Technology-Rich Learning Spaces:A Virtual Tour

Joan K. LippincottAssociate Executive DirectorCoalition for Networked Information

Jeanne L. NarumDirectorProject Kaleidoscope

“Information technology has become integral to so many aspects of higher

education that it no longer makes sense for it to be in a separate

category.”

-- Chronicle Daily Report, 10/20/2003

Goals for Technology-RichLearning Spaces

• Ubiquitous access to technology

• Integration of technology, digital content, and teaching & learning

• Building community through technology-enabled learning spaces

1. Ubiquitous Access to Technology

Ubiquitous Access to Technology

“The Information Commons enables and facilitates access to information resources through technology to strengthen teaching, learning and research at the University of Toronto.”

University of Chicago’s

USITE Crerar Center

University of Chicago’sUSITE Crerar Center

Santa Monica

College ?

2. Integration of Technology, Digital Content, and Teaching &

Learning

Integration of Technology, Digital Content, and Teaching & Learning

“The goal of DMS is to become the "one-stop shop" for digital media needs on campus.”

University of Tennessee’s Digital Media Services

U. of Arizona’s Integrated Learning Center

University of Toronto’s New Media Suites

University of Toronto’sDigital Studio

University of Toronto’sPublic Access Facility

Wellesley College’sKnapp Media & Technology Center

CAPTION?

CAPTION?

Spaces that accommodate new technologies and pedagogies

3. Building Communitythrough Technology-Enabled

Learning Spaces

3. Building Communitythrough Technology-Enabled

Learning Spaces

The Cloisters serves as the "public sphere" for networked interaction, the gathering place for students, professors, and librarians engaged in planning, evaluating, and reviewing the efforts of research and study utilizing the whole range of technologies of literacy.

Dartmouth Baker/Berry

Library

University of Washington’sCollaboration “Pods”

Northwestern University’s Video Conferencing Rooms

Spaces that encourage learning communities

Collaborative Facilities Web Site:A project of CNI and Dartmouth College

http://www.dartmouth.edu/~collab/