{"id":213,"date":"2019-03-10T13:23:57","date_gmt":"2019-03-10T17:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/?page_id=213"},"modified":"2019-03-28T13:27:05","modified_gmt":"2019-03-28T17:27:05","slug":"active-learning-physics-labs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/active-learning-physics-labs\/","title":{"rendered":"Active Learning Physics Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong><a class=\"link-to-img\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4937_new-lab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-237 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4937_new-lab-800x513.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4937_new lab\" width=\"467\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4937_new-lab-800x513.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4937_new-lab-768x493.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4937_new-lab-1200x770.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4937_new-lab.jpg 1278w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/a>The Physics active learning teaching labs are the first generation of active learning classrooms to be built at Dawson. Both rooms transformed exisitng teacher-centered labs into student-centred learning spaces. <\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Dawson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/physics\/\">Physics Department<\/a> has 2 active learning teaching labs (out of a total of 4 labs) and the design is a hybrid that combines features from the physics labs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\/homepage\/103\/physics_and_astronomy\">Dickinson College<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/web.mit.edu\/edtech\/casestudies\/teal.html\">M.I.T. (TEAL)<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The main features of these rooms include: <\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>modular, half-hexagon-shaped tables that can be rearranged into multiple orientations for a variety of instructional and learning needs (see below).<\/li>\n<li>In the most common room arrangement, students sit at hexagonal &#8220;pods&#8221; forming a horse-shoe shape around the perimeter of the room. Each pod consists of two half-hexagonal tables and each is connected to a thrid half-hexagonal table where computers and data input systems are located:\n<ul>\n<li>There is minimal depth to the room &#8211; that is, no student is ever more than one student away from the instructor;<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"EN-US\">The tables are large enough to accommodate the physics lab equipment and computers while to being small enough to let groups interact easily<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li>There is a large open space in the middle of the room that is useful for moving about the room, for physics demonstrations that require open space, and for activites such as testing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arduino.cc\">Arduino<\/a> robots or <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceontourne.com\">Science On Tourne<\/a> competition entries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The instructor has a combination of writing spaces (two SMART Boards in one room and a SMART Board &amp; blackboard combination in the other) that can be projected into the corners of the room so that all students can easily see the presentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>A brief history of the planing and design process:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Spring 2007:<\/strong> The Dawson Physics Department begins to consider renewing lab spaces and lab equipment after the underfunding of Science lab spaces was identified as an issue.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Fall 2007:<\/strong> A physics department committee is established to consider modernizing labs to make them more effective.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Summer 2008:<\/strong> Three physics faculty and two lab technicians visit teaching labs at Harvard, MIT, and Dickinson College to see what other institutions have done to modernize their labs.<\/li>\n<li>Fall &amp; Winter 2008: A series of lab modernization documents are developed and approved by the department that create a prioritized list of affordances for renovated lab spaces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>April 2009:<\/strong> The Department unanimously approves detailed plans for the renovation of 2 out of 4 teaching labs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Summer 2009:<\/strong> Renovation work takes place in 2 of 4 teaching lab spaces.<\/li>\n<li><strong>August 2009:<\/strong> The first classes are held in 2 renovated teaching labs<\/li>\n<li><strong>Summer 2010:<\/strong>\u00a0Based on feedback from faculty, the room arrangement in one of the rooms is altered slightly by moving the &#8220;front&#8221; of the classroom from the short end of the room to the long side of the room.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Lessons Learned from the planning &amp; design process:<\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/lessons-learned-from-lab-reno-short-for-website.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lessons learned from lab reno &#8211; ppt slides<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Default Room Layout<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><a class=\"link-to-img\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.04.20-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-227\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.04.20-PM-800x419.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-03-02 at 2.04.20 PM\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.04.20-PM-800x419.png 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.04.20-PM-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.04.20-PM-1200x629.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.04.20-PM.png 1645w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Photos<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><a class=\"link-to-img\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4939.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4939-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"DSCN4939\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4939-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4939-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4939-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/DSCN4939.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Half-hexagonal table design (custom)<\/h2>\n<a class=\"link-to-img\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-10-at-1.22.01-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-445\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-10-at-1.22.01-PM-693x640.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-03-10 at 1.22.01 PM\" width=\"693\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-10-at-1.22.01-PM-693x640.png 693w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-10-at-1.22.01-PM-768x709.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-10-at-1.22.01-PM.png 926w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Alternative room layouts<\/strong><\/h2>\n<a class=\"link-to-img\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-229\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM-800x418.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-03-02 at 2.07.30 PM\" width=\"800\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM-800x418.png 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM-1200x627.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.30-PM.png 1203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<a class=\"link-to-img\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.10-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-230\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning-classroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.10-PM-800x418.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2019-03-02 at 2.07.10 PM\" width=\"800\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.10-PM-800x418.png 800w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.10-PM-768x402.png 768w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.10-PM-1200x627.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/83\/Screen-Shot-2019-03-02-at-2.07.10-PM.png 1203w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Physics active learning teaching labs are the first generation of active learning classrooms to be built 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Both rooms transformed exisitng teacher-centered labs into student-centred learning spaces. &nbsp; The Dawson Physics Department has 2 active learning teaching labs (out of a total of 4 labs) and the design is a hybrid that combines&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-213","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":477,"href":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/213\/revisions\/477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca\/active-learning\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}