Setting up a room to cater to online learners’ needs

This paper reports on the setting up of an innovative teaching room at Chalmers University of Technology. The incentive to the establishment of the room lies with the lack of face-to-face interactions in virtual learning environments. The room allows mixing on-site and off-site students while preserving full interaction possibilities between the on-site and off-site participants. In addition, the room can be combined with the use of student-centered pedagogical approaches (such as a flipped classroom) that have been demonstrated to improve student learning outcomes.