Edsurge

JANUARY 4, 2018

Education eats good ideas. Modern classroom design is sitting on this precipice. Designers aren’t led by momentum, inertia, tradition or the latest education fads. They design based on feedback. How can we reclaim this important necessary work and make school and classroom design impactful in all schools?

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Classroom Design Learning Spaces Feedback Questions 167

Edsurge

APRIL 30, 2018

When educators first consider redesigning learning spaces, they might immediately conjure up mental images of free-flowing Starbucks lounges or something out of the Cult of Pedagogy blog’s Classroom Eye Candy series. Louis and has served as a design consultant for various schools.

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Classroom Design Mobile Devices Art Learning Spaces 167

Edsurge

JANUARY 5, 2019

Form follows function, as the adage says, but these universities are flipping that script and betting that a more flexible and adaptive form will unlock needed changes in the teaching and learning function. And that dialogue helps inform the work of IU’s learning spaces team.

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Active Learning Activities Instructors Learning Spaces 167

Edsurge

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Courtyard design for the Cardinal Child Care Center; Courtesy of LPA Design Studios Our work with San Bernardino and other districts has taught us a lot about how to leverage design to address the different needs of young learners at this crucial stage in their development.

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Multidisciplinary Learning Spaces Learning Styles Elementary School 177

Edsurge

MAY 8, 2018

They create classrooms designed to maximize student learning, and do everything from fine-tuning lesson plans and homework assignments to organizing the physical layout of their learning spaces. Today’s teachers are expert innovators.

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Feedback Schools Peer Review Testing 157

Edsurge

AUGUST 24, 2016

What if teachers were to return from an edtech training to a different kind of classroom? The exciting part of our story is that these redesigned learning spaces have indeed influenced the shift in instructional practice among our own staff, and with our schools who have—and are—replicating this work. That led to a crucial idea.

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Lecturing Learning Spaces Classroom Design Middle School 103

Edsurge

MARCH 27, 2018

When I first began blending digital and face-to-face learning, it was easy enough to create a flow between online learning spaces and offline learning. However, I noticed that sometimes my students were not getting as much out of the digital learning platform as I had anticipated.

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Blended Learning Learning Schools Culture 135