resources


 * This Page includes resources we've gathered over the years. We've added many recent, fresh resources. Others are a bit older, relatively, but still useful. Pick and choose as you like. (last updated 2/6/14) **

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(Jump to bottom to see "specialist resources" where you can add things you find in your "expert" area)


 * Required Readings **
 * AD-HOC PERSONAS and Empathetic Focus (revised 16 Nov. 2004) by Donald Norman.
 * Learning Spaces, a chapter by Malcolm Brown, in Diana G. Oblinger and James L. Oblinger, eds., "Educating the Net Generation" (Boulder, Colo.: EDUCAUSE, 2005). View Learning Spaces as : [|HTML] | [|PDF]
 * How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School -- The Design of Learning Spaces.
 * Using the PAIR-up Model to Evaluate Active Learning Spaces (2009) by By Aimee L. Whiteside, Linda Jorn, Ann Hill Duin, and Steve Fitzgerald []
 * [|7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Learning Spaces], Beichner. ELI 7 Things You Should Know, January 2013.

=Useful, general resources=
 * ** The ** **Learning Space Toolkit –** a very rich collection of resources. We’ll point out specific things, but do explore on your own and share useful nuggets with the class. @http://learningspacetoolkit.org/
 * **TILE** model by van Horn et al 2012. [[file:vanHornTILE-2012.pdf]]
 * **SCALE-up** model - see their extensive website
 * **EDUCAUSE -** is chock full of resources. Search their "7 Things You Should Know" series for a start. Some require membership thus unavailable to us.
 * Educause Learning Space Design resource page.
 * “This [EDUCAUSE] Learning Spaces Constituent Group provides a forum to discuss topics ranging from what makes a physical space conducive to learning to the principles and processes of learning space design. "Join us and share your ideas and experience on how formal spaces and non-formal spaces impact teaching practices, learning activities and effectiveness, student interactions, as well as the campus sense of community.”
 * Educause Review: Entire Issue devoted to learning space design, July/Aug 2005 and March/April 2009
 * Educause Quarterly: Entire Issue devoted to learning space design, 2009
 * Learning Space Design Photos and Interviews. This online-only section includes photos of various learning space design projects and podcast interviews with four learning space design experts in 2005.
 * Malcolm B. Brown, Director of Academic Computing, Dartmouth College
 * Linda A. Cabot, Director, Information Technology Services, Georgia Institute of Technology
 * Stephen C. Ehrmann, Vice-President, TLT Group, and Director, TLT Flashlight Program for the Study and Improvement of Educational Uses of Technology
 * Joan K. Lippincott, Associate Executive Director, Coalition for Networked Information (CNI)
 * ** University of Minnesota ** l ist of research papers: []
 * [|Leveraging Space: Testing the Flipped Classroom] (presentation to be delivered at AERA 2014)
 * [|ALCs and Educational Alliances: Changing Relationships to Improve Learning] (forthcoming in NDTL, Vol. 137, Spring 2014)
 * [|Mediators & Moderators: Presentation at AERA 2013]
 * [|It's not you, it's the room: Are the high-tech, active-learning classrooms worth it?]
 * [|Space and consequences: The impact of different formal learning spaces on instructor and student behavior]
 * [|Space Matters: The Impact of Formal Learning Environments on Student Learning]
 * **Universities** with cutting edge learning space initiatives, e.g.Emory, MIT, Stanford, University of Minnesota.
 * **FLEXspace** - []
 * We'll add some specific resources pertaining to FLEXspace
 * === Active Learning - Queen's University Active Learning Classrooms (ALC's) - http://queensu.ca/activelearningspaces/active-learning/why-do-active-learning ===


