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And whilst we are looking at new resources on the web, came across the Learning Spaces Collaboratory recently, based in Washington DC. Looks like an organisation well worth watching.....




Image taken from the Learning Spaces Collaboratory website: http://www.pkallsc.org/Who-We-Are

New space design methods

A new learning spaces toolkit has been launched, originating from North Carolina State University (NCSU) Libraries and its Distance Education and Learning Technology Applications (DELTA) - partnering with  brightspot strategy and AECOM (which now includes DEGW). The resources aim to provide a model for the planning and design process of innovative new learning environments.

Have not yet had time to compare and contrast it to the 2005 JISC -developed Planning and Designing Technology Rich Learning Spaces Infokit - which it superficially resembles - but interesting to see that the development of methods remains a key issue for learning spaces in HE.

Exploring Spaces for Learning (in the sun)

Feeling quite flattered that the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association quotes me in their conference publicity:

" In Towards Creative Learning Spaces: Rethinking the Architecture of Post-Compulsory Education (2011), Jos Boys raises intriguing questions about changes in the spaces we use in higher education, pushing educators to think beyond traditional categories of “formal” and “informal” learning sites to imagine more complex relationships between our classrooms and the world beyond them. In the wake of increasing reliance on ever-expanding virtual learning spaces, greater emphasis on experiential learning, and a push toward the global classroom, leaders in higher education must consider their work from a wide range of perspectives."

Unfortunately dont think I will be able to afford to go! For those of you who can, the 2013 International HETL Conference is to be held at the University of Central Florida, in cooperation with the UCF Karen L. Smith Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning. As they go on to say:

"We invite you to join colleagues from around the world in an exploration of innovative technologies, pedagogical strategies, and international collaborations being used to engage and retain students in the new millennium. Together we will discuss which models and approaches are most promising, how are they being used to engage and retain students, and how we can apply them to advance the scholarship and practice of teaching and learning."

Belated news from Stockholm

Never got it together to post about the Future Learning Environments - How Space impacts on Learning conference at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm in July 2012, so just going to point you to a post by another conference delegate - Andrew Laing from DEGW.  Just received the final versions of the papers presented at the conference, which are great, and will be published in a special edition of the Journal of Inter-Professional Care  next year.