designing for learning - hands on literacy conference nov 2012

Genazzano FCJ College

Designing for Learning

Dr Susan La MarcaHead of Library Services

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Flexibility—multiple users and uses

Collaboration—cooperative learning and teamwork

Creativity—engagement in the learning space

Efficiency—cost-effective sustainable amenities

Inclusiveness—accessible for all, for personalised learning.


FLEXIBILITY


Flexible

‘flexibility puts control in the hands of the educator’

Davidson, 2001


COLLECTIONS


COLLABORATION


Learning Driven


Learning Driven

We all learn differently, and we learn all of the time. We learn in quiet reflection, in noisy leaps, and in

social interactions that arouse our emotions…human beings are wired

to learn.

Fielding, 2006


COLLECTIONS


CREATIVITY


COLOUR


STATEMENTS


COLLECTIONS


EFFICIENCY


Informed planning

A program driven, process-orientated approach to designing new schools for the 21st century involves students, the community, the professional staff, the

administration and the board in a collaborative planning process…

Top 10 design ideas for schools in the 21st century, 1998


Informed planning

Instead of starting from the physical, you need to start with the program you know you need to have. Then you can see how

your existing structure won’t let you do that. And then you do the work of making

physical changes. Despenza-Green


Student academic achievement improves with improved building

conditions.

(Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs)


Individual factors, such as lighting levels, air quality and temperature and acoustics, have an effect on student behaviour and

outcomes.

(Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs)


INCLUSIVENESS


Culture

Attitudes

Beliefs

Values


Culture


Human-centred


Human-centred

Human-centred design helps us keep people – not the latest

technology in the forefront for design decisions

Brown and Long, 2006


COLLECTIONS


New libraries offer a mix of activities and are places that value informal as well as formal

learning. The spaces may represent the home more than a traditional classroom environment

with themed and connected spaces, soft furnishings and a mix of educational and

recreational activities. An effective library can become the most exciting place for learning in

a school.

Queensland Department of Education, 2009


Dr Susan La MarcaHead of Library Services

[email protected]

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