Mell Classroom Building and Library EASL Spaces

In Fall 2017, the Mell/RBD classroom complex will open its doors.  The Mell Classroom Building includes 69,000 square feet, two lecture halls and a food venue.  The RBD renovation includes an additional 38,000 square feet of the library repurposed for classroom and informal learning spaces for a total of 107,000 square feet.  That's 28 EASL and EASL Lite classrooms.

All classrooms will have a lectern for faculty, equipped with

• a touch panel to contol the room
• a computer and/or connections for mobile devices
• a lavalier microphone.

Each classroom will have speakers in the ceiling and a way for students to share their mobile devices to the projection system.  All classrooms except the lecture halls will have glass boards around the room.

Two Lecture Halls

The 2 lecture halls will each seat 166 students, with two rows of tables per tier, movable chairs, and an audio and presentation system that enables students to collaborate via technology (microphones and device sharing) as well as lecturecapture through Panopto:  2510, 2550

Four Rooms Seating 72 Students; Each Room Can be Divided

Three rooms will seat 72 students each and have full EASL features:  3510, 3550, 4550
Each of these rooms can be divided into 2 rooms of 36 students each; these rooms will be full EASL rooms with collaborative furniture, glass boards on all walls, multiple monitors, and technology to share mobile devices to monitors.

One room will have flexible furniture, glass boards on all walls, and technology to share mobile devices to monitors.  This room can also be divided into 2 rooms of 36 students each:  4510

Two Rooms Seating 60 Students

Two rooms will seat 60 students, with flexible furniture, glass boards on all walls, multiple monitors, technology to share mobile devices to monitors, and lecturecapture:  3129, 4129

Two Rooms Seating 48 Students

Two rooms will seat 48 students each, with flexible furniture, glass boards on all walls, 2 projectors, and technology to share mobile devices to monitors:  3035, 4035

Four Rooms Seating 32 Students

Four rooms will seat 32 students each, with flexible furniture, glass boards on all walls, and a projection system that allows for sharing of mobile devices:  3520, 3546, 4520, 4546

Four Rooms Seating 30 Students

Two rooms will seat 30 students: these rooms will be full EASL rooms with collaborative furniture, glass boards on all walls, multiple monitors, and technology to share mobile devices to monitors:  3133, 4133
Two rooms will seat 30 students, with flexible furniture, glass boards on all walls, and a projection system that allows for sharing of mobile devices: 3041, 4041

Five Rooms Seating 24 Students

Five rooms will seat 24 students each, with flexible furniture, glass boards on all walls, and a projection system that allows for sharing of mobile devices:  3027, 3033, 4027, 4033, 4127.

One Seminar Rooms Seating 16 Students

One seminar room will seat 16 students and has flexible furniture, glass boards on all walls, and a projection system that allows for sharing of mobile devices:  3127

Information for Scheduling

If you are interested in scheduling classes in the Mell/RBD classroom complex, please remember to build your courses based on historical enrollment, not to fit seating capacity in these new spaces.  To indicate that a section would like to be placed into Mell, build a section with the code EA (so EA1, EA2).  Faculty who are interested in teaching in Mell can indicate interest through a survey run out of the Biggio Center.  Faculty who have participated in or soon will participate in workshops to rethink their courses towards active learning will have a good chance having their class scheduled in Mell.  For more information about upcoming workshops, visit the Biggio website.

 

 

For more information about the EASL spaces at Auburn University, contact Dr. Wiebke Kuhn at 334-750-3360 or send an email to kuhnwi1 at auburn.edu.

Last Updated: March 21, 2017