OPTION 1 Case Study | California State University, Monterey Bay It’s a tough problem. How do you design classrooms that will help all of your instructors engage their students, no matter what their teaching styles? At California State University Monterey Bay, the answer has come out of an R&D classroom where a cadre of 20–30 innovative faculty members take turns experimenting with new systems as they teach semester-long classes. “We use the room as a place where we can initiate change and open doors, using technology that is affordable and sustainable,” explains Marc Oehlman, Associate Director, Center for Academic Technologies. The university has put what they’ve learned to work in a new Joel and Dena Gambord Business and Information Technology building that opened in Fall of 2

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