The first Forum of the Spaces for Knowledge Generation project was held on May 28, 2009 at La Trobe University in Melbourne. The SKG Project Team gave a presentation on the Study Tour, conducted in January to set the scene for the day. A copy of the presentation notes is here:

• SKG Forum 1 Report – presentation notes (PDF: 5.6Mb)

Professor Gráinne Conole from the Open University, UK, addressed the Forum on the topic of personal learning environments.  Her presentation is now available to download in Powerpoint format here:

• Personal Learning Environments: interface between physical & virtual spaces (PPT: 5.4Mb)

Dr Rosaria Burchielli presented an example of Evidence Based Learning to a break out session on collaborative learning spaces.  Her presentation on the redesign of the subject Business Ethics is available here:

• EBL for Business Ethics (PowerPoint: 40Kb)

Two video extracts of students talking about learning space designs generated from breakout sessions at Forum 1 appear here:

• Beyond the Comfort Zone: Collaborative Learning Spaces (Video)
• The Corners Of Our Minds (Video)