Future Classroom is an integration of physical and virtual learning spaces for enabling high quality learning experiences. This facility at UiA campus Grimstad, supports both on-campus and off-campus learners using a combination of Internet-connected  large scale multi-touch multi-user interactive learning surfaces and personal computing devices.

The classroom offers many possibilities to increase meaningful interactions for effective collaborative learning and co-creation of knowledge. It is equipped with multi modal digital collaboration and communication tools as well as movable furniture, power and data connections for flexible classroom arrangements. While the classroom is primarily intended for teaching and learning, it also supports investigations into technology enhanced learning and trans formative pedagogy for the 21st century.

Learners and facilitators take part in educational research, the usability and user experience research with a focus on the affordances of future interactive media technologies for education. With a 25 people sitting capacity, the classroom features among other things, a 9-meters wide interactive wall, which supports natural user interactions, cloud-based real-time streaming and resources sharing.

The Future Classroom welcomes members of the public, academia and business communities to experience the opportunities and explore the potentials of teaching and learning in a futuristic spaces with state-of-the art hardware and software solutions.

“The future classroom is not for teaching, but learning”