Teaching and Learning Technology Studio
Innovating the craft of teaching and learning:
The newly-renovated Teaching and Learning Technology Studio (05-A400), on the basement or A level of Wallace Library, supports collaborative thinking and the effective use of current technology in the classroom. With a wide array of equipment—such as tablet PCs, multi-image projection capability, and collaboration software—as well as flexible room furniture, faculty and staff can enjoy an enhanced, modern teaching environment.
The TLT Studio is a test-bed facility that showcases the synergy of RIT faculty and staff through experimental, participatory and sustainable teaching, learning and communication.
For more information on the TLT Studio renovation, read Classroom Renovation Leads to Innovation
Tours of the TLT Studio will be held every Friday in October from 2:30 to 4:00pm. Feel free to come see what all the excitement is about.
Previous courses that have used the TLT Studio:
Spring 2009
Clarence Burton Sheffield Jr.:
Art and Technology: From the Machine Aesthetic to the Cyborg Age (2039-443-01) This course uses the TLT Studio’s flexible seating design, clickers and multiple projection capability. Students will break into small groups for collaborative brainstorming of texts and to respond to questions and images viewed on the screens. The studio’s innovative environment is conducive to the course’s exploration of Art and Technology.
Xanthe Matychak:
Design Thinking and User Experience (1055-359-01) Students in this class expand their research vocabulary through using design-thinking to discover and develop remarkable ideas for products and services. Design-thinking techniques are qualitative as they take many of their cues from anthropology—how cultures evolve and how tools (or products) mediate human experiences.
Jake Noel-Storr:
Frontiers of Science II (1099-559-01) This class uses multiple projectors to increase student learning and develops students' science skills through technology-enabled creativity and innovation. Through interactive lab experiences, students become engaged in active learning. Collaborative learning and technology-rich project work cements and explains students' science learning.
Richard Doolittle:
Human Gross Anatomy (1001-462-01) This class uses the TLT studio’s multiple projectors and is investigating how to expand presentations to include different media. This allows students to see anatomical detail from varied perspectives and understand the structural details of the human body. The class also utilizes clickers and Tablet PCs to give students a chance to follow along but still provide input during presentations.
Neil Hair:
Internet Marketing (0105-772-71) This dynamic course uses a mixture of PowerPoint, web and Second Life demonstrations. Students also Twitter their responses to class questions and are involved in online polls. The TLT Studio allows for a more interactive and engaging environment that demonstrates the nature of the Internet and its marketing capabilities.
Jack Sanders:
Logic (0509441-01) This class utilizes Tablet PCs to facilitate students taking class notes, working on shared problem sets, and projecting solutions. The studio’s multiple projectors allow the instructor to share tablet solutions alongside relevant Web resources.
Deborah Colton:
Marketing Concepts (0105-761-71) This class uses Tablet PCs for brainstorming and group activities, multiple projectors for class presentations and clickers for voting during different activities. Students work in groups to develop presentations in class, applying concepts raised during discussion, and presenting their recommendations to the class.
Vincent Golphin:
New and Way New Journalism (0504-319-22) As a practice in literary journalism and blogging, this course uses the TLT studio's flexible workspace for group work. It also enhances the ability to share examples of digital journalism and student projects.
Usage policy:
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The Teaching and Learning Technology (TLT) Studio (05-A400) is operated and maintained by The Wallace Center. All requests to use the room must be submitted to the support group for approval.
For credit-bearing courses, the support team normally puts out a call for applicants two months before the start of each quarter. Applicants are notified of their status approximately one month before the start of that quarter. Criteria for selection include: (1) creative ideas for using the room and its equipment, (2) knowledge of learning-centered pedagogies and technologies, and (3) potential for contributions to research and innovation in technology-enhanced learning spaces.
After credit-bearing courses have been scheduled for the upcoming quarter, the support group will consider requests for one-time and/or non-credit uses of the TLT Studio in that quarter. These requests, which will be evaluated according to the above criteria, should be submitted to support team coordinator Damon Betlow at debetc@rit.edu.