Walking into the extra-large classrooms in the Student Hall for Exploration and Development (the SHED) will be a new experience for students and faculty alike when the multi-use complex opens its doors in fall 2023. The classrooms, located on the third and fourth floors, will cap the makerspace, performing arts rooms and studios, and student team workspaces.
Faculty can preview the new learning environment during the 2022-2023 academic year by teaching in a large-capacity learning space designed to simulate the new active learning spaces in the SHED. The beta, or test, classroom will be located in Slaughter Hall, room 2230, and will combine four regular-sized class rooms.
The space will be converted for the fall semester to seat 120 students in groups of six. Classes will be held in the space from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday in the fall and Monday through Friday…