JISC REFURBISHMENT FORUMHarry Greiner, City College Norwich

Why am I here today?

• I want your interest

• I want you to say you’ll come to our workshops and give it a try!

• But mostly, I want to pick your brains!

The Project

“Re-imagining learning spaces through change management and virtual simulation scenarios.”

‘Future Space’ aims to equip FE College management teams with the tools

to re-imagine their existing classroom spaces to deliver the ‘built pedagogy’ required to support 21stC learning and behaviours.

The Project

What’s it adding to a debate that’s hardly new?

The project promotes equality of input because it requires teaching staff to consider how the learning environment impacts on learners and make changes. ‘Future Spaces’ also enhances the personalisation of space and

access. It gives broad access opportunities to experimental, virtual spaces that are available to all on an equal basis – character and space are re-

inventedwithin the virtual and physical and cultural signifiers are lost.

The format

We are looking from buy-in from a range of institutions to experiment withthis new model – to get feedback on its suitability and to constantly improve what we are doing. To this end we are

• Running 3 dedicated one-day workshops at different points around the country, beginning October 2011

• Selecting 5 willing participants from each conference who we will work through the complete change management system, addressing a particular area in their institution

• Each of those 15 participants will go through the process and up with a real plan for refurbishing and repatriating of its existing spaces. We will then work with them to produce a usable virtual rendering of their project so that it can be experienced and tested with students and stakeholders.

• Finally, we will present the complete toolkit to the sector for use and further development.

The format

The workshops will be run as real, hands-on problems solving days but will double as an introduction to the tools and techniques we’re

puttingtogether to enable attendees to take these back to their institutions

forimmediate use. At the workshops we would like

• 3 members of staff from each institution – a teacher, a corporate manager and your equivalents

• Workshops will be facilitated by JISC, City College Norwich and Clever Atom

• Each institutional group will receive all resources 2 weeks beforehand along with a set of guidance notes on any preparation (all cerebral, not practical!).

• There will be opportunities to work with other institutions and contribute to their thinking and problem solving.

The tools: Change Management

The tools: Workshop question card packs

The tools: Workshop scenario card packs

Your turn!

This is where we get to the bit of this that is really useful to me – gettingyour thoughts and ideas – let me kick you off with some questions that arebothering me:

1. Is this going to be helpful?2. Will people use it … or does the Principal get the last word in all cases?3. Should we be adding something? Is there anything you guys use that

could be useful if turned into a simple tool for others?4. Is refurbishment even an issue now – or is everybody treading water

until the sky falls in?5. Does creating the model flythoughs add any appeal to joining in?6. Is there an appetite for an online resource that gathers the best in new

builds, refurbissments, future thinking etc – or does JISC and Futurelab have it covered?