From: "Joan K. Lippincott" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Thu, 04 Feb 2016 09:30:01 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [71.40.81.36] (account joan@cni.org HELO [172.20.7.234]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.9) with ESMTPSA id 30006547 for cni-announce@cni.org; Thu, 04 Feb 2016 08:09:05 -0500 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_05823D2B-2A83-4425-B0AE-508D94160B87" Subject: UK Higher Education Learning Space Toolkit X-Original-Message-Id: <9AB615EC-803D-4227-B55E-9335FD7B1A0F@cni.org> X-Original-Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 08:09:05 -0500 X-Original-To: "cni-announce@cni.org (cni-announce@cni.org)" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.6 \(1510\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1510) --Apple-Mail=_05823D2B-2A83-4425-B0AE-508D94160B87 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii A group of associations in the UK have issued The UK Higher Education = Learning Space Toolkit www.ucisa.ac.uk/learningspace I have taken a quick look at most of the sections and believe that many = in North America and other regions will find the advice contained here = useful. Sections include working in partnership, effective learning by = design, evaluation, and many others. Note that the final item on the = menu allows you to download the full PDF, and the resource is freely = available. The authors state that one of their inspirations was the = FLEXspace repository, which I have described in posts and in = presentations (http://flexspace.org/ You need an account, which is = free, to access FLEXspace.) In addition, the Learning Space Toolkit, = hosted at North Carolina State University, is an excellent resource = http://learningspacetoolkit.org/ and it also has been very interesting = to see some implementations of the Learning Space Rating System = http://www.educause.edu/eli/initiatives/learning-space-rating-system at = the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative(ELI) annual conference. If you are working on a building or renovation project, you'll want to = check out this new resource from the UK. --Joan Lippincott, CNI ------------------------------ Dear colleagues =20 I am writing to announce the publication of the UK Higher Education = Learning Space Toolkit: a SCHOMS, AUDE and UCISA collaboration = www.ucisa.ac.uk/learningspace =20 The UK Higher Education Learning Space Toolkit provides guidance for = Audiovisual, IT and Estates teams, and demonstrates why the provision of = excellent learning spaces should be a strategic, institution-wide = concern. =20 Constructed from interviews from eleven experienced professionals, the = Toolkit explores pedagogical principles and their place in learning = space design, and gives an honest insight in to the realities of = cross-professional working in universities and colleges. =20 The Toolkit includes advice on: managing a learning space project, = working with professional advisors, considerations for particular types = of learning space, using learning technologies, the evaluation of = learning spaces and changing working practices. =20 The Toolkit was authored by Dr Gill Ferrell, with guidance from Caroline = Pepper, Learning and Teaching Space Manager, Loughborough University and = Simon Birkett, IT and Learning Manager, University of Staffordshire (for = SCHOMS); Eleanor Magennis, Head of Space Planning, University of = Glasgow (for AUDE); and Anna Mathews, Head of Policy and Projects (for = UCISA). We have been overwhelmed with the support we have received from = colleagues across the sector in the drafting process - publishing the = Toolkit truly has been a community effort. =20 Best wishes Anna =20 Anna Mathews Head of Policy and Projects UCISA University of Oxford 13 Banbury Road Oxford OX2 6NN T: 01865 283425 F: 01865 283426 E: execsec@ucisa.ac.uk www.ucisa.ac.uk= --Apple-Mail=_05823D2B-2A83-4425-B0AE-508D94160B87 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii A = group of associations in the UK have issued The UK Higher Education = Learning Space Toolkit  http://flexspace.org/  You = need an account, which is free, to access FLEXspace.) In addition, the = Learning Space Toolkit, hosted at North Carolina State University, is an = excellent resource http://learningspacetoolkit.org/=   and it also has been very interesting to see some = implementations of the Learning Space Rating System http://www.educause.edu/eli/initiatives/learning-space-rating-system at the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative(ELI) annual = conference.
If you are working on a building or renovation = project, you'll want to check out this new resource from the = UK.
--Joan Lippincott, = CNI
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Dear colleagues