Active Learning Classrooms

At the University of Groningen, there are...

22 Active Learning Classrooms

15 Buildings with ALCs

914+ Total seats in ALCs

Our university wants to support and stimulate active learning. To facilitate this, we have Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs). The ALC's are located in several buildings of our university. The ALC's are available for every teacher.

Active Learning Classrooms at the University of Groningen

I want to visit an ALC

Do you need hands-on explanation about the Active Learning Classrooms? Book an ALC demo session! These are short demonstrations of approximately 30 minutes in one of the ALCs, in which the following topics are discussed:

The use of the flexible furniture;
Possible set-ups of the room(s);
Using the Airtame software to stream.

The demo sessions take place on request. You can request a demo by contacting sending an email to alc@rug.nl.

Request ALC demo session

I want to know how the classrooms look like

Active Learning Classrooms can be found in various RUG buildings. The capacity of the rooms varies, but each ALC contains flexible furniture and several whiteboards and LCD screens. ALCs can be found in the following buildings:

Bernoulliborg
Heymans building
Duisenberg building and pavillion
Gadourek building
Harmonie complex
Mercator building
Equator

Consult the classroom overview

I am looking for educational support

For educational questions about the use of ALCs and active learning, please contact one of the following persons or organizations:

Faculty	Contact person(s)
Arts	Centre for Learning Innovation and Quality (CLIQ)
Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences	Laurent Krook (Coordinator E-learning & Video)
Economics and Business	Fabiola Aliaj (Educational Quality)
Science and Engineering	PIE team via fse-pie rug.nl

Other faculties: please contact the Embedded Experts of the Educational Support & Innovation (ESI) department with your questions.

Contact your faculty's Embedded Expert

I am interested in using an ALC for my course(s)

Interested in making use of an Active Learning Classroom? Get in touch with your educational faculty support, or the scheduling office of your faculty.

Faculty	Contact person(s)
Arts	Centre for Learning Innovation and Quality (CLIQ)
Economics and Business	Fenna Wolthuis (Educational Quality)
Science and Engineering	Professionalization & Innovation in Education (PIE) team, Email: fse-pie rug.nl
Other faculties	Consult your embedded expert.

Please note: it is important to inform the scheduling offices well in advance of long-term use of the ALC (for example for several lectures of the same course).

The availability of the ALCs can be checked via the RUG's digital schedule by selecting 'location' and using the search term 'ALC'.

Check availability

I want to be trained in active learning

The Educational Support & Innovation (ESI) department can help you with this. We do workshops and trainings on request and when feasible. Please send an an email to alc@rug.nl for any requests you might have.

I am looking for technical support

You can contact AV Support for direct support on location. Phone (+31) 050 363 8400 (City Centre) or (+31) 050 363 8500 (Zernike), email avsupport@rug.nl

Please find more detailed information via Edusupport.