1. Teaching Lab Design Trends
Campus Planning & Real Estate

2. Curricular Trends Process-Oriented Guided-Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
Just-in-Time Learning
Problem-Based Learning (PBL)
Model-based reasoning
“Scaffolding”
Knowledge on display (reveals unknowns)
Visual models
Discovery-based
Research-rich
Group learning / collaboration
“Pods”
Sandbox
Integrative thinking
Cognitive flexibility
No text books
Interdisciplinary courses
More topic courses
Hands-on
Science matters
Creating community
More faculty-faculty interaction
More faculty-student interaction
More major/non-major engagement
Shared labs
Sustainability
Technology:
Imaging
Digital visualization
Projection of live demos, powerpoint, 2D/3D objects
Computers in labs

3. Design trends in and around the teaching lab
Multi-purpose spaces
Less wet functions
Gathering spaces
Bench layout for groups of four
More open room layout
Views into and out of lab
Movable furniture
Easily reconfigurable furniture
More flexible seating arrangements
Lounge spaces w/movable white boards
Cool and modern display cases outside lab
Data analysis rooms
Shared teaching labs
More whiteboard areas
Flexible utilities
More energy efficient
Better use of day light
Technology:
Projection screens
Wireless technology
Smart board
Remote conferencing
Simulations
Computers in labs
“Plug and play” portable technology

4. Teaching Lab Remodel – Before & After
Lots of visual obstructions and excessive storage
More open layout and adequate storage

5. More flexible seating arrangements for group work

6. More flexible seating arrangements for group work

7. More flexible seating, accommodation of technology

8. Flexible furniture, Pods of four

9. Non-linear layout, better access to students

10. Multi-purpose space

11. Multi-purpose space, accommodation of technology

12. Multi-purpose space, accommodation of portable technology

13. Projection

14. Flexible utilities
Portable equipment

15. Wider aisles – more access to students

16. Visibility/ “Science on display”

17. Data analysis room adjacent to lab

18. Reconfigurable furniture

19. “Knowledge on Display”/Wall-to-Wall Whiteboard

20. Shared Lab