This effort coincides with the development of new
learning spaces designed specifically to foster greater collaboration between students and instructors and encourage greater engagement.
Learning spaces designed for collaboration have flexible seating arrangements, boast comfortable furniture, and are agile enough to be reworked in a short time period.
Learning spaces designed for inquiry do not emphasize a demarcation between teacher and student spaces, have no set «front of the room,» create makerspace - type areas for students to create, tinker, and design, and employ instructional pedagogies that push students to ask questions and seek understanding — not listen to information and regurgitate.
I am a public education director of Educational Technology and Innovation, a Design Project Manager, involved with architecture and
learning space design.
I am also the co-founder of EDUCAUSE's Constituency Group on
Learning Space Design.
Finally, we know Teacher readers want more information about
learning spaces design and the impact on student outcomes, so stay tuned for Learning Spaces month in November.
Jennifer's research and writing interests include multimodal literacy and digital technologies, collaborative
learning space design, preservice teacher preparation, and Montessori and student - centered pedagogies.
The impact of
learning space design was another hot topic, with collaborative learning areas, flexible spaces, international school design and technology integration all on readers» wish lists for future Teacher content.
The summit will provide an excellent platform for deeper understanding of the link between pedagogical practices and
learning space designs.
Explore how
learning space design can positively impact classroom learning, the culture of a school, healthy communities, and systems and structures that make education meaningful.
This book goes well beyond the noise on
learning space design that focuses on pretty Pinterest classrooms and moves towards a more sophisticated conversation about how learning spaces support and drive brain - friendly learning.
In addition, I work with teachers, leaders, and districts around the country to build the capacity needed to have rich conversations about
learning space design.
SPACE: Thoughts, Ideas, Hacks on
Learning Space Design by Rebecca Louise Hare and Robert Dillon supports the conversation around this necessary revolution happening in education concerning reshaping school spaces to better support learning.
The School Library Learning Commons The Research Guidelines and Standards Advocacy
Learning Spaces Design for Learning Digital Literacy
Eduthink.21 was created to support schools and districts with the development of innovative cultures, pedagogies, teacher development, curriculum and
learning space design fit for the 21st century.
She presents on Makerspaces and the Maker Movement, creativity, and
learning space design.
In contrast, Stephen Harris, known for the innovative work around
learning space design, at Northern Beaches Christian School in New South Wales challenges educators at the SCIL «Making it Mobile» sessions to reflect on whether their beliefs align with their practice.
We are gathering hard evidence (via pre and post occupancy evaluations) to prove that
learning space design and the process you follow impacts learning outcomes.
The floor plan of the redesigned
learning space designed for Cornerstone Health + Technology High School in Detroit.
Not exact matches
It was
designed to be a shared
space where students and members of the education community — professors, deans, researchers — can
learn about the many opportunities offered by the energy industry in general and Total in particular.
If a Martian landed from outer
space and spoke a language that violated universal grammar, we simply would not be able to
learn that language the way that we
learn a human language like English or Swahili... We're
designed by nature for English, Chinese, and every other possible human language.
But they would be wise to
learn from the unintentional
design that these somewhat «accidently creative» startup
spaces provide.
We've also
learned that
spaces can even be
designed to produce specific performance outcomes — productivity in one
space, say, and increased innovation in another, or both in the same
space but at different times.
Despite the fact that the 2012 shooting Newtown, Conn. claimed the most lives, it was not the first time that a
space designed for young children to
learn was the scene of attack.
Learn more about our award - winning frozen soft - serve vending machine that is
designed to generate revenue with a significantly lower investment in retail floor
space, operations and staffing.
In this wonderful book, Sharifa Oppenheimer guides parents of young children on how to establish the life rhythms that lay the foundation for all
learning; how to
design indoor play environments that allow children the broadest skills development; and how to create backyard play
spaces that encourage vigorous movement and a wide sensory palette.
Incorporating inspirations from early childhood education centers in Scandinavia into this premier indoor
learning and play space in New York, the Heimbold Family Children's Playing and Learning Center integrates the best of Scandinavian design while emphasizing early childhood sensory per
learning and play
space in New York, the Heimbold Family Children's Playing and
Learning Center integrates the best of Scandinavian design while emphasizing early childhood sensory per
Learning Center integrates the best of Scandinavian
design while emphasizing early childhood sensory perception.