 * What Makes a Good Classroom Good? 2011. Article on a small sample observation, nice look and feel to article. Readable. Lots of pics. @http://uplan.uoregon.edu/Research/WhatMakesAGoodClassroom2011.pdf
 * ISTE learning space design summit home page 2010 - []
 * Denison University's Learning Spaces project site including their "Checklist for Improving Your Learning Spaces."
 * The National Clearninghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF): []
 * School Construction News. The online resource for design, construction, management, and operations.
 * Design Share magazine and website with case studies, articles, and the "language of school design."
 * The Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) publication //Designing Spaces for Effective Learning// (March 2006) and their 'Planning & Designing Technology-Rich Learning Spaces' which inlcudes a Gallery of images on Flickr.
 * The National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities (NCEF) has some great pointers and resources to get you thinking about how to “spend smartly” as you craft your design proposal.
 * NE(X)T GEN LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS by Dr Kenn Fisher in "Building Excellence: Exploring the implications of the Curriculum for Excellence for School Buildings." (2007)
 * School Design Studio. School Design Studio is dedicated to engaging clients worldwide in organizational change processes that result in creative, unique, inspiring, motivational and effective community learning environments. School Design Studio facilitates collaborative interchanges in planning, design and implementation of school designs intended to empower children, youth, parents, teachers, and surrounding community. Here you can find Lackney's, 33 Educational Design Principles//.//
 * Designing Learning Spaces for Instruction, not Control, By Ruth Reynard, 06/03/09

**USER EXPERIENCE - UX **
More on personas from the Neilsen Norman Group - **http://www.nngroup.com/articles/persona/ ** [|Nielsen] [|Norman] [| Group -]Evidence-Based User Experience Research, Training, and Consulting

=**Evaluation Techniques**= A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words: Understanding Expectations and Mapping Preferences for Writing Classroom Design by our guest speaker, Dana Gierdowski and Susan Miller-Cochran @http://www.digitalwriting.org/ms/ch3/index.html

Studying Learning Spaces: A Review of Selected Empirical Studies
Book Chapter by Dana Gierdowski -


 * 2014 – New Directions Issue >** GET THIS LINK (or search for it via the SDSU library...)

Further, the OIT Research & Evaluation team is currently editing a volume of New Directions for Teaching and Learning (Volume 137, Spring 2014) that will explore the history, current research and best teaching practices in active learning spaces.

Active Learning
Queen's University Active Learning Classrooms (ALC's) - http://queensu.ca/activelearningspaces/active-learning/why-do-active-learning

Informal spaces
>> =**Several articles about learning space design, published via Educause**=
 * Revisiting design methodologies and applying the Learning Landscape approach leads to campuses that are "networks" of places for learning, discovery, and discourse between students, faculty, staff, and the wider community.
 * []
 * Museums
 * Allen, S. Designs for Learning: Studying Science Museum Exhibits that do More Than Entertain. Science Education Vol. 88. No. 1 pp 17-S33. 2004.
 * Packer, J., & Ballantyne, R. (2005) Solitary vs. Shared Learning: Exploring the Social Dimensions of Museum Learning. Curator: The Museum Journal. Vol.48 (2). Pp. 177- 192.
 * Crowley, K., Callanan, M.A., Tenenbaum, H.R., & Allen, E. (2001). [|Parents explain more often to boys than to girls during shared scientific thinking]. Psychological Science, 12 (3), 258-261 *
 * Site titled “[|Mind, Brain, Health & Education].” The site has some guidance and further resources regarding “** Well Designed Learning Environments Improve Student Achievement.” **
 * “This site began as part of a class project for the Mind Brain Health & Education (MBHE) course taught by Kurt W. Fischer, PhD, Charles Bigelow Professor of Education, [|Harvard Graduate School of Education] and Stephanie Peabody, PsyD, Visiting Scholar, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Executive Director, International Mind, Brain, Health and Education Initiative."
 * [|Creating Shared Learning Spaces: The North Quad Experience], EDUCAUSE Review Online, April 2013 **>>**
 * **[|7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Learning Spaces], Beichner. ELI 7 Things You Should Know, January 2013.**>>
 * [|Role-Differentiated Responses to Active Learning Classrooms: The University of Minnesota], ELI Seeking Evidence of Impact (SEI) Case Study, November 2012.
 * [|Pedagogy and Space: Empirical Research on New Learning Environments], EDUCAUSE Quarterly, December 2011. **>> academic...**
 * **[|From Learning Commons to Learning Outcomes: Assessing Collaborative Services and Spaces], ECAR Bulletin, September 2011.**
 * **[|7 Things You Should Know About the Modern Learning Commons], ELI 7 Things You Should Know, April 2011.**>>
 * [|Classroom.NEXT: Engaging Faculty and Students in Learning Space Design], ELI Brief, July 2011.
 * [|Making the Case for Space: Three Years of Empirical Research on Learning Environments], EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2010. (research oriented).
 * [|Learning Space Design with an Inclusive Planning Process Promotes User Engagement], EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009.
 * [|Learning Environments: Where Space, Technology, and Culture Converge], ELI White Paper, October 2009.
 * [|A Case Study in Master Planning the Learning Landscape Hub Concepts for the University of Buffalo], EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009.
 * [|Best Practices in Learning Space Design: Engaging Users], EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009. **>> techniques for engaging user input.
 * [|Learning Spaces: A Tutorial], EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2009.

