Active Learning Classrooms National Forum

On Saturday, August 10, 2013 FLEXspace Core Team members Lisa Stephens, Jim Twetten, and Clare van den Blink presented FLEXspace to the University of Minnesota Active Learning Classrooms National Forum in the amazing UNM STSS building.  The project was again well-received, and was followed by a roundtable discussion led by Clare to drill into the learning & assessment taxonomy, and lunch with fellow Core Team member Malcolm Brown, to consider how to plan for future synergy between LSRS and FLEXspace. The PowerPoint presentation from the session is posted on the Presentations page.

ELI Announces Learning Space Rating System

EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative Director and Malcolm Brown, also a member of the FLEXspace Core Team announced the beta release of the Learning Space Rating System (LSRS) at the UNM Active Learning Conference National Forum.  Community review and comment is actively encouraged. The LSRS project provides a set of measurable criteria to assess how well the design of classrooms support and enable active learning activities. Noting the success of several architectural programs to promote sustainable building design, the LSRS provides a scoring system to serve as an indicator of how well a classroom’s design serves the goal of active learning. The LSRS criteria form the basis for a rating system that will allow institutions to benchmark their environments against best practices within the higher education community.  Please visit http://www.educause.edu/eli/initiatives/learning-space-rating-system for more details.

FLEXspace Core Team Presentation: AIA CE Boston

On Tuesday, July 30, FLEXspace Core Team members Lisa Stephens, Joe Moreau, and Mark McCallister presented FLEXspace to the American Institute of Architects Committee on Education annual meeting in Boston, MA.  The FLEXspace team felt the presentation was well received, was very impressed with the discussions at the AIA meeting, and received some great input from the architecture in education community.  The PowerPoint presentation from the session is posted on the Presentations page.