Learning Settings

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Students in the humanities on many campuses find it difficult to see the work of the humanities in action, much less participate in such work. Indeed, on many campuses students looking down a hallway in […]

Biophilic design draws on elements in nature and our connections to them as bases for creating man-made spaces. Writing in the Shepley Bulfinch blog, Sonja Bochart highlights six biophilic design principles as represented in recent […]