A Case Study in Master Planning the Learning Landscape Hub Concepts for the University at Buffalo

Autor/inn/en	Dugdale, Shirley; Torino, Roger; Felix, Elliot
Titel	A Case Study in Master Planning the Learning Landscape Hub Concepts for the University at Buffalo
Quelle	In: EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 32 (2009) 1, (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1528-5324
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Master Plans; Campuses; Educational Facilities Design; Technology Uses in Education; Educational Environment; Informal Education; Space Utilization; Case Studies; New York (Buffalo) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Produktionsplanung und -steuerung; Technology enhanced learning; Technology aided learning; Technologieunterstütztes Lernen; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Informelle Bildung; Nichtformale Bildung; Raumnutzung; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study
Abstract	This case study describes concepts for three types of learning spaces that grew out of a Learning Landscape planning process. The process was part of a master plan study for the three campuses of the University at Buffalo. It involved research into user needs and aspirations about future pedagogy, development of learning space strategy, campus-scale planning principles, and concepts for exemplary spaces. The three space concepts described in this article address the needs of different sets of constituents: (1) the Teaching Hub with experimental spaces combined with support; (2) Learning Corridors to enrich the student realm; and (3) the Faculty Hub as a destination for interdisciplinary collaboration between scholars and researchers. These are some of the space concepts and strategies which are currently being applied during the refinement of the draft master plan. Key takeaways are identified as: (1) A Learning Landscape approach to master planning takes into account the entire environment that learners experience, from instructional to informal learning places, from physical to virtual; (2) Compared with traditional campus space allocations, the clustering of functions into 'hubs" can create multiuse spaces that encourage synergies between activities, enable more effective use of space, and bring groups together; and (3) Hubs are envisioned as collaborative centers with enabling technology that are bookable on demand to support the more distributed mobile work patterns of all types of learning communities, and to foster interaction and innovation. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10