Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:45:05 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from wonder-woman.cni.org ([192.100.21.33] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.5) with ESMTPS id 14361839 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:04:44 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: <57120BA7-65E3-46B7-8F70-8430B6C20244@cni.org> From: "Joan K. Lippincott" X-Original-To: cni-announce@cni.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-26-288395677 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: PKAL Learning Spaces Collaboratory launches website X-Original-Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:04:18 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) --Apple-Mail-26-288395677 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm posting below a message from Jeanne Narum, the Principal of the =20 PKAL Learning Spaces Collaboratory. This program has just launched =20 its website and there is lots of information available for those of =20 you planning learning spaces - resources (papers, presentations) as =20 well as descriptions of upcoming events. I am pleased that CNI is a =20 collaborating partner, and I serve on the Advisory Committee of the =20 initiative. --Joan Lippincott ------------------------------- Welcome to the home of the new PKAL Learning Spaces Collaboratory =20 (PKAL LSC): http://www.pkallsc.org/ This Collaboratory embraces the broad community of those responsible =20 for the quality and character of the physical learning environment=97 =20= academics and architects, as well as a wide range of other stakeholders. The Collaboratory, which evolved from Project Kaleidoscope=92s previous =20= facilities planning efforts, is distinct from present and future PKAL =20= efforts (now in partnership with AAC&U) to ensure all undergraduates =20 in America's colleges and universities become engaged learners in STEM =20= fields, and well-prepared for life and work in the 21st century. Collaborating partners include The Coalition for Networked Information =20= (CNI); National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); =20= National Council for Science and the Environment (NCSE); Second =20 Nature; Society for College and University Planning (SCUP); U.S. Green =20= Building Council (USGBC); as well as PKAL and AAC&U. During 2011, the primary focus of Collaboratory initiatives will be on =20= the process of planning learning spaces. This is because we are =20 convinced that there is a strong link between both the quality of =20 learning and the character of learning spaces and that campuses must =20 give attention to this link at all stages in deciding about =20 maintaining, renovating, and/or constructing 21st century learning =20 spaces=97 be they libraries, classrooms, or science facilities. Please note the schedule for upcoming regional workshops: = http://www.pkallsc.org/what_we_do/meetings=20 . We invite your special attention to the LSC March 19 regional =20 workshop at Dickinson College (PA) (http://www.pkallsc.org/events/91) =20= and the PKAL Engaged STEM Learning conference in Miami = (http://www.aacu.org/meetings/stem/index.cfm=20 ). Weekly LSC postings will explore various dimensions of the planning =20 process=97 from audits to assessments. The LSC will always be a work-in-=20= progress, thus: =B7 Your voice is needed and a process has been designed for =20 your questions and responses. =B7 Your suggestions are welcome for resources=97 existing or =20= missing research=97on learning and learning spaces. =B7 Your candidates for stories from the field (renovations of =20= individual spaces, major new facilities, or outdoor green spaces) are =20= also sought. Contact information: 1730 Rhode Island Avenue NW, Suite 409, Washington DC 202-232-1300 pkallsc@pkallsc.org =20= --Apple-Mail-26-288395677 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I'm posting below a message = from Jeanne Narum, the Principal of the PKAL Learning Spaces = Collaboratory.  This program has just launched its website and = there is lots of information available for those of you planning = learning spaces - resources (papers, presentations) as well as = descriptions of upcoming events.  I am pleased that CNI is a = collaborating partner, and I serve on the Advisory Committee of the = initiative.
--Joan = Lippincott
This Collaboratory embraces the broad = community of those responsible for the quality and character of the = physical learning environment=97 academics and architects, as well as a = wide range of other stakeholders.
The Collaboratory, which evolved from = Project Kaleidoscope=92s previous facilities planning efforts, is = distinct from present and future PKAL efforts (now in partnership with = AAC&U) to ensure all undergraduates in America's colleges and = universities become engaged learners in STEM fields, and well-prepared = for life and work in the = 21st century.
Collaborating partners include The = Coalition for Networked Information (CNI); National Collegiate Inventors = and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA); National Council for Science and the = Environment (NCSE); Second Nature; Society for College and University = Planning (SCUP); U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC); as well as PKAL = and AAC&U.