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

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

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)

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].

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

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