Promoting Active Learning in Technology-Infused TILE Classrooms at the University of Iowa

Abstract

In this case study, the authors describe the successful implementation of technology-infused TILE classrooms at the University of Iowa. A successful collaboration among campus units devoted to instructional technologies and teacher development, the TILE Initiative has provided instructors with a new set of tools to support active learning. The authors detail the implementation of the TILE classrooms, the process of training instructors to design effective instruction for these classrooms, and an assessment project that helps improve the process of ensuring faculty can successfully facilitate learning activities in a technology-infused learning environment.

Keywords

• Iowa
• learning space
• space
• design
• TILE
• technology infused learning environment
• scale-up
• pedagogy
• technology
• classroom
• formal learning space