New Generation Learning Spaces:
Investing in the Digital Campus
Mark Brown, Fergus Donohue, Justin Doyle, Mark Glynn & Ian Spillane
EdTech 2015, Limerick
28th May 2015
1. Why
Learning
Spaces
2. The
Current
State
3. The
Future
State
1. Why Learning Spaces
“We shape our dwellings
and afterwards our dwellings shape us”
1. Why Learning Spaces
1. Why Learning Spaces
1. Why Learning Spaces
Off Campus
in Class
Off Campus
out of Class
On Campus
in Class
Acquisition
Participation
On Campus
out of Class
Synchronous Asynchronous
1. Why Learning Spaces
• JISC Reports
• Educause Reports
• Spaces for Knowledge Generation
Wealth of literature…
1. Why Learning Spaces
“High quality teaching requires high
quality learning environments”
Basic premise…
(Keppell, Souter & Riddle, 2011)
1. Why Learning Spaces
2. The Current State
2. The Current State
2. The Current State
2. The Current State
2. The Current State
2. The Current State
2. The Current State
3. The Future State
3. The Future State
• Guiding principles
• Definition of five categories
• Defining standards for each category
Redesigning our dwellings…
3. The Future State
Project
design…
3. The Future State
3. The Future State
3. The Future State
3. The Future State
• Significant funding available – millions
• Partnership of many stakeholders
anchored in a much wider Teaching
and Learning Strategy
In conclusion…
Conclusion
• Three year project

New Generation Learning Spaces: Investing in the Digital Campus