Prioritization Process

How do we choose which classrooms to upgrade and renovate? There are a number of factors and considerations that are taken into account before a classroom is chosen. Some of these are:

Teaching Principles - How will the changes positively affect teaching in the classroom and facilitate a variety of teaching styles?
Feedback from Deans/Faculties - What are the needs of the Faculties and Instructors with regards to their teaching spaces?
Feedback from Students - What are the needs of the current and future students of UNB with regarding to their learning spaces?
Baseline Technology - Does the room have the baseline technology that is expected of a modern smart classroom?
Site Visits - The working group has done a site visit of every teaching and learning space at UNB, and will continue to do so to get a visual representation of the impact an upgrade will have.
Cost Analysis - Many smaller upgrades vs. major upgrades.
Impact on Building - Does the infrastructure of the building support the renovation (i.e. HVAC)?
Accessibility Concerns - The building must be considered accessible before the room can be deemed as such.
Scheduling Impacts - How long will the renovation put the classroom out of commission?
Heritage/Branding Considerations
Utilization - Most heavily used room, or highest number of students impacted?
Current and Future Capacity Requirements - Do we have the rooms to support the class size needs (both large and small)?
Innovative or experimental spaces - A certain percent of classrooms renovated will support an innovative design or equipment.