The Spaces for Knowledge Generation project had its official kick off on November 26 2008, with a full day meeting of its Reference Group at La Trobe University.  The program included presentations from Kneeler Design, Professor Grainne Conole (Open University) and Professor Phil Long (UQ and MIT) & Dr Steve Ehermann (TLT and Flashlight Program) as well as a series of break out sessions on the topics of ‘active learning models’, ‘independent and informal learning’ and ‘desiginging with and within institutions’. The reference group is comprised of project team members as well as staff and students from a range of institutions including La Trobe, Charles Sturt and Victoria University.