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REAL Spaces

Shared with Common Solutions Group on 5/16/2014

Brendan GuentherDirector, IT Services Teaching and Learning

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Auditorium – Tiered Seating for Group Work

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Student Groups – Rich Workspace

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The spread of good ideas – common solutions for learning

• Excellent work by Minnesota and Iowa prior to MSU’s REAL

• Collegiality, including hosting site visits and open sharing• Application processes, Faculty Development Program (required)• Designs, Suppliers, Gotchas, and Innovations

• Central REAL spaces a prototype for campus• $ 1M reserved for collegiate applications for space reform• 4 projects this summer – 4 projects next• Variety and offshoots already evident

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REAL Prototypes freed up space for Engagement Centers

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http://neighborhoods.msu.edu/

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Cooperative Effort

• Swapping space to achieve mutual objectives via Facilities Mgt

• Shifting from large open access computer labs• Gradually towards BYOD• With embedded PCs in engagement centers for software access

• Helped open opportunity for cross-functional team on Analytics• Transition of MAP-Works contract support to IT Services• Improvements for Student Affairs; Attempts at use for academic

affairs; • Possible future convergence with space (Course redesign;

Attendance;)