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Copyright Department of Computer ScienceUniversity of Durham 1
Designing Learning Spaces for Group Working
Liz BurdActive Learning in Computing
Durham Universitywith Leeds, LeedsMet and Newcastle
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Initial requirements
• Promote café style environment • Facilitate face-to-face meetings• Provide distinct working spaces for groups• Space to reflect actual group sizes• Enable common drawing and writing facilities• Provide display facilities• Be aesthetically pleasing
• Recommendation: based around American Diner
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Technology specifications
Item Specification
Laptop 1.7GHz processor; 512MB RAM; 40GB disk; DVD-R/CD-RW; 14.1” display
Table PC 1.0GHz processor; 256MB RAM; 30GB disk.
Display 42” plasma display panel; 16:9 format; 1024x768 resolution
Overlay Pen & finger sensitive; 4 pen; 1 eraser
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Cost breakdown of Techno-Café
Item Cost
Refit of the room £207k
Displays and Interactive whiteboard £45k
Laptops and Tablet PCs £25k
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Issues to consider in design
• Space utilisation• Teaching space or private study• Conditions that YOU would be happy to work in• Flexibility versus IT security and disabled access • Wireless and/or cabling • Group privacy and noise pollution • Lighting
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Mistakes we made
• Technical:– Cables– Smart board pen trays– Plasma screens tend to burn
• Managerial– Training for students: use of technology and work pattern– Initial failure to bringing on board IT providers– Difficulties in getting staff to change the way they teach
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What changes the students wanted
• Curtains!• More technology• Coffee • Restricted access
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Issues to ponder
Research issues to consider
• Train travel phenomena • Does booth ‘ownership’ occur?• Loan versus fixed equipment