A Vision for FLEXspace: Flexible Learning Environments eXchange

Creating a new Community of Practice for an Open Access, Peer Reviewed

Learning Space RepositoryLisa Stephens

Senior Strategist – SUNY Academic Innovation

Joseph MoreauCTO & Vice Chancellor – Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Mark McCallisterAssociate Director - Office of Academic Technology, University of Florida

Clare van den BlinkDirector - Academic Technologies, Cornell University

Roots of FLEXspace: Committed Stakeholders

Began with theSUNY Innovative Instruction Pilot

Followed by a national “listening tour”

• CCUMC• NMC Horizon Summit• ELI Annual Meeting• Sloan C - MERLOT

Strategic Level Project Value“Why should we invest resources in this project?”

• Opportunity Cost - Demonstrate/Measure ROI• Supports agile renovation cycles• Content capture for new educational delivery

platforms (Dev. Edu., Online, Tutorial)• Design standards to support active learning• Promotes consistent understanding of

terminology across various instructional support disciplines

• Synergy with other national efforts (ELI, SCUP)

Operational/Functional Project Value“How does this help functional education needs?”

• Open Education Repository• Built on Successful Proof of Concept• Engages Best Practices• Offers Peer Review• Robust, Reliable Hosting • Sponsorship Interest (envisioned as no-cost

to .edu)• More than photos & video: offers web

interaction, community building and referral opportunities

Production Service MigrationDatabase Taxonomies are the Key!

Post Conferences ”Listening Tour” Taxonomy Refinement

Need to Revise original Taxonomy into three separate Domains:• A/V Integration • Facilities Integration • Learning Space

Typologies & Assessment

Incorporate details as necessary within each domain

Original Taxonomy

Data Upload InterfaceSeparate “Input Domain” for each Taxonomy

A/V Integration Taxonomy Review

Defining/refining A/V vs. Facilities Fields• Technology• Touchscreens• Conferencing Features• Projection/Display Systems• Local and enterprise-level content capture• Mobile initiatives

All basic features necessary to properly outfit a classroom based on pedagogical needs and facilities parameters

Facilities and Architectural Review

Facilities Design and Functional Considerations• Fit and Finish Components• Natural and artificial lighting• Acoustics• Facilities engineering

All basic features necessary for aesthetic and code/safety compliance, maximizing A/V and pedagogical parameters

Learning & Assessment

Typology Rubric Development• How can a taxonomy or rubric capture what

teaching and learning activities are enabled or supported by the space and technology?

• Assessment of Learning Effectiveness

Features necessary to respond to faculty and student teaching and learning needs. Additional challenge of expressing measurement (e.g. ELI “Seeking Evidence of Impact”)

Learning & AssessmentLearning Activities

• What is enabled by the space and technology features?

Foundational pedagogy of space approach• Inquiry based, learner driven inquiry, faculty

directed/facilitated, etc.Relationships enabled: teacher-student, student-student

• Types of interactions, lectures vs. discussion, team collaborations, 1-1 partnerships, problem solving, etc.

Scale: size of space/environment, class size, number of locationsRelated Information:

• Participants characteristics• Location (face-to-face vs. virtual)

Learning & AssessmentTechnology Learning activities Relationships Scale/location Foundational

/pedagogyParticipant

characteristics

Mobile Active Formal Lecture 1-1; 2-1 Didactic primary school

Fixed/Specialized Conversational Collaborative Hybrid - multiple physical locations Visualizations HS

High-bandwidth Problem Solving Informal learning

Large lecture (500+) Experimental Adult/College

Low Bandwidth Case Study Social learning Seminar (<15/20) Research Able Bodied

Critiques Peer learning Labs (<50) Prototyping Disabled

Visualization Informal Lecture Studios (<50) Challenge-based learning Senior

Experimental Seminar Small Lecture (<500, <100) Design Thinking

Artistic expression Demonstration Machine Shop

physical movement

Fabrication (maker spaces)

Timeline To Production 1.0On target to meet Beta rollout on Shared Shelf

Spring 2013

Demo Prototype & Listening Tour

SUNY, CCUMC, NMC, ELI, Sloan-C/MERLOT

Summer2013

Frame Governance & Revise Fields

Compile Feedback, Form Advisory & Business Plan

Fall 2013 Pilot Production, Dedicate Staff

Peer Testing, Revision, Communicate Updates

Spring 2014

Production Release 1.0 Listening Tour 2.0

Other Production Dependencies & Progress Interim and Long Term Governance• Bylaws drafted, Interim Board in place• SUNY serving as interim agent (MOU’s and

contracts)• Integrating Sponsorship MOU

• Tiered Analytics based on sponsor level*• Blog space• Opportunity for interaction• Showcasing vs. advertising

• Developing Marketing & Communications Plan• Founding Sponsors to drive start up• Competition to drive repository population

*ARTstor Shared Shelf Release Features

Collaboration Sitehttp://sites.google.com/site/flexspacedev/

“You Kiddin? I Want to Help Realize the Flexible Learning Environments eXchange!”

Shared Shelf Live Link to FLEXspace(Password Required for Now)

Other Resources:

Quick Google Search Resources:“Sloan ET4 + FLEXspace” = Current Files

“CCUMC + Repository” = Conference Demo“ELI + Poster Sessions + FLEXspace” = Multiple

Files

Feedback and Needs Assessment

• Do architects resonate with this vision?• How might this resource be made stronger from

AIA perspective?• How can FLEXspace best serve your resource

needs?

Thank You! Lisa Stephens, PhD

Senior Strategist – Academic Innovation – Office of the SUNY Provostlisa.stephens@suny.edu

Joseph MoreauCTO & Vice Chancellor – Foothill-De Anza Community College District

moreaujoseph@fhda.edu

Mark McCallisterAssociate Director - Office of Academic Technology, University of Florida

markm@ufl.edu

Clare van den BlinkDirector - Academic Technologies, Cornell University

cv36@cornell.edu