Academic A houses three computer labs equipped with machines running MS-Windows. These labs, or Pods as they're referred to on campus, also have printing facilities as well as consultants to assist users. In the Collaboratory room, students can work on group projects or individually. The Collaboratory is equipped with laptop computers, a data projection system, and video playback. It's furnished with modular chairs and other furniture for flexible seating.
Students can easily collaborate with others both electronically or face to face.
This room is designed to avoid noise and visibility problems that make face to face discussions difficult in conventional computer classrooms. Across the hall is our Group room. More and more courses utilize collaborative learning pedagogies. Teams of students work on projects together. These teams gather information on the web and they present reports on the web.