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Workshop: Designing Learning Spaces for the Future
Today, student ‘timescapes’ typically involve moving between places to work,
study, sleep, eat, and play, and the boundaries between these places are now
less distinct as wireless networks, laptops, smart phones, and iPads afford
greater flexibility and mobility. Yet learning spaces are still being designed
with traditional ‘chalk and talk’ modes in mind — arguably to the detriment of
learning outcomes.
Knowledge Generation project to provide novel ways to inform learning space
design with student perspectives. It will give you an opportunity to apply some
of these techniques to the design of learning spaces within your own
institution. Guest presenters include Prof Shirley Alexander (UTS), Dr Susan
Sherringham (UTS), and Dr Gordon Howell (QUT).
Sydney Workshop: July 21st, 10am – 3pm
Thomas Room, Aerial Function Centre
Level 7, Building 10
UTS
(Corner of Jones and Thomas St)
Sydney
Please note that while the formal program will conclude at 3pm, we invite you to stay and chat informally over coffee and tea until 3.30pm.
Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces book
The edited book on learning space design leading on from the Spaces for Knowledge Generation project is now available for pre-order. There are further details including the preface on the IGI Global website:
Physical and Virtual Learning Spaces in Higher Education: Concepts for the Modern Learning Environment documents real-world experiences of innovators in higher education who have redesigned spaces for learning and teaching. The redefined spaces encompass a broader range of physical, virtual, formal, informal, blended, flexible, and time sensitive factors.
You can order it on Amazon.com
