Designing for innovative instruction: An armchair tour of next-gen STEM teaching facilities

What are the best physical infrastructure platforms to deliver 21st century STEM education and workforce-ready students?  In this session, Ballinger takes a deep dive into facilities at Virginia Commonwealth University, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Johns Hopkins University, and Berea College to demonstrate the best-in-class solutions for delivering STEM education spaces that are flexible, cost-effective, and innovative. They illustrate spaces and features that support dynamic education including makerspace, active learning, class labs, STEM on display, faculty-student interaction, and soft-spaces for informal learning. They detail how to foster a sense of community in light of an increasingly transient faculty and student population.