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Graduate Competencies

• Critical Thinking

• Self Organise

• Problem Solve

• Collaborate/Teams

• Communicate

• Cross Disciplinary

• Learn to Learn

University of Sydney

NetGen & ‘Digital Natives’ – Prensky 2000 and 2010

Digitally literate —Use variety of IT devices—Surf the Net—Experimental

Multiple media literacy—Comfortable in visual rich environment—Able to weave together images, text, sound—Visual interfaces, streaming media, gaming

Always connected—Mobile phones, laptops, PDA, IM, web cams, wireless, blogs, email, wikis, chat, gaming

Immediacy —Expect information, communication, entertainment to be 24/7—Immediate responses & instant gratification—High expectations

Drivers for Change - Learners

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Learning Retention Rates (Montambeau, 2000)

http://www.cofc.edu/bellsandwhistles/research/retentionmodel.html

New Production of Knowledge

Mode 1 [Closed - Silo]

Disciplinary

Homogeneous

Organisationally hierarchical

Tends to preserve its form

Quality control related to discipline

Context based on basic research or academic science

Mode 2 [Open - Network]

Trans-disciplinary

Heterogeneous

Organisationally heterarchical

Transient

Quality temporary and heterogeneous practitioners

Context around a particular application

(Gibbons, 1994)(Kirkpatrick, 2007)

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Pedagogy & Space – 3 Modes

Three spatial archetypes:

• Teacher centred [mode 1]

• Student centred [mode 2]

• Informal – ‘thirdspace’ [mode 3]

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Issues:

• How do you measure space utilisation in 3 modalities?

• Do you measure inputs or outputs – what are the performance criteria?

• How do you measure the quality of learning environments?

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Questions:

• What is the right balance of the three

• Where should they be located?

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Inquiry Based Learning – MIT Aeronautical (www.cdio.org)

www.CDIO.org

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Inquiry Based Learning – MIT Aeronautical

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Inquiry Based Learning – MIT Aeronautical

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Technology Enabled Active Learning – MIT Physics 1

University of Canterbury – College of Education

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Activity Based Design

- Modular Grid

- Column free spaces

- SLIDING walls

- Exposed honest solution- pre cast plank flooring- plug and play services- modular systems i.e. lighting

Collaborative Learning Engineering 1 UniSA

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Academic Libraries - Habib Model

Informal Formal

Physical Space

Virtual Space

Social Spaces

Libraries Academic Spaces

Informal, fun, intimate, loose power structures, peer communications

Formal, serious, guarded, hierarchical, scholarly communication

Facebook, IM, cell phones, blogs…

Dorms, bars, parties Study rooms,

computer labs, info commons,

cafes

IM, virtual reference,

Flickr, Blogs, Wikis, OPACs

Classrooms

Office hours

Blackboard, Web CT, registration software, blogs, wikis, websites

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Multiple Pedagogical Settings - Airport Club Lounge

• flexibility• choice of settings• choice of group size / privacy• choice of formal / informal

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Mode 1

Mode 2

Mode 3

Malaysian University – Flexible Learning Centre

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Saltire Centre - Glasgow Caledonian University

Diverse range of learning settings

Flexible & temporary private meeting spaces

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