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Learning Commons: Taking the Learning Commons to the Next Level

Learning Commons: Taking the Learning Commons to the Next Level. Presented by: Erin Hansen & Dan Tinaburri Twitter: @ h ansenep @ geekteacher. Letters & background by D. Sharon Pruitt http:// www.flickr.com /photos/ pinksherbet /.

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Learning Commons: Taking the Learning Commons to the Next Level

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  1. Learning Commons:Taking the Learning Commons to the Next Level Presented by: Erin Hansen & Dan Tinaburri Twitter: @hansenep @geekteacher Letters & background by D. Sharon Pruitt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/

  2. Portrait of a Student http://bit.ly/1oiafMb UGL_UIUC

  3. A Learning Commons (LC) is a common, or shared, learning ‘space’ that is both physical and virtual. It is designed to move students beyond mere research, practice, and group work to a greater level of engagement through exploration, experimentation, and collaboration. The Virtual Learning Commons: Building a Participatory School Learning Community2012 http://bit.ly/1fXUhB0 FranLHughes

  4. A LC is more than a room or a website. • A LC allows users to create their own environments to improve learning. • A LC is about changing school culture, and about transforming the way learning and teaching occur. http://bit.ly/1jlEgdk Mindfulness

  5. It’s an idea factory – the place where everyone can safely and confidently share their thoughts. • It’s a base camp where teachers and students bring the outside world in to inform their practice and learning. • It’s a place where everything created becomes a contribution to the world body of knowledge. http://bit.ly/1iF7FvM Global X

  6. A LC acts upon the premise that the acquisition of knowledge is now an open, transparent, non-hierarchical, interactive and real-time process.  http://bit.ly/1bOsGj6 HDhalstrom

  7. A LC is the starting point – it’s the nerve center of a school, the place where learning isn’t about collecting dots but rather connecting them through cross-curricular partnerships that boost critical thinking, problem solving, decision making and communicating abilities.  http://bit.ly/1bynAHK Dan Zen

  8. It’s our experiment lab: a place where kids and adults can take risks and experiment with new ways of doing school. http://bit.ly/1lJcvNF SNRE

  9. A place where educational research can be played with and developed into programs that not only impact students but also provides “road maps” for teachers. ~Points adapted from Gino Bondi, VSB District Principal of Specialty Programs http://learningthenow.com/blog/?p=2222 and Loertscher, Koechlin, Zwaan and Rosenfeldhttp://www.schoollearningcommons.info http://bit.ly/1c04VrF K. Terwolbeck

  10. http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/8613799176/

  11. FROM TO Teacher directed Process and active learning Simple information assignments Complex knowledge construction Four wall learning Networked and global learning Finding information Learning that explores big ideas Working in isolation Collaborative partnerships Content retention Skill acquisition Finding information Discovering knowledge Students “doing school” Empowering Students to learn Adapted from Gino Bondi, VSB District Principal of Specialty Programs http://learningthenow.com/blog/?p=2222

  12. WHY??? D. Sharon Pruitt http://www.flickr.com/photos/pinksherbet/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/12188008225/ William Ferrit

  13. http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/8253853804/ Will Ferriter

  14. How do we avoid perceptions like this?

  15. Question:Is a Learning Commons a Space or a Philosophy? Answer: Both !!

  16. http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/8035424219/ Bill Ferriter

  17. It is a SPACE that… • Requires intentional and skilled leadership/expertise • is characterized by active learning, and not compliance and silence http://bit.ly/LWpISJ Brad Flickinger

  18. It is a SPACE that… • recognizes students are becoming not only better thinkers, but also makers, doers and problem solvers; • promotes inquiry, collaboration and active engagement; • empowers students and teachers to frame problems, generate ideas, refine solutions, collaborate with experts (locally and globally), and share results • ~adapted from Gino Bondi, VSB District Principal of Specialty Programs http