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The University of Ottawa broke ground Friday on its new $83-million Learning Centre, a state-of-the-art teaching space that in the words of one university official, will become “a magnet on campus.”
The centre, at the corner of Marie Curie Private and Louis Pasteur Private, will house 26 classrooms and 800 study spaces that will be available around the clock. The six-strey centre will have two large amphitheatres and a 350-seat food court.
University president and vice-chancellor Allan Rock said the building, with its five dedicated “hybrid classrooms” will encourage collaborative learning between students and professors. It’s a method of “active learning” pioneered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he said. The classrooms will have stations where groups of students can work together, interacting with the professor via computers.
“When I was a student, I’d take my notes and leave the class,” Rock said.
“There was no time to work with colleagues to see if I really grasped the concepts or to ask questions. This is going to change that. That will all take place in real time in the classroom, and the technology will allow the professor to monitor the rate of learning, identify issues and be available to respond. But more than anything else, it will allow students to actively put into practice concepts they are being introduced to. It’s a really effective way of learning.”
The Ontario government is contributing $30 million of the total cost of the project and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Reza Moridi attended the ceremony along with local MPPs Madeleine Meilleur and Yasir Naqvi.
With its study spaces and food court, the centre is bound to become “a magnet on campus,” said Gary Slater, associate vice-president of student affairs.
Work has already begun to demolish a two storey structure on the east side of Lamoureux Hall where the new Learning Centre is to be built. Construction is expected to be complete by January 2018.
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The centre, at the corner of Marie Curie Private and Louis Pasteur Private, will house 26 classrooms and 800 study spaces that will be available around the clock. The six-strey centre will have two large amphitheatres and a 350-seat food court.
University president and vice-chancellor Allan Rock said the building, with its five dedicated “hybrid classrooms” will encourage collaborative learning between students and professors. It’s a method of “active learning” pioneered at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he said. The classrooms will have stations where groups of students can work together, interacting with the professor via computers.
“When I was a student, I’d take my notes and leave the class,” Rock said.
“There was no time to work with colleagues to see if I really grasped the concepts or to ask questions. This is going to change that. That will all take place in real time in the classroom, and the technology will allow the professor to monitor the rate of learning, identify issues and be available to respond. But more than anything else, it will allow students to actively put into practice concepts they are being introduced to. It’s a really effective way of learning.”
The Ontario government is contributing $30 million of the total cost of the project and Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities Reza Moridi attended the ceremony along with local MPPs Madeleine Meilleur and Yasir Naqvi.
With its study spaces and food court, the centre is bound to become “a magnet on campus,” said Gary Slater, associate vice-president of student affairs.
Work has already begun to demolish a two storey structure on the east side of Lamoureux Hall where the new Learning Centre is to be built. Construction is expected to be complete by January 2018.
bcrawford@ottawacitizen.com
Twitter.com/getBAC
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