… feeling guilty for missing the first lecture I signed up for a recommended one to fill a gap… thanks Lindsay! Really enjoyed considering the physical barriers a classroom can bring and how solutions can be found to overcome them…
Dr Kevin Merry / De Montfort University
Return to in person teaching / guidance for online teaching
Context and environment – what and how is learnt
The logistics determine the learning enviroment
Do we consider the learning space at all?
What could the learning space look like not what should it look like…
maybe some of this today will be idealism…
5%-40% time spent thinking about learning space by webinar participants
Learner variability…. Those things that make learners different from each other
barriers are always environmental
UDL principles… Engagement, Representation, Action & Expression
Difference between primary school space…. An immersive space v HE classrooms
Reflective activity
- Hands on activity to close computer – online learning issue… ideas to be trialled
- Show information to inform
- I would like to discuss this with students
takeaways
goals of learning work backwards to create pathways
intentional
methods
materials
assessments
how are the learning spaces supporting your teaching methods?
spaces designed to match your learning goals
Optimal space configuration for the learning goals
Adaptable spaces to serve all of the learning goals
physical or virtual space must be considered an potential barriers identified
physical learning resources ie books / virtual good WiFi required
Harvey and Kenyon 2013 – trapezoid tables
how you feel about the space will be how you feel about the learning eg. Exams in a sports hall
Consider how many ways you could arrange the furniture in your classroom
Moving the furniture learning laboratory…. Speed dating icebreaker… moves the energy
Reflective activity – yes and yes
Memory prompts displayed on walls… more effective in the physical space.. add to kit
make no assumptions… repeat the message in multiple formats
Negotiate learning commitments at the start of a cohort… latecomers had to sit on seats next to the entrance to minimise threats and distractions for self regulation… cohort contract… hummm idea… student contract…
Clarks Elements of psychological safety 2020…
reflective activity… made me think about creating safe space in HE was positive for learning experience but could potentially be detrimental for employability… but I’ve just thought role play could be used to break down these barriers
Gallaudet University Washington brilliant example of intentional designed space for students that predominantly use sign language.
exit box… brilliant… tokens
hummm… play spaces ???
a typical learning environment on MA Global
the environment has been a key deciding factor in my choice for daughters nursery and school…
The purpose built nursery bringing the indoors outdoors the brainchild of the pioneer Margaret McMillian in 1914… unchanged to this day at the rachel mcmillian nursery in deptford
followed by the attention to detail and careful curation of the Steiner Kindergarten to inspire curiosity and learning…
continues to process….