EDUCAUSE | Learning Space Design

Paper accepted for Ascilite 2008

catherine — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 10:58:42 -0500

Today I was pleased to learn the paper written by my former CARET colleague Matt Riddle and myself has been accepted for the Ascilite 2008 conference this December in Melbourne, Australia. Our paper looks at students' ICT use in relation to their use of space; we have been doing a lot of work with maps!

I'm also looking forward to finding out more about Matt's role in an exciting new project on Spaces for Knowledge Generation, involving a partnership between La Trobe University as lead institution, Charles Sturt University, Apple Inc and Kneeler Design Architects. In January 2009, Matt and colleagues will be making a study tour to the US and UK to visit partners and institutions with key interests in learning space design.

E07 Podcast: Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Designing and Redesigning a Digital Campus Somewhere in Between

gbayne — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:46:05 -0500

This thirty-two minute podcast features a session from the EDUCAUSE 2007 Annual Conference. The session, "Top-Down or Bottom-Up? Designing and Redesigning a Digital Campus Somewhere in Between," is presented by Hans Ogg, Head of the IT Department at INHOLLAND University of Professional Education. PowerPoint slides are also available for this session.

Four years ago, INHOLLAND university launched a learning scenario that required the latest in electronic communication and collaboration tools. The new digital campus that was built is being redesigned now using Windows Vista and SharePoint 2007. What was learned during these past few years, and what did the designers hope to achieve now?

New ELI 7 Things... Brief Explores Second Life

pkurkowski — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:21:23 -0500

Second Life is a virtual world with tens of millions of square meters of virtual lands, more than 13 million "residents," and a thriving economy. The ease in which users can build and modify virtual spaces has made it an attractive choice for experiments in learning space design and educational experiences such as virtual field trips or the creation of galleries to display student-created media. The 7 Things You Should Know About Second Life, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative’s (ELI) latest brief in the monthly series, examines how Second Life lets educators easily build and modify learning spaces to test how different strategies for a physical space affect learning and how a similar approach can be taken toward educational activities in those spaces.

Browse the complete 7 Things You Should Know About… monthly series.

New EDUCAUSE Quarterly Reports on Top Higher Ed IT Issues

cluckett — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:00:10 -0500

The summer 2008 EDUCAUSE Quarterly spotlights the complete findings of the 2008 EDUCAUSE Current IT Issues Survey as well as feature articles on open source software in education, a first assessment of a learning studio, and student use of clickers in library presentations.

Designing Spaces for New Media Literacy Learning

cborn — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 09:58:13 -0600

Kathleen Tyner, U of Texas at Austin.

What is New Media Literacy?

"The ability to access, analyze, evaluate and produce communication in a variety of forms." The Aspen Institute, 1992.

(Colorful graphic titled A Multiliteracy Mandala, CONTENT at the center, surrounded by DIstribution, Production, Audience, Narratives, Tools, Aesthetics..)

New Media Tools:

The Intellect
Gestural
Orality
Alphabetic
Analog
Digital
Pervasive

Narratives, Aesthetics (see graphic that will be online later). PPT will also be online later.

Multiliteracy Skills need to be wide and varied to cope.

Aims & Purposes for New Media Learning

civic engagement
social capital
career pathways
academic pathways
knowledge and skill
problem-solving

Design Elements for Learning

Aims and purposes
pedagogies
intellectual resources
built worlds (sensory space + simulations)

Intellectual resources for new media learning (objects, ideas, literacies and people)

digital tools
digital archives and text
open educational resources (OER)
mentors and models
knowledge networks (people)
multiliteracies (tools of the intellect)

Watch out about planning with the tools in mind FIRST. By the time you are done planning, technology tools have moved on.

Pedagogies (how we learn)

direct instruction (Cartesian)
Constructivist Techniques (Dewey, Piaget, Vygotsky)
[cognitive] Apprenticeships/Internships (Carolyn Lee)
simulations (some pioneers are here...)
distributed, participatory knowledge networks (Jenkins, Seely Brown)

How do we teach the next generation cognitive skills in the new era?

Elements of customized pedagogies

multiliteracies
multiple modes of learning
multiple modes of instruction
flexible, module design

Sometimes it's easier to just tell people (direct instruction), but the problem is that it's the default mode that is hard to break out of.

