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Designing Learning Spaces for Student Engagement

@icentremta

@katschrav

@helenstower1

Our Story..

+What do we Value?

Change

Users

Community

Access

Learning

Culture

Environment

http://youtu.be/pEX43d43D2A

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“Libraries are pivotal parts of any

school, but the ability for them to

advance life learning is the critical

element that differentiates an

outstanding library design”

-Paul Katz

+Physical Spaces –

Our Starting Point..

-Teacher-Centred - Inflexible - Uninviting – Wasted Space

+Technology Access

-Teacher-Centred - Inflexible - Uninviting –Wasted Space

+What did we need?

To prepare students for ‘tomorrow’s world’ in environments that support learner-centred pedagogy (Murray, 2007, p.19).

An interdependence between pedagogy, space and technology (Radcliffe, Wilson, Powell & Tibbets, 2009, p.3).

Spaces that didn’t impede the engagement of the learner (La Marca, 2010, p.3).

Learning spaces that enable users to engage critically with information, see themselves as active participants in the production of knowledge and continue that participation beyond the borders of their school, into their home and wider community (Remy, 2004).

+What did the users say?Key Stakeholders: Leadership team, staff and students

Furniture needs to aesthetically pleasing, ergonomic and comfortable.

There needs to be more access computers, particularly for the year levels who are not yet taking part in the 1:1 laptop scheme.

Both individual (quiet) and group (collaboration) working areas need to be provided.

Technology should be available to aid both individual and group study while providing minimal disruption to other users.

Access to new technologies and virtual spaces would be preferable.

Reading areas need to comfortable and relaxed whilst study areas needs to be more formal.

The area needs to feel welcoming.

+What did we target?

1. Flexible Teaching Spaces

+2. Collaborative Spaces

+3. Individual Spaces

+4. Seamless Integration of

Technology

+5. Experimedia

+6. Reading Areas and News Café

+7. Signage

+8. Furniture & Aesthetics of Physical

Space

+Virtual Spaces

cc licensed (BY SA) flickr photo by Tim

Klapdorhttp://flickr.com/photos/timklapdor/10987048513

+Virtual Spaces –

Our Starting Point..

Static environment - Slow speed of change - Formal structure

+What did we need?

A digital space that is underpinned by pedagogy (Hunt, Huijser

and Sankey, 2012, p. 183).

A space that flipped the existing paradigm of the school library

and transcended the physical space to bring services and

programs to every student and teacher wherever learning takes

place (O’Connell, 2011, p.35).

A space that created new patterns of social and intellectual

interaction based in a philosophy of learner-centred and

education-centred design (Istance & Kool, 2013, p. 47).

A space that was attractive to teenagers – a youth market that

want visually-stimulating, convenient and easy-to-access

resources (Hennah, 2007, p.43)

+What did we target?1. A networked space – iCentre website

+2. Collaborative Spaces – Social Media

“As a parent, with the media focused on the negative aspects of social media, it gave

me great confidence that Sarah will learn how to use these tools properly under your

tutelage. So I just wanted to thank you for an informative and interesting session.”

+3. Embedded rather than separated

technologies

+4. Seamless access to resources

- eBooks, audiobooks & databases

+5. News & reviews

+7. Aesthetics of digital space

- graphic design & style guide

+Something was missing?

+Virtual Spaces – recommendations for

future

Co-creation & co-design – the user is an integral part of the design team (Sanders & Stapers, 2008, p.9).

A period of extensive observation – data about what users do & do not do in digital learning environments to inform the design process (Brown & Katz, 2011, p.382)

Broad collaboration in the design process to create a sense of ownership in the finished product (Hunter, 2006, p.65).

Australian Library and Information Association via

Twitter

+Virtual Spaces – recommendations for

future

Prototype – make ideas

tangible, share them for

experimentation & receive

feedback to refine a space

before its final implementation

(IDEO, 2012, p.57).

A framework for feedback &

evaluation needs to be built-in

to the design rather than

‘tacked-on’ to ensure

continuous improvement

(Oblinger, 2005, p.18).

Jo Quinlan, Aug 8 2014, via Twitter

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To Be Continued..

“[don’t suffer from] a mentality of

perfect products, rather than the high-

tech mindset of make it, launch it, fix

it” – Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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