=Design process resources:= > (NOTE: both articles below reference lessons learned from Frazee's work at SDSU)
 * Carroll, John M. (1999). 5 Reasons for Scenario Based Design. Proceedings from 32nd Annual IEEE Conference on Systems Sciences.
 * Shared decision-making process [@http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/go7lk10a.htm]
 * More about using ad hoc personas in the design process - http://www.thingsontop.com/remixing-power-adhoc-personas-1020.html
 * The Planning Process**

• 10 Tips for Injecting New Technology into Your Campus, By Linda L Briggs, 03/26/08 @http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/03/10-tips-for-injecting-new-technology-into-your-campus.aspx

• The ‘Duh’ List, By Katherine Grayson, 02/01/08 @http://www.campustechnology.com/Articles/2008/02/The-Duh-List.aspx

• Shared Decision-Making Process [@http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/go/go7lk10a.htm]

Tools:
> This is a free online design tool - it renders your 2-D layout in 3-D. One user said, "Floorplanner.com is a neat website that is really easy to use. It's free for signing up and it has very beautiful pictures."
 * You might explore using [|Google Sketchup] for modeling learning spaces.
 * Floor Planner

Cornell University Ergonomics Web School Design Studio Design Share Nat'l Institute of Bldg Science-Educ. Facilities [|Acoustic Design for Learning]
 * Design Decision Trees and More:**

=Specialist Resources=
 * This is a really great guideline for lighting, acoustics, ventilation, etc! http//www.minedu.govt.nz/~/media/MinEdu/Files/EducationSectors/PrimarySecondary/PropertyToolbox/Modernlearning/BranzLightingDesignGuide.pdf
 * This is an awesome website as well - it focuses on so many different parts of the learning space design (not just our section). Would work for all different expert roles- just gives some ideas, examples and things to think about during the design process. @http://www2.nau.edu/lrm22/learning_spaces/

Nature
Here is an interesting article and video on how nature is incorporated into learning spaces. I really liked how both of these talk about how exploration/some level of danger helps students learn. (contributed by Andrew)
 * Huffington Post Article on how Green Spaces help students learn better http//www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/19/green-spaces-schools_n_7594882.html?utm_hp_ref=green&ir=Green
 * TED video about how a Japanese school incorporates exploration and openess into their design @http://www.ted.com/talks/takaharu_tezuka_the_best_kindergarten_you_ve_ever_seen?language=en

Tables
Harkness tables??

Lighting

 * ILLUMINATING THE CLASSROOM ENVIRONMENT, by John McCreery and Timothy Hill (2005). Lighting needs to be carefully addressed in new construction. See PDF uploaded here.. [[file:Illuminating the Classroom Environment.pdf]].
 * Learning, Lighting and Color, Lighting Design for Schools and Universities in the 21st Century, By Randall Fielding, AIA (2006). []

Color

 * **Color in an optimal learning environment; [|http://www.leadered.com/pdf/color%20white%20paper.pdf]**Color in an Optimum Learning Environment, Dr. Willard R. Daggett, President, International Center for Leadership in Education, by Jeffrey E. Cobble, Executive Vice President and Director of Educational Design, and Steven J. Gertel, Senior Project Architect, Harvard Jolly, Inc., March 2008
 * **Blue or Red? Exploring the effect of color on cognitive task performances.** By Ravi, Mehta, and Rui, Juliet **Zhu**- (2009). See article here. [[file:Blue vs Red.pdf]]

Facilities
The Influence of **Ceiling Height**: The Effect of Priming on the Type of Processing That People Use, also by JOAN MEYERS-LEVY RUI (JULIET) **ZHU*** (2007)

Technology planning
Here is an article on [|Technology Planning] originally published in 1992, but still very relevant. Future-Proofing Our Schools

Getting Funding
@http://www.donorschoose.org

Job Aids To Support Users
Job aid for SDSU podium

Lab Management & Administration Tools
@http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/ITlabs/ This site features many management and administrative tools as well as links to design resources.

MakerSpaces
@http://www.educause.edu/library/resources/7-things-you-should-know-about-makerspaces