Student-centered, helps students move to new frontiers (constructivist)

vocational and academic pathways, skill-building, authentic (internships)

Pedagogy first, but don't want to obsess over just one methodology. Don't put all your eggs in one basket.

The Built World (where we learn) Designed For...

thinking
learning
producing
watching
listening
presenting
collaborating
negotiating
documenting
archiving
socializing
servicing
celebrating
immersion in virtual worlds
pervasive communication modes

*for great book see Malcolm McCullough, (2004). Digital Ground...

Mentions company called YDreams: http://www.ydreams.com/ydreams_2005/index.php?page=16

Unintended Consequences: the best laid plans can still go arry.

Intended Consequences, Student Union in some CA university, new Student Union designed specifically in response to 1968 student strike, to not have many places for students to congregate.

Schools Designed for New Media Literacy Learning

(missed first one)
The Atlas Bulding, University of CO, Boulder
The Denver School of Science and Technology, Denver, CO (secondary school)

Successful Planning Basics for the Built World

A strong learning plan
a strong concept of community and community buy-in
signature architectural elements
integration of learning design tools and pedagogical strategies
affordable

Good, effective spaces do not have to be expensive.

"What we want are spaces where we can see the engagement on people's faces."

Simulating the Built World and Beyond

immersion in Big Ideas and Scenarios
Re-creating Contexts
global collaboration
multidisciplinary knowledge creation
broad and diverse knowledge networks
front-end analysis
real time mentorships, peer instruction and apprenticeships
risk-taking scenarios without the risk

Getting students to understand the context of a given time and place, which is radically different from the one they live in. Simple examples include Civil War Re-enactments.

Get students involved in design process.

Designing spaces to serve learners...

rethink traditional time structures such as "class time" and "school hours" and "shool year"
provide open source access to Intellectural resources, including code
open schools to the community, both online and off
promote collaboration across cultures, disciplines and generations
rethink teacher credentialing requirements
conduct a front-end analysis of new desisngs with a broader network of stakeholders
rethink architechtural elements, including modular spaces, pervasiv elements, furniture, lighting and 4D displays according to contemporary literacy needs and social uses
go green...
engage the whole community (including young people)

International Clearinghouses for Media Literacy (list in PPT on Educause sight later)

E07 Podcast: An Interview with Mara Hancock, ETS Associate Director of Learning Systems at UC Berkely.

gbayne — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:57:20 -0600

In this 17 minute podcast, we feature an interview with Mara Hancock, Associate Director for UC Berkeley's Educational Technology Services department. Educational Technology Services promotes and supports the effective integration of technology in teaching, learning and communication at the University of California, Berkeley. We are dedicated to service, partnership, and innovation.

E07 Podcast: An Interview with Heather Gordon

kellywalker — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 09:48:21 -0600

In this 12-minute podcast, we feature a phone interview with Heather Gordon, Director, Information Services and University Librarian, James Cook University . She discusses the University's recent Review of Information Services Report and the role of the library and its staff in providing resources to enhance learning, research, and information literacy. Gordon also discusses her role as Copyright Officer for James Cook University.

The Learning Space

jjorstad — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 23:16:19 -0500

www.jjorstad.blogspot.com

EDUCAUSE2006 Podcast: Classroom Technology Standards

Carie417 — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 15:56:02 -0500

In this 40-minute recording from the 2006 EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, we'll hear from Kathryn Gates, Jie Tang and Anil Vinjamur in a session entitled Classroom Technology Standards and Design Made Simple. They share analysis of Portland Community College's five-year project to deploy standardized classroom technology tools on four campuses in Portland, Oregon.

2007 NERCOMP Annual Conference Program to Focus on Community and Collaborations

cluckett — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 12:49:50 -0600

The 2007 NERCOMP Annual Conference, “Connections, Collaborations, and Community,” will be held March 19–21, in Worcester, Massachusetts. View the program and register by February 26 to save money with low, early-bird rates.The conference will focus on the following topic areas:

Enterprise Services and Administrative Systems
Leadership, Planning, and Organizational Development
Library and Research Initiatives
Policy, Regulations, and Security
Technology for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
Technology Support
Corporate and Campus Solutions

The two keynote speakers are:

Charles M. Vest, President Emeritus, MIT
Brewster Kahle, Director and Cofounder, Digital Librarian, and Chairman of the Board, Internet Archive

In-depth, half-day preconference seminars will spotlight project management, teaching and learning and social computing, learning space design, and career development strategies.