Activating academic teaching concept Need To train and help academic teachers to change the teaching tradition to meet better the modern demands of working life Solution The Smart Classroom aims at combining entrepreneurial pedagogy, physical and virtual teaching spaces, teaching materials and tools and teacher training to create a modern and effective education environment Benefits New and more activating academic teaching traditions which challenge the traditional ways of university lecturing Students are better trained to meet the modern demands of working life Users Universities, university teaching staff and teacher education sari.stenvall@utu.fi katariina.nordell@utu.fi www.bid.utu.fi