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Mission, Vision, and the Playspace Help shape character of students/employees Importance of community involvement Employees and students develop desire to pursue and appreciate knowledge Intellectual, social, and professional development for students/employees The mission of South University is to provide educational opportunities for intellectual, social, and professional development. The mission of the university is also to develop the requisites to pursue and appreciate knowledge (South University, 2015). Before the university can fully visualize the betterment of its students, it should first conceptualize a place first for employees to be able to reach for intellectual, social, and professional development. The vision of South University is distill the importance of community involvement and to shape the character of its students. The implementation of a Playspace will shape the character of its employees by providing a space for community involvement. Employees will be able to come together in an innovative and safe space.

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Playspace Design Sheaon Monlouis AET/570 Dr. Gale Cossette https://www.mindmeister.com/577422256/south-university-playspace8/31/2015

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Mission, Vision, and the Playspace

• Help shape character of students/employees

• Importance of community involvement

• Employees and students develop desire to pursue and appreciate knowledge

• Intellectual, social, and professional development for students/employees

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Playspace and Adult Learning Theories

• Self-directed learning • involved in decisions about learning

activities (Wickett, 2005)

• Experiential learning • acquire new forms of knowledge,

understanding, and/or skills (Wickett, 2005)

• Transformative learning • acquire new understanding through

critical self-reflection (Wickett, 2005)

• Playspace embodies transformative learning • Employees will co-create the space

(Meyer, 2012)

• Employees will engage their whole bodies (Meyer, 2012)

• Employees will embrace new way of thinking (Meyer, 2012)

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Benefits on Organizational and Employee Growth

• Relational Knowledge o Build relationships to foster

collaboration

• Engagement o Take a mental break and learn with

coworkers

• Improved Collaboration o Learn to work with each other in and

out of the Idea Room Mugavin, B. (2014). [Online Image].

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Addressing challenges with the playspace

• 1. Embodied learning is not valued at all levels of the organization • a. Communicate implementation of Idea Room to Executive Committee, Directors,

and Employees

• 2. Convincing administrative staff Playspace is beneficial • a. Spell out benefits on paper and make tangible

• 3. Balancing seriousness with creativity • a. Employees will take what they have learned back to their work stations

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References

• Meyer, P. (2012). Embodied learning at work: Making the mind-set shift from workplace to playspace. New Directions For Adult & Continuing Education, 2012(134), 25-32. doi:10.1002/ace.20013

• Mugavin, B. (2014). Discussing Accountability. [Online Image]. Retrieved from http://blog.flashpointhr.com/talent-management-2/accountability-conversations-the-key-to-employee-and-organizational-growth/

• South University. (2015). Retrieved from https://www.southuniversity.edu/WhoWeAre/About/mission-statement

• Wickett, R. (2005). Adult Learning Theories and Theological Education. Journal of Adult Theological Education, 2(2), 153-161. doi:10.1558/jate.2005.2.2.153