designing different spaces for different learning

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3• you and me

• peers• ENVIRONMENT

(from The Third Teacher; OWP/P Architects, 2010)

teachers

Does your learning space work for what we know about learning today, or just for what

we knew about learning in the past?

Teacher and students in a primary classroom in Ayr, 1937, from http://commons.wikimedia.org

Students need places

collaborative

on their own

quietnoisy

multiple settings

formal spaces

informal spaces

physicalvirtual

learn by reflectionlear

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ng

learn through conversation

flexible

agile

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!!!

THORNBURG, RUNNQUIST

…as much about time as space.

5 LEARNING SPACES

These 5 Learning Spaces

in the CLiC

The

Lab

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ory

The Campfire

…learning from experts or storytellers

Fixed ‘wall of

attraction’ doesn’t FIT

with idea of flexible

learningspaces

The

Wat

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le

…a place of exchanging communication, flowing back and forth.

The

Cav

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For BEST work, or “messy” work-in-progress?

…where the experiences are woven together by applying what you learn to projects in the real world

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USEFUL REFERENCES:

McIntosh, E. & JISC: Designing Spaces for Effective Learninghttp://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/publications/learningspaces.pdf

Runnquist, A. (2011, May 25). Learning environments based on learning, Research and Development Blog. [Weblog post] Retrieved from: http://vittrabloggen.wordpress.com/tag/ict/

Thornburg, D. (2007). Campfires in cyberspace: Primordial metaphors for learning in the 21st century. Thornburg Centre for Professional Development. Retrieved from: http://tcpd.org/Thornburg/Handouts/Campfires.pdf

The Third Teacher (OWP/P Architects, 2010): 79 Ways you can design to transform teaching and learninghttp://static.squarespace.com/static/509c0d15e4b058edb8f35a86/t/50ec7590e4b0a0ad0261576c/1357673872861/TTTIdeasFlashCards.pdf