SLICCs offer a structured yet flexible way for students to take ownership of their learning through personalized learning experiences, reflection, and evidence-based assessment.
Course Design
Active Learning Classrooms (ALCs) and Flexible Classrooms (FCs) promote collaboration, engagement, and technology-enabled learning. These spaces encourage peer and team-based learning, shifting students from passive recipients to active co-creators. Effective use involves fostering group work, accountability, and adaptable instructional strategies that enhance participation and deepen learning outcomes.
Create a more inclusive classroom by using engagement strategies that recognize diverse student needs, encourage equitable participation, and foster a sense of belonging.
Promote a culture of academic integrity with proactive strategies that support student accountability, transparency, and ethical learning practices.
Develop clear course outlines with guidance on articulating learning outcomes, assessment methods, and course policies to support student success and transparency.
Promote self-directed learning by guiding students through goal setting, resource identification, strategy implementation, and reflection. This will empower them to take ownership of their learning and adapt to new challenges.
Support inclusive learning by proactively addressing accessibility and accommodation needs, designing flexible course materials, and fostering a classroom culture that values equity, empathy, and diverse ways of learning.
Support inclusive teaching by applying Universal Design strategies that offer multiple means of engagement, representation, and expression—ensuring all students can access, participate in, and succeed in learning.
Develop students’ problem-solving abilities by modeling effective strategies, encouraging persistence, and designing tasks that require analysis, creativity, and reflection to build confidence and transferable skills.
Empower students to become self-aware learners by teaching metacognitive strategies that help them plan, monitor, and evaluate their learning.