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Joint Information Systems Committee 04/10/23 | | Slide 1
Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
Ros Smith, JISC
Joint Information Systems Committee Supporting education and research
Joint Information Systems Committee 04/10/23 | | Slide 2
A guide to designing spaces for effective learning
Launched at JISC Conference March 2006
Focuses on the role and impact of technology on physical learning space design in FE and HE
Builds on the JISC eSpaces Study, University of Birmingham (2005) www.ldu.bham.ac.uk/espaces
Copies distributed UK-wide to Vice Chancellors, Directors of Estates, of Library and Information Services & Media Services, and Heads of e-learning and of Academic Practice
Also available from [email protected]
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Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
Takes readers on a ‘walkthrough’ featuring different types of space
Examines the role for technology in each space
Brings issues relating to estates management, space utilisation, pedagogy and technology into one forum
Identifies some core principles for effective practice
Provides case studies of refurbished and new-build projects demonstrating vision and innovation in embedding technology into learning spaces
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Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
Identifies what is innovative and emergent, and..
Provides architects’ floor plans for three types of space based on current thinking: general teaching, vocational and learning centres
Explores the relationship between redesigned, technology-rich spaces and learning potential
Concludes with a checklist of key points for senior managers
“Spaces are themselves agents for change. Changed spaces will change practice.”
Image: AMA Alexi Marmot Associates
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Key messages from Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
“Understanding what makes an effective design is important. The best are likely to assist all within the institution to work more productively and to produce learners who are confident, adaptable, and inspired to learn.”
Designing Spaces for Effective Learning, JISC 2006
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Key messages from Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
“Embedding technology into learning and teaching spaces is likely to be an evolutionary process rather than a revolutionary one.”
“Start by establishing your pedagogic aims, then review the design and the technological infrastructure in the whole institution.”
“To resolve what is the best way forward, effective dialogues are needed to establish what will be required from the spaces, what changes in pedagogic approach are desirable and why.” Designing Spaces for Effective Learning, JISC 2006
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Key messages from Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
Learning needs to be
Pervasive
Flexible
Active
Social
Inclusive
And continuous
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Key messages from Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
There can be no one blueprint for the design of learning and teaching spaces…
“The concept of the learning centre is still evolving , blending with other previously distinct spaces to absorb more of their functions.”
Designing Spaces for Effective Learning, JISC 2006
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Key messages from Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
Case studies show…
Increasing support for social, collaborative and blended models of learning
More availability of audio-visual technologies
Increasing hybridisation of spaces
Flexibility in design, fittings and furniture to ensure sustainability
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Key messages from Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
In the future, we can expect to see…
Spaces designed to provide simultaneous support for f2f and virtual learning
Spaces developed to support innovative, experiential learning in f2f contexts
A higher profile given to social areas supporting problem-solving and collaborative learning based around mobile and wireless and audio visual technologies
Greater emphasis on developing learners’ wider skills, especially creativity and adaptability
Image: University of Northumbria
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Key principles for designing effective learning centres
We now expect that learning will involve many different activities, each having different behaviours associated with it
These varied purposes demand a clear vision for each area provided for autonomous learning
The ultimate in flexibility – large open plan centres in which both learning and teaching take place – still presents challenges in management of sound, heat and student activity
One solution – the University of Warwick’s Learning Grid, a highly adaptable and highly resourced space for collaborative group learning with peer support
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An example of a high-tech learning centre
Plan: AMA Alexi Marmot Associates, Designing Spaces for Effective Learning, JISC,2006
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Key principles for designing effective learning centres
New priorities
Supportive customer-focused approach
Collaborative technology-enabled learning
Wireless-enabled
Self-regulating environment
Flexible furniture
Re-think of space allocation
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Key principles for designing effective learning centres
An educational building is an expensive long-term resource. The design of its individual spaces needs to be…
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Key principles for designing effective learning centres
Flexible – to accommodate both current and evolving pedagogies
Future-proofed – to enable space to be re-allocated and reconfigured
Bold and creative – to look beyond tried and tested technologies and pedagogies and to energise and inspire learners and tutors
Supportive – to develop the potential of all learners
Enterprising – to make each space capable of supporting different purposes
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Final words
“The design of our learning spaces should become a physical representation of the institution’s vision and strategy for learning – responsive, inclusive, and supportive of attainment by all.”
Designing Spaces for Effective Learning, JISC, 2006
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Designing Spaces for Effective Learning
Give your comments on Designing Spaces for Effective Learning. A feedback form can be downloaded from www.jisc.ac.uk/eli_learningspaces.html
To order copies, email: [email protected]
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Further information
Email:
– [email protected] and [email protected]
Web:
– e-Learning and Innovation - www.jisc.ac.uk/elearning_innovation.html
– Designing Spaces for Effective Learning - www.jisc.ac.uk/eli_learningspaces.html
– Designing Spaces for Effective Learning www.jiscinfonet.ac.uk/infokits/learning-space-design
Mailing List:
– Pedagogy and Innovation mailing list - [email protected]