Promoting Access through Learning Spaces

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Malcolm Brown
Director, Academic Computing, Dartmouth College

The term "learning spaces" is being used to indicate a broadening of the "space" in which learning can happen. There are formal, informal, as well as virtual learning spaces. This presentation will focus primarily on informal learning spaces, and cover how current designs, informed by learning principles and the requirements of the current generation of students, are promoting learning by promoting access.

Readings

• Brown, Malcolm B. and Joan K. Lippincott. "Learning Spaces: More than Meets the Eye." EDUCAUSE Quarterly 1 (2003): 14-16. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/eqm0312.pdf.
• EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI) (Formerly NLII). Learning Space Design. http://www.educause.edu/LearningSpace/5521.
• Lippincott, Joan K. "Net Gen Students and Libraries." Educating the Net Generation, ed. By Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger. An EDUCAUSE E-book, 2005. http://www.educause.edu/educatingthenetgen.
• Valenti, Mark S. "Creating the Classroom of the Future." EDUCAUSE Review (Sept/Oct 2002): 52-62. http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/erm0254.pdf.

About Malcolm Brown

Malcolm Brown is director of Academic Computing at Dartmouth College. The Academic Computing group supports the application of information technology in teaching, learning, and research.