The design of learning settings and the impact of various dimensions of those settings on learning
In a report in the World Economic Forum, Matluba Kahn discusses a project to transform an elementary school lot in Bangladesh into an active playground for both recreation and learning. The project is interesting both […]
Writing in the Economist, Catherine Nixley considers the Death of the Office as a possible result of the Covid 19 pandemic. She traces the office from its beginnings in London at the East India Company […]
Chapter 1 makes the case for a shift to active learning at colleges and universities and observes that many current digital education initiatives amount to digitizing nineteenth century learning. Chapter 2 discusses the current organization […]
One of the opportunities afforded by the current pandemic as it impacts higher education is that the variety of responses from those working in colleges and universities reveal some of the seams that are more […]
Andrew Peacock delivered a graphic presentation on the Taylor Design Shop environment and how he became a graphic facilitator for these powerful learning events. The design shop as envisioned by Matt Taylor mobilizes the entire […]
Small learning groups are an important part of the new learning ecosystem and developing tools to support such learner configurations is an important task for those working on the creation of a new learning infrastructure. […]
One of the opportunities worth exploring as computing and communications technologies advance is the possibility of enhancing work environments by leveraging such technologies to access and utilize information in new ways in the course of […]
We have been experimenting with creating immersive learning experiences for several years. These experiences are designed to make full use of the spaces within which learning is taking place to use much more than text […]
An article in Edutopia calls attention to a new study of flexible space in classrooms. The study, conducted by Peter Barrett at the University of Salford in the UK, examined 153 primary classrooms in 27 […]
Over the past decade there has been growing interest in new designs for learning spaces, including classrooms and entire schools. In a recent article, Cathy Rubin interviews designer Lene Jensby Lange, the founder of Danish […]
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