5 . 2 Collaborative Teaching & Learning Centres at the University of Queensland

The University of Queensland now has three Collaborative Teaching and Learning Centres which represent an evolution in understanding of the interrelation between pedagogy, space and technology. The original and largest centre, with six collaborative classrooms of three different types was opened in 2005 and is located in the Sir James Foots building on the St Lucia Campus. In 2007, a second generation space was opened at the Gatton Campus, sixty kilometres west of Brisbane, consisting of two combinable spaces accommodating 36 students each with a total of eight new-style pods (group working spaces). A further iteration of the design, in the form of a single, six-pod classroom for 60 students, has been incorporated into the new General Purpose North 4 building at St Lucia, opened during 2008.