Living Room Learning

1. How FoE Turned One Institution Upside Down February 17, 2012 Living Room Learning

2. The Cottage Classroom

3. All Students – Honors Program We Make the Road by Walking – Paulo Freire and Myles Horton and C. S. Lewis Terry O’Bannion Mark Taylor What the Best College Teachers Do SACS What Do You Want the Learning Experience to Look Like? Background

4. TheHonorsClassroom

5. The Honors Lounge

6. Nobility and Education The most important person in the classroom is not the teacher. Facts are a waste of time. We do not employ teachers; we employ learning partners. Every person in class is an adult. The students own their educational experience. Philosophy

7. Converting a classroom Designing living space for 25 people Maintaining technology Creating a homey environment Where’s the teacher supposed to stand? How do the students take tests? What’s the cost? Design

12. Select Faculty to request room Discussion over learning strategies Professional development It takes more work to do less teaching Faculty organizational skills are critical You’ll never get yourself in trouble for failing, only for failing to try something new Faculty Support

13. Outcomes • 31% of faculty utilizing room • 12 classes a week in room • Plans for a lodge • Drop/Add students • 100% completion in first Fall with 20 page research paper

14. Student Responses