.

Room Capacity, Features, & Spaces

  • Seats 42 students
  • 1 "reception area" on the left side of the main door where Active Learning Classroom Student workers are based.
  • Instructor podium with computer and touchscreen monitor.
  • 1 instructor microphone (broadcasts to room speakers) and 7 table microphones (broadcasts to Zoom or Teams calls) for hybrid Zoom or Teams and in-person classes.
  • 2 teaching areas - 6 pod configurations for group work, 1 seminar area with whiteboard wall
  • 1 student table can seat 5 (or more) students; the seminar area is equipped with 12 seats.
  • 7 rolling whiteboards
  • 2 mobile charging tables

Laptops and Devices in the Active Learning Classroom

The Active Learning Classroom is a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) space and does not have a computer for each student, unlike a traditional computer lab. 

If you are teaching or attending a class in the Active Learning Classroom, you have a few options for checking out a laptop if you do not have a device to bring.

This image depicts the ViewSonic board and the laptop cart inside the Active Learning Classroom. The laptop cart contains 30 laptops for student use in the ALC.Active Learning Classroom Laptop Checkout

Faculty reserving the Active Learning Classroom for librarian-led and faculty-led classes now have the option to reserve up to 30 laptops for students in the Active Learning Classroom. Please indicate your preference to opt for laptops and upload your class roster to enable checkout on the Library Instruction Request Form.


Bell Library Laptop Kiosks

A limited amount of laptops (24 laptops total) are available for 3 hour check out at two laptop lending kiosk stations. Students attending a session in the Active Learning Classroom can check out kiosk laptops with a swipe of their SandDollar$ ID. Or faculty may choose to check out laptops for student use.

 Kiosk 1 (12 laptops) is located on the 1st floor right outside of the Daily Read Cafe.

Kiosk 2 (12 laptops) is located on the 2nd floor near the Immersive Reality Lab (IRL). 

 

 

This image shows a table computer in the Active Learning Classroom. Students can log in with their IslandId to use this computer if needed.

 

 

Each one of the Active Learning Classroom's student tables have a single computer with a large adjustable monitor, keyboard, and mouse that students without devices can share.

Log in to these computers with your IslandID and password the same way you log into library and computer lab computers on campus. 

There are also charging devices at each student table to continue working uninterrupted while ensuring devices remain powered.