Insofar, we’ve been talking about learning spaces in the context of physical spaces. However, we are increasingly reliant on online means to teach and communicate with students – using emails, forums, tweets, etc. Unlike the supporting role online spaces used to be, they are now vital to successful learning, taking […]

Post by guest author Meredith Hinze from the University of Melbourne. Today, we reframe our focus onto the activity based learning models and approaches that suit active learning environments. We will also consider how to design for active learning and “activate” learning when you’ve been timetabled in a standard classroom. […]

Post by Meredith Hinze (University of Melbourne) and Katie Freund After considering the affordances of spaces, let’s look specifically at the “active learning” spaces which are appearing at more and more universities to see exactly how and why they are different. A shift in pedagogy Active learning has increasingly become […]

What do spaces tell us about the relationship between teaching and learning? In Day 1, we briefly discussed the theoretical underpinnings of learning spaces. The importance of space and its configuration to learning is like headphones/speakers to the enjoyment of music – not forgetting that this is spatially situated as […]

Classrooms are a core part of universities, where students spend a significant amount of their time during their degree. As such, they have a profound impact on student – and teacher – experience. Learning spaces on Australian campuses are changing, with many universities building new and innovative classrooms that are […]