EDUCAUSE | Documents Contributed by ECAR and Learning Space Design

Multimedia Services: Strategic Assets for Institutional Success

ckeller — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 10:02:09 -0500

This research bulletin surveys the chief components of contemporary multimedia services in colleges and universities and describes some emerging practices for deploying and sustaining them in an increasingly digital and user-centered world. It includes a review of recent experiences in three smaller and two larger institutions. As audio, video, and instructional technologies converge, and as faculty and student expectations for these resources escalate, multimedia services are emerging as the next major arena in which technology and other campus leaders will find their way to standard practices that leverage these strategic assets for institutional success.

Learning Centers, Libraries, and IT: Providing Integrated Support Services in a Learning Commons

drupal — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:01:46 -0600

Several years ago, Colorado College embarked on an ambitious collaborative venture to create a new, experimental Learning Commons space in its library. The collaboration also spawned a group that provides Integrated Learning Support Services (ILSS) to the campus, benefiting faculty and students. The Learning Commons and ILSS group are serving as a test bed and a brain trust for ongoing design work for a new library. This research bulletin describes the process and product of building The Learning Commons, the successes and challenges of collaboration, and quantitative and qualitative benefits of the work for the campus community.

High-Velocity Change: Creating Collaborative Learning Environments

drupal — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 17:05:51 -0500

This research bulletin describes how a group of individuals at the University of Kansas worked to design and implement a collaborative learning environment for students, based on theoretical and empirical research along with basic common sense. It discusses the many lessons learned throughout the process and provides recommendations for institutions that are about to embark on a similar voyage.

Campus Learning Spaces: Investing in How Students Learn

drupal — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 09:14:52 -0500

This research bulletin describes the active, visual, collaborative learning processes that an increasing number of university and college students prefer, and it outlines strategies for designing classrooms, libraries, and informal learning spaces that respond to those preferences.

High Velocity Change through High Volume Collaboration

drupal — Mon, 20 Dec 2004 09:51:42 -0600

Presentation at the November 2004 ECAR Symposium. The University of Kansas presents the results of its project to integrate IT and library functions with the goal of focusing on student success.

Capitalizing on Opportunity: Innovative Teaching and Collaborative Learning at Emory University

drupal — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:27:48 -0500

This case study examines the rationale and design of the Computing Center at Cox Hall at Emory University and the ways in which the Center supports innovative teaching and collaborative learning. Using creative and flexible designs and technologies, the facility supports multiple learning environments, teaching styles, and collaboration activities.