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Building Innovative Learning Spaces: From Concept to Completion - Webinar
Where: Webinar/Virtual
When: Wednesday, February 26, 2025
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EST
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Workshop Organizers: Eric LePage of Bridgewater State University
Registration Fee:
NERCOMP Member: Free
Non-Member: $45.00
Event Overview
Discover how Bridgewater State University transformed an idea into a dynamic, Active Learning Classroom in this comprehensive webinar. Designed for higher education IT professionals, instructional designers, and edtech specialists, the session will walk participants through the entire process—from initial concept and campus-wide collaboration to final implementation and faculty training. Attendees will learn about critical decisions surrounding technology and furniture selection, overcoming project challenges, and integrating active learning pedagogies to foster engagement. Highlights include faculty development initiatives like the Active Learning Institute and insights into the classroom’s impact during its first semester. Take away actionable strategies and valuable lessons to help you successfully design, implement, and support innovative learning environments at your institution.
Session Outcomes:
Participants will be able to:
- Outline the essential phases and key decisions in creating an Active Learning Classroom, covering technology, furniture selection, project management, and faculty support.
- Develop faculty training strategies, like the Active Learning Institute, to optimize innovative classroom use and active learning pedagogies.
- Evaluate project challenges and successes, such as budget and scheduling, to apply lessons learned to future classroom design initiatives.
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Harris Bloomwald
Harris Bloomwald is the Assistant Director of Integrated Technology Solutions at Bridgewater State University, where he oversees the development and maintenance of technology solutions that enhance daily academic operations. With a focus on audiovisual (AV) technology systems integration for classrooms, auditoriums, labs, and meeting spaces, Harris ensures these spaces are equipped with high-quality technological tools essential for modern learning environments.
Lee Forest
Lee Forest (they/them) has been an instructional designer at Bridgewater State University's Teaching & Technology Center for 3 years. They focus on creating inclusive learning environments, drawing on 15 years of expertise in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). With the emergence of generative AI, Lee has expanded their role to include advocating for AI literacy and utilizing generative AI to enhance teaching and learning.
Rob Gimler
Rob Gimler has served 25 years as an Information Technology professional at Bridgewater State University with a focus on improving student and faculty engagement through technology. Rob currently serves in the role of Project Manager in the university’s IT Project Management Office.
Eric V. LePage
Eric V. LePage is the Executive Director of the Teaching & Technology Center (TTC) at Bridgewater State University (BSU). Under his leadership, the TTC empowers Bridgewater State's faculty and librarians by providing training, instructional design, and support services for enhancing teaching and learning using academic technologies in traditional and online classes. Eric collaborates with regional partners on academic technology initiatives, oversees the provision of academic technology consultation services, academic technology research, the promotion of academic technologies and associated pedagogical practices, and the administration of the Blackboard Ultra
Learning Management System. Eric is a double-Bear, having earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from BSU. He has worked in Information Technology at BSU since 1999 and taught undergraduate and graduate level courses at BSU since 2006.
Jon Lukin
Jon Lukin is an Audio-visual Designer in Integrated Technology Solutions at Bridgewater State University. With over 10 years of experience in AV design, Jon Lukin specializes in user experience. His passion is creatively leveraging technology to enhance users’ immersion in learning, utility, and entertainment. He has been intimately involved in the development & design of BSU’s Active Learning Classroom, Cybersecurity simulation lab (Cyber Range), and other installations where the
community interacts directly with technology outside of their personal devices. Jon’s goal has been to bring AV &; IT into the broader conversation of design where each furnishing and element in an installation is thought of holistically as part of one unified realization.