Plenary I: Getting the Vision Right - Learning Spaces Collaboratory
Plenary I: Getting the Vision Right - Learning Spaces Collaboratory
Plenary I: Getting the Vision Right - Learning Spaces Collaboratory
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THE PKAL VISION<br />
WHAT WORKS<br />
• ENSURING ROBUST 21 st<br />
CENTURY STEM LEARNING<br />
ENVIRONMENTS FOR 21 ST<br />
CENTURY<br />
UNDERGRADUATES<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
WHAT WORKS<br />
• KNOWING<br />
WHAT<br />
QUESTIONS<br />
TO ASK<br />
• FOCUSING<br />
ON<br />
SOLUTIONS<br />
• DREAMING<br />
BIG<br />
• HAVING THE<br />
RIGHT<br />
PEOPLE AT<br />
THE TABLE,<br />
IN A TIMELY<br />
MANNER<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
QUESTIONS TO ASK<br />
• #1: ABOUT LEARNERS AND<br />
LEARNING—WHAT WORKS<br />
•<br />
• #2: ABOUT SPACES FOR<br />
SCIENCE– WHAT WORKS<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
? #1: LEARNERS & LEARNING<br />
WHAT WORKS<br />
• SETTING GOALS FOR<br />
STUDENT LEARNING<br />
• UNDERSTANDING HOW<br />
PEOPLE LEARN (HPL)<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
QUALITIES OF THE<br />
SUCCESSFUL INNOVATOR<br />
• The ability to self-educate<br />
• The skills of problem-defining, problem –<br />
’puzzling through’ & problem-solving<br />
• An understanding of intellectual depth<br />
• The ability to handle criticism, no matter<br />
how it is intended<br />
• The ability of peer persuasion<br />
• The willingness to take on, and manage, risk.<br />
(pkal seminars)<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
SOME “BURNING”<br />
QUESTIONS<br />
• HOW TO STAY SANE AND<br />
CREATIVE DURING THE<br />
LONG PLANNING PROCESS?<br />
• HOW TO NURTURE A<br />
COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS?<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
EVERY SETTING A<br />
LEARNING OPPORTUNITY<br />
)<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
INVOLVE STUDENTS<br />
• Students as consumers with a choice<br />
• They have a unique perspective on <strong>the</strong>ir<br />
learning environment<br />
• Input ranges from opinion to action<br />
• Language and perspectives differ;<br />
not all students are alike<br />
• “Spend a day in <strong>the</strong>ir shoes”<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
STUDENT LEARNING<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
JUST IN TIME TEACHING<br />
CLASSROOMS (SANDBOXING…)<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
PBL CLASSROOMS<br />
(SANDBOXING…)<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
STUDIO CLASSROOMS<br />
(SANDBOXING…)<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
FLEXIBLE CLASSROOMS<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
FLEXIBLE SPACES<br />
McCann –Erickson, Views of Multi-Purpose Room PROJECT<br />
Rockwell Group<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
? #2: SPACES FOR SCIENCE<br />
WHAT WORKS<br />
• ARE AGILE & ADAPTABLE<br />
• BRING DELIGHT TO THOSE<br />
WHOSE LIVES THEY TOUCH<br />
• SIGNAL THE ESSENCE OF<br />
THE 21 ST CENTURY<br />
PROCESS OF DISCOVERING<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
SPACES FOR SCIENCE<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
SPACES FOR SCIENCE<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
SPACES FOR SCIENCE<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
SPACES FOR SCIENCE<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
SPACES FOR SCIENCE<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
ENJOY<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007
THANKS TO….<br />
• Georgia Institute of<br />
Technology<br />
• Massachusetts Institute of<br />
Technology<br />
• Rensselaer Polytechnic<br />
Institute<br />
• University of Chicago<br />
• University of Redlands<br />
• Burt Hill<br />
• CO Architects<br />
• Ellenzweig Associates<br />
• Einhorn Yaffee Prescott<br />
• Holabird & Root<br />
• Research Facilities<br />
Design<br />
• Rockwell Group<br />
• Shepley Bulfinch<br />
Richardson and Abbott<br />
• SRG Partnership<br />
• Vantage Technologies<br />
PROJECT<br />
KALEIDOSCOPE 2007