Interactive Lecture Halls. (cover story)

AUDITORIUM design & construction; EDUCATIONAL technology; INTERACTIVE learning; EFFECT of technological innovations on education; UNIVERSITY of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; MCGILL University

The article offers information on the establishment of an interactive lecture hall in colleges and universities. Topics include the benefits of the interactive lecture halls to students learning which the primary focus of the facility is to foster active learning in the classroom discussion. Also presented schools which adopted the educational approach including The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and McGill University in Montreal in Canada. INSET: Active teaching in a traditional lecture hall.