The Teen
Learning Lab is a
space at Shedd Aquarium
designed by teens for teens.
Learn how to use nursery
design boards to help give you ideas to create the perfect nursery
space.
A first - grade classroom at Grand Island's Charlotte Sidway Elementary has been transformed into a «multi-sensory
learning space,» a
design which encourages a variety of
learning styles — including fidgeting.
The team plans to continue exploring the
design space of potential ssDNA - grafted colloidal nanostructures, improving its forward models, and bring in more advanced machine
learning techniques.
In addition to the office
space, the lab currently contains a single studio apartment, which the researchers will use to
learn how to
design living
spaces that improve sleep quantity and quality in night - shift workers, and whether changes in these workers» circadian cycles influence their microbiota.
Despite these developments, current
design tools still have
space and motion limitations, and there's a steep
learning curve to understanding the various nuances.
Sub-topics include: actuators, advanced materials, artificial Intelligence, autonomous vehicles, bio-inspired
design, exoskeletons, fabrication, field robotics, human - robot interaction, humanoids, industrial robotics, kinematics, machine
learning, material science, medical technology, motion planning and control, micro - and nano - robotics, multi-robot control, sensors, service robotics, social and ethical issues, soft robotics, and
space, planetary and undersea exploration.
Keep reading to
learn more about Jessica's path to entrepreneurship, her tips for making a
space fabulous but still inviting, and how she
designs her own custom furniture!
For two years running, the Dulux Smarter
Spaces initiative has been championing a movement to improve education environments, supporting schools to achieve better
learning outcomes through the power of effective use of colour and
design.
«We wanted to give [the convening] the
space that is necessary — the metaphorical
space that is necessary — to share the literal
space across the university,» says Kristin Lofblad Sullivan, program director for the Teaching and
Learning Technologies Program at Harvard, and cochair of
Learning Spaces Week with Stephen Ervin, assistant dean for information technology at Harvard
Design School.
Teachers in a startup culture can work together to build the classroom «brand» through activities such as proudly displaying the mission in the students»
learning spaces, sharing messages of success on class websites and blogs, or
designing a class logo and fun swag like t - shirts, water bottles, stickers, and pens.
Design of
learning spaces: Emotional and cognitive effects of
learning environments in relation to child development.
Rather than rows of students monotonously copying information from the whiteboard, the modern classroom encourages working together in teams, such as in
designs for smart, TEAL, or SCALE - UP
learning spaces.
Lisa Goochee, former teacher in Brazil and now at Stanford
Learning Design added, «The most outdated and destructive vestigial feature in the modern K - 12
space is the emphasis on standardized testing along with the college admissions and enrollment processes which rely on these testing conventions.
Havelock Europa's
design service for classroom layout included a series of bespoke teaching walls, the creation of general classrooms, environments for the teaching of art and music, a nursery, two
learning spaces for special needs, staff facilities and a multi-purpose hall and dining area.
The response was to commission some architectural
designs to open up some of the
learning spaces.
With their focus on inventiveness and collaboration, they also offer new ways of looking at classroom or
learning -
space design.
The challenge events are the culmination of a ten - week extra-curricular or in - school programme that will see your students
learning how to
design and control their robots to complete the
space challenges.
The contextually - driven
design for the school's Senior Centre re-conceptualised an underutilised courtyard into a central modern
learning environment, providing six general purpose
learning areas and a presentation
space catering for more than 150 Year 5 and 6 students.
More than an interior
design project, rethinking a
learning space is about remaking not only the
space, but also the
learning that happens there.
The community centers were
designed in part to provide meeting
spaces for Project IF mentors and tutors and will also feature computer
learning centers,...
This problem is exemplified by the current trend of
designing open
spaces in which to
learn, which in turn contributes to a louder environment.
«Maker
spaces» — facilities
designed to encourage hands - on activity and experimentation — have become an increasingly exciting part of many schools» digital -
learning and career - tech offerings.