Then you and another student work with spreadsheet software at one of the room's IBM workstations to solve an economics problem assigned by the instructor. When the class ends, you find yourself, like many other students, reluctantly getting ready to go. As you turn to leave, you look down and notice that your coffee is right where you left it when you first came in. In the last decade, instructional requirements have changed significantly. Today's university's are renovating old classrooms and building new ones to meet important technology-oriented teaching needs.
Many instructors now use the Internet, multimedia and presentation software in their classes.
Others combine computer-based learning with an emphasis on collaborative teaching methods. There is a growing demand for college classrooms to be more flexible than they were in the past, and to accommodate a wide array of instructional technologies as well as new styles of learning and teaching. How to make it possible for classrooms today to be flexible and open to social dynamics and structural changes. How to anticipate future developments in technology and pedagogy when designing higher-education classrooms. The technology classrooms add value when they enable instructors to enrich their courses in ways not otherwise technically or financially feasible.