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SMART CLASSROOM SMART CLASSROOM PEDAGOGYPEDAGOGY

Dr Pandeli Glavanis (Associate Director, CLT)

Mr Omar Heshmat (Multimedia Specialist, CLT)

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WHY SMART CLASSROOMS?

• PEDAGOGYPEDAGOGY• LEARNING TECHNOLOGIESLEARNING TECHNOLOGIES• LEARNING SPACESLEARNING SPACES

THREE SIDESTHREE SIDES

OF THE SAME TRIANGLEOF THE SAME TRIANGLE

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PEDAGOGY

LEARNINGSPACES LEARNING

TECHNOLOGIES

STUDENTLEARNING

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THE LAST 30 YEARSTHE LAST 30 YEARS• PEDAGOGY (the art of teaching)PEDAGOGY (the art of teaching)• LEARNING SPACES (classrooms); andLEARNING SPACES (classrooms); and• LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (smart classroomsLEARNING TECHNOLOGIES (smart classrooms)

HAVE DRAMATICALLY CHANGED

AND

AFFECT THE WAY WE LEARN

AND TEACH

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PEDAGOGYPEDAGOGY

SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT

“more effective ways to facilitate learning than traditional teaching

– lecturing”INSTEAD FOCUS ON

“students learn by doing”

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LEARNING TECHNOLOGIESLEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

• 1977 (28 years ago) Apple & Tandy computers

• Average age of current students: • 22/24 years

• For our students computers have always existed

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LEARNING SPACESLEARNING SPACES

• REFLECT CHANGES IN PEDAGOGY AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES

• AWAY FROM LECTURE THEATRES

TOWARDS• SEMINAR ROOMS; AND • FELXIBLE FORMATS

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EXPECTATIONSEXPECTATIONS

“students and their parents who pay for their education, expect

classrooms to perform and look more like professional business

environments”

Robert Lucletti

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LEARNING SPACES THAT INTEGRATE

TECHNOLOGY

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LEARNING SPACES THAT

INCORPORATE FLEXIBILUTY

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SynchronEyes SMART Notebook

TWO EXAMPLES

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THANK THANK YOUYOU