Eli Zimmerman | EdTech

Universities are investing heavily to transform lecture-style classrooms into active-learning environments in order to boost student engagement and improve retention and recruitment rates.

Research from institutions such as Indiana University and Yale University finds that active-learning classroom environments can be beneficial for student outcomes, giving universities more reasons to consider active-learning strategies in their classroom design.

With the numbers to prove that active-learning classrooms are effective, universities are now pressed to find the best way to design innovative spaces.

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By: Sydney Johnson/EdSurge

"Student success" is somewhat of an ambiguous term that no one seems to agree on. Is it measured by graduation rates? Job placement? GPA? Among the debate, one thing is clear: improving all forms of student success (regardless of an institution's definition) is on the mind of many higher-ed changemakers.

That's especially true in today's era of increased performance-based funding, declining student enrollment and changing demographics, where many students are working, raising children or are first in their family to attend college.

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By: Google

With the Expeditions app, classrooms have no boundaries.

With VR and AR, teachers are no longer limited by the space of the classroom. VR lets you explore the world virtually while AR brings abstract concepts to life-allowing teachers to guide students through collections of 360° scenes and 3D objects, pointing out interesting sites and artifacts along the way.

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