Jill Austin

jaustin@mtsu.edu

Jill Austin (with Charles Baum)

Management and Marketing (with Economics and Finance)

Master Classroom

BAS S264

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The Management and Marketing and Economics and Finance Departments propose setting up a collaborative learning classroom in BAS S264. The two departments expect there to be significant demand for use of the room for the following types of classes: MKT (promotion, entertainment marketing, advanced promotion), MGMT (decision making, business ethics, organization behavior), ECON (econometrics), and FIN (computer applications in Economics and Finance). We propose installing flat panel displays, laptop computers, Class Spot/Team Spot software, new tables/chairs, and standard master classroom technology. This technology and room configuration will enable students to work together in small groups, work individually on laptops, consolidate their individual work into a group document that can be displayed on their group's large screen, and submit their consolidated group effort to the instructor so that all group inputs can then be consolidated into a whole-class product. The whole-class product can then be redistributed to each group for small group discussion and further analysis, or displayed on the instructor's screen for whole-class discussion. We believe that this technology will help students to work more effectively in groups, will help students to develop their analytical skills, will enhance students' learning in applications-oriented classes, and will provide for more meaningful class discussions. This classroom in BAS will be used as a model for development of student-based learning approaches in College of Business classes. One faculty member is already teaching in a similar room (LRC 241) and will assist faculty in developing their teaching methods to effectively use the new technology.