The document discusses key design principles for schools to support creative learning in the modern age. It identifies the main drivers of learning as being creativity, personalization, and a blend of old and new skills. Specific design patterns are presented to support independent and collaborative learning through small learning communities, reflective spaces, active learning areas, and strong indoor-outdoor connections. Case studies of several schools demonstrate how these principles have been applied in practice.

1. design for the creative age: school 2.0 Microsoft Schools of the Future 2010 Randall Fielding, Partner Fielding Nair International Architects and change agents for creative learning communities

3. key learning driver 1: creative age Like Web 2.0, School 2.0 means a shift from students as passive consumers of content to active creators and collaborators. Above: Harbor City International School, Duluth, Minnesota Right: 16-year-old Gavin Ovsak creator of CHAD (circuit head accessibility device)

4. industrial & information age network Traditional “(cells & bells classroom plan) bus network star network

5. web 2.0 / creative age left: fully connected network below: harbor city plan right: cristo rey high school

6. key learning driver #2: personalization in a global economy “ the leveling pressures of globalization have at the same time provided people with the technological resources to decide for themselves who they are and how they choose to be known.” Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 2010

7. key learning driver #3: old + new basics old basics: literacy and numeracy the new basics: Independent learning, creative collaboration, and mastery of emerging technologies Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston, Australia + Harbor City International, Duluth, Minnesota

8. space for independent learning

9. key idea #4: sustainability in a global network above left: design pattern # 24: connected to the community above: global learning center cafe broadmeadows, australia Fluidly interdependent networks are a key to global sustainability. Students that have an agile range from independent learning to global citizens can navigate and nurture a complex global ecosystem.

10. key idea #5: building for the future with patterns we can leverage universal design patterns to jump-start the design process left: design patterns workshop saskatchewan, canada

11. part 2: key design patterns from 1:25 to 4:100 small learning community design pattern #1g

12. reflective “cave” space for independent learners Right: galilee catholic learning community, south australia design pattern # 17

13. life-long, holistic fitness Design Pattern # 7 right: yuyu-no-mori nursery School yokohama city, japan

14. active spaces with daylight Collegio Altamira Chile

15. active, real-world project space x above: science, life skills design pattern #5 right: lake country school, minneapolis

16. gaining mastery through music

17. a fusion of play, learning, and the environment St Bede’s Secondary College Mentone, Australia

18. integrated sustainable design & curriculum Left: design patterns 19 - 23

19. professional learning communities above right: cristo rey school, minneapolis above left: design pattern #26

20. indoor-outdoor connections design pattern # 12 Right: Stephanie Alexander Kitchen Garden, Melbourne

21. integrated outdoor learning space swarthmore college amphitheater

22. part 3: case studies case study # 1: cristo rey high school, minneapolis

23. step dancing in the main commons

24. graphing project in the commons

25. case study #2: scotch oakburn college Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston, Australia, a Learning by Design International Award Winner sustainable design with strong indoor-outdoor connections

26. scotch oakburn college high school centre

27. varied furnishings, davinci studios Yuyu-no-mori Nursery School Yokohama City, Japan Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston, Australia

28. case study # 3: sinarmas world school early childhood elementary middle school community high school community design arts & technology global media center performing arts fitness center from departmentalized, linear organizations to holistic learning communities

29. sustainable, with strong indoor-outdoor connections x

30. sitting softly on the land

31. agile common areas

32. fni case study # 4: douglas park school A pre-k – 8 school One of six new projects by FNI in Regina, Canada

33. learning community diagram |

34. Douglas 1 st floor plan: plcs

35. The Heart of the School

36. Expanded Heart

37. Douglas View form PLC 2