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Tom Hamilton Director, InQbate: The CETL in Creativity Universities of Sussex & Brighton

The holistic learning context: Effective use of digital & physical design to support rich learning environments & experiences. Tom Hamilton Director, InQbate: The CETL in Creativity Universities of Sussex & Brighton JISC Innovating e-Learning, Online conference, November 2008.

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Tom Hamilton Director, InQbate: The CETL in Creativity Universities of Sussex & Brighton

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  1. The holistic learning context: Effective use of digital & physical design to support rich learning environments & experiences Tom Hamilton Director, InQbate: The CETL in Creativity Universities of Sussex & Brighton JISC Innovating e-Learning, Online conference, November 2008

  2. Talk: Overview It ain’t what you use… … it’s the way that you use it! www.inqbate.co.uk

  3. Talk: Overview • Introduction • Project • Design • Findings • Implications www.inqbate.co.uk

  4. Introduction: Technology • TEL spaces/ ‘technologically-rich’ spaces • What is ‘technology’? • More than just digital technologies • Greek tekhnologiā, systematic treatment of an art or craft [tekhnē, skill + -logiā, study/ practice] www.inqbate.co.uk

  5. Introduction: Learner context Learner context a combination of: • physical environment • socio-cultural environment • ‘cognitive environment’ (mood, beliefs about self, how the world works) www.inqbate.co.uk

  6. Introduction: Learning spaces Enhanced learning spaces > TEL spaces www.inqbate.co.uk

  7. Introduction: InQbate The creativity zones - a different kind of learning space www.inqbate.co.uk

  8. InQbate: Project • One of the 74 HEFCE-funded Centres of Excellence for Teaching & Learning. • Universities of Sussex & Brighton • Focused on T&L in creativity www.inqbate.co.uk

  9. InQbate: Project aims To improve our teaching of creativity & increase the creativity of our teaching www.inqbate.co.uk

  10. InQbate: Project approach • Time (CDF) • Space (Creativity zones) • Support (Team of facilitators) www.inqbate.co.uk

  11. InQbate:Pedagogical model Based on the ‘operating theatre’ concept – the apprentice model / ‘learning by observation’. … and extended to: • Learning by watching • Learning by doing • Learning by sharing www.inqbate.co.uk

  12. InQbate: T&L activities • Contextualisation • Presentation • Background research • Group discussion & idea generation • Socialization & reflection • Drawing, making, prototyping & testing • Peer presentation & critique • Performance & exhibition www.inqbate.co.uk

  13. InQbate: T&L activities 1. Contextualization 2. Content delivery/ access 3. Discussion 4. Construction 5. Demonstration & feedback www.inqbate.co.uk

  14. InQbate: Case studies • Product Design (low-tech teaching of creativity) • Product Design (rich contextualization) • Drama (more technologically-rich teaching of creativity) • International Relations (creativity of teaching & learning) www.inqbate.co.uk

  15. Design:Physical design ‘White box’: A cross between ‘black box’ of a theatre, and ‘white cube’ of a gallery. Arts approach: Gives us the flexibility of a theatre and the visual impact of a gallery space ‘Sketchbook’Users take ownership of blank, 3D sketchbook space to create and build a 3D scrapbook…. www.inqbate.co.uk

  16. Design:Technological design Touchscreen control panels Go online to experience the space for yourself at: The Sussex Creativity Zone www.inqbate.co.uk

  17. Design:Operational design ‘Ownership cascade’ InQbate team Tutors Students Wider community Supported by… www.inqbate.co.uk

  18. Design:Team design ‘Facilitation model’ – range of process and relevant domain expertise, creating a safe space for tutors to challenge and develop their own practice. Facilitation in: • Teaching & learning • Technology • Creativity www.inqbate.co.uk

  19. Design:Caveat • Not a design for everyone • Grounded in creativity • Teaching of creativity • Creativity of T&L www.inqbate.co.uk

  20. Findings:InQbate Several apparent negatives… • Difficult to design • Difficult to build • Difficult to operate/ maintain But… www.inqbate.co.uk

  21. Findings:InQbate … worth it! The space supports • Enhanced student experience • Altered tutor-student relationship • Altered tutor-teaching relationship • New approaches to curriculum delivery • Interdisciplinary T&L www.inqbate.co.uk

  22. Implications:TEL spaces • Technology’s great but it’s still all about people • Inappropriate technology can be distracting • Acoustics, light, comfort, temperature • The value & costs of flexibility • The need for redundancy to support flexibilty • Embedded support is vital • Physical design & aesthetic more important that generally considered for learning spaces www.inqbate.co.uk

  23. Thank you t.hamilton@sussex.ac.uk www.inqbate.co.uk

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