Universities across North America and Australia have seen a recent push to establish cultural spaces for Indigenous* students on college campuses. While it is common practice for universities to set aside cultural centers as gathering places for students of shared ethnicities and backgrounds, these new spaces are more than merely a dedicated room or house:… Read more »
Spring has officially sprung, which means it’s time to step outside and enjoy the fresh blooms of the season, especially on our campuses. I’m outdoors more often across our seven Indiana University campuses, as I’m sure you are too! When I’m outside, I’m not just enjoying the sun, I’m also thinking about how outdoor campus… Read more »
Each year, the Mosaic Initiative at Indiana University invites speakers to talk about topics related to active learning classrooms, often on research and classroom design. This spring, the Mosaic Initiative hosted three webinars highlighting new approaches to researching classroom behavior, new trends in classroom design and faculty support, and faculty’s perspectives on teaching in active learning classrooms…. Read more »
Today we welcome to the Mosaic Blog our Mosaic Initiative Post-Doc Researcher, Merve Basdogan. Merve recently defended her PhD in Instructional Systems Technology at Indiana University. In this first blog of the new year, Merve shares her personal academic journey to becoming an Educational Technologist who researches the importance of space design. An Academic Origin… Read more »
Today we welcome to the Mosaic Blog our Mosaic Research Intern, Tripp Harris. Tripp is currently a Learning Sciences PhD student at Indiana University. Typically, the Mosaic blog discusses issues related to classroom space and active learning in higher ed settings. This month, Tripp writes about the growing conversation around space in K-12 settings. “Over… Read more »
Last October, the Mosaic Initiative’s marked its five-year anniversary. To celebrate a productive five years, we put together the The Mosaic Report_2021, which highlights the impacts of the Mosaic Initiative across Indiana University since its start. In today’s blog, I want to share the report, highlight a few key outcomes of the past few years,… Read more »
Today we welcome to the Mosaic Blog our Mosaic Research Intern, Tripp Harris. Tripp is currently a Learning Sciences PhD student at Indiana University. Tripp shares his take on the affordances of outdoor learning spaces at the University of Miami, and how other schools could innovate to make use of on-campus outdoor space for… Read more »
As we begin the new year, I’m excited to share that the call for 2020 – 2021 Mosaic Faculty Fellows is out for the IU Bloomington campus! The Mosaic Initiative will be accepting applications for the 10th cohort of Mosaic Fellows until March 23, 2020. Like previous cohorts of Mosaic Fellows, the next round of… Read more »
We recently interviewed three instructors who taught in Hine Hall 118 and Hine Hall 231 located on the IUPUI campus, and asked them to share their perspectives on teaching in these unique learning spaces. In this blog, Fawzi BenMessaoud, Andy Harris, and Sarah Johnson, generously share their experiences engaging students in these similarly designed active… Read more »
In the last few years, we have published several blogs devoted to showcasing room arrangements for our configurable classrooms, i.e. our Mosaic classrooms with movable tables and chairs. We compile those blogs and share them on the Classroom Spaces tab under the Resources section on the Mosaic website. Today I’ll add one more example to… Read more »