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Learning Commons: What’s Working?

Learning Commons: What’s Working?. John Culshaw Professor and Associate Director for Administrative Services University of Colorado at Boulder. Student Body Profile. 30,000 students (5,000 graduate) 6,000 students live in residence halls Most students traditional college age. The Need.

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Learning Commons: What’s Working?

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  1. Learning Commons: What’s Working? John Culshaw Professor and Associate Director for Administrative Services University of Colorado at Boulder

  2. Student Body Profile • 30,000 students (5,000 graduate) • 6,000 students live in residence halls • Most students traditional college age

  3. The Need • Norlin facility improvements • Call for 24/7 space • Changing learning styles and needs • Norlin Renaissance Plan

  4. The Plan • Enable student work • Link space to learning • Pervasive technology • Flexible and collaborative • Address student needs holistically • Integrate the outdoors

  5. Second floor photo here

  6. Old ref room photo here

  7. Plaza photos here

  8. Old Mac lab here

  9. 3rd floor photos here

  10. Measuring Success • Overnight usage counts • Computer usage counts • Student Comments • Café proceeds

  11. Commons Computer Usage • 60 fixed workstations, 120 laptops • 5,500 unique logins during Jan-Feb • 2,728 unique logins on laptops • 48 minutes average on desktops • 72 minutes average on laptops

  12. Student Feedback The Good: “Awesome” “Finally a 24-hour space” The Expected: “Open earlier on Sundays” “Keep the rest of the library open later” “Clean the bathrooms” The Odd: “Needs a Jacuzzi hot tub…”

  13. Student Space Utilization Study

  14. Collaboration stations

  15. The Future • Revisiting Norlin Renaissance Plan • Never enough power • Need more desktop computers • Enhance other spaces, including branches

  16. Success! • High usage • Safe space contributes to campus life • Students have returned to the library

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