SCALE-UP
SCALE-UP stands for “Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies” or “Student‐Centered Active Learning Environment for Undergraduate Programs.” SCALE-UP classrooms include round tables of nine students to facilitate group interactions, whiteboards near each table, networked computers, and an instructor area located near the center of the room.
Other acronyms that are used by universities for SCALE-UP environments are:
- TEAL – Technology-Enabled Active Learning
- ALC – Active Learning Classrooms
- TILE – (Spaces to) Transform, Interact, Learn, Engage
Videos: Heading link
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (TEAL) Heading link
Design:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Heading link
Research:
University of Minnesota Research Heading link
Research:
- ALC Pilot Evaluation – Fall 2007
- ALC Research Synopsis
- https://uofi.box.com/s/emiyrwdyi87s5gmc2ls1nrzdgyvd8gtb
- Space matters: The impact of formal learning environments on student learning
- “It’s Not You, It’s the Room”— Are the High-Tech, Active Learning Classrooms Worth It?
- Making the Case for Space: Three Years of Empirical Research on Learning Environments
