The Teaching, Learning, and Research Collaboratory exists to support innovations in active and collaborative learning design at the intersection of in-person and virtual learning.

The Collaboratory is our flagship Tier III learning space. This designation means that it has up-to-date learning technology to support both our instructors and our learners and flexible furnishings to facilitate a creative and collaborative learning environment.

As with all Tier III classrooms, the Collaboratory's operating instructions are freely available and continuously updated. This document is also accessible via the QR code on a sticker near the Extron control panel in both halves of the room.

The Collaboratory is open to all members of the Guilford community but all reservations must be made in advance (we recommend making your reservation at least 4 weeks prior to the date of your first class/meeting/event). We cannot guarantee that the space will be available when you need it. Priority is always given to those who will use the Collaboratory to its full capacity as a collaborative, experimental learning space.

Meetings and events are broadly defined and can include things like student thesis defense/presentations, faculty/staff events, and alumni events.

Please check the Collaboratory calendar for availability before filling out your application. Please note that in using the Collaboratory you commit to participating in our assessment protocols.

• 2024-25 class reservation form

• 2024-25 meeting/event reservation form

The Collaboratory is a fully accessible, configurable learning space that can be divided into two spaces for discrete or aligned use. The intuitive system integration supports teaching and learning outcomes and encourages collaboration for in-person as well as virtual learners. Both halves of the Collaboratory have the following features:

• Video wall

  • The "front" half of the room has four LG panels that can be used as one or individually

  • The "back" half of the room has one large LG panel

• Four mobile carts with LG panels

  • Configurable as networked or non-networked group learning clusters

  • Networked clusters enable in-person learners to work with remote-learners in groups in real time

  • Non-networked clusters enable collaborative group work anywhere in the learning space

• Interactive and synchronized video display capacity between the two aligned spaces, for use when the space as a whole is used as one large classroom

• Flexible, modular furnishings

  • Maximum seating capacities depend on the desired use of the space: 48 for the entire space (including instructors); 30 for the "front" (Experimental classroom) only; 18 for the "back" (Idea Incubator) only

• Audience-facing and instructor-facing video cameras in both halves

• High-fidelity microphone arrays that capture participants as well as presenter audio

• Strategically aligned video conferencing with lecture capture solutions

  • Lecture recording, screencasting, and video stream are all supported options (via Zoom and/or Panopto)

  • All recordings are saved to the cloud for maximum student use

  • Software solutions can add closed captioning and generate audio transcripts