In my former life as a teacher, I did not think much about learning spaces, as long as I had chairs and tables that could be moved around for group work I was quite happy. …
Learning Spaces
Skyping in to the Intelligent Campus…and more
(tl;dr – belated report on two internal events I organised and four I attended at City) Opening the archives Last year, I moved into a new position within LEaD’s Educational Technology Team, becoming a Senior…
Education Estates Conference, Manchester 2019
This was my first experience of Education Estates conference, and it was a useful insight into the priorities of the Dept. of Education, architects and stakeholders across all levels of education, from nursery schools to…
4th Innovative Learning Spaces Summit
Blogpost from Barcelona, September 2019. Day 1 The conference, branded as the 4th Innovative Learning Spaces Summit organised by Luxatia International was chaired by Mark Swales, Head of Estates and Facilities from Sheffield Hallam University. He…
50 % * of our teaching rooms in the University have been improved – with a new DALI teaching Pod
The Designing Active Learning Initiative (DALI) project, spent the Summer busily focussing on our fourth year of works, to deliver updated educational technology in 31 learning spaces, including 10 existing and 21 new spaces at Whiskin Street, in time for the…
The Design and Management of Learning Environments – ‘Integrated Approaches for Influencing Value and Change’
Back in May I attended the Learning Environments conference with colleague Dom Pates. The event was held at the Royal College of Physicians in Regents Park London, with academic and professional delegates from higher education, architect companies, developers, design…
Designing Learning Environments To Encourage Collaboration – An afternoon fringe event to the Learning Environments Conference
The day before the main Learning Environments conference, Dom Pates and I ran a new Pedagogy of Space workshop, subtitled; ‘Why Do We Put Furniture in a Learning Space?’ This is a new addition to…
Snakes and ladders, discovering my digital skills and other highlights from EUNIS19
Would you like to play a game? One of my favourite sessions at EUNIS19 was the snakes and ladders game presented by Gill Ferrell and Eleanor Magennis based on the ucisa Learning Spaces toolkit. The…
Bricks will be replaced by clicks – Campus for the future – EUNIS19
“Bricks will be replaced by clicks” they said in the early 2000s, suggesting a move away from physical campuses in favour of more virtual spaces, with campus managers becoming IT managers. Fast forward 19 years…
Showcasing interactive learning spaces at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology
“Rank these learning spaces from most to least favourite.” Those were our instructions for the opening activity at the Active Learning in Interactive Spaces pre-congress workshop at EUNIS19 hosted by the Norwegian University of Science…
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