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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Once simply a quiet space to check out books, libraries have evolved to provide students with a holistic and interactive learning experience. Traditional beige, rigid layouts with rows of bookshelves and tables have given way to open, adaptable spaces that accommodate group work, discussions and various learning activities.

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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. Now, pods for group work circle monitors connected to a video wall. Collaborative Learning Studio at Indiana University.

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JULY 1, 2017

Case Western Reserve documented its first - and second -year efforts to add two active-learning spaces and support faculty teaching in the space. Indiana University has a campus-wide Mosaic initiative to encourage and support active and collaborative learning in all classrooms. It’s still all about the people.

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MARCH 21, 2017

These students are not in their pajamas in their dorm room playing video games and learning online. They’re in our libraries, in our learning spaces and they’re working together in many cases. If adaptive learning is ’learning my way,’ then what we’re building is ’learning my way, together.’

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

This year, at Lexington High School (LHS) when teachers are absent, an “ELF” now greets students in a collaborative learning space. Our “ELF” is an Electronic Learning Facilitator. What was formerly a lecture hall, the IDLC still features stadium seating but has been reimagined to promote collaborative work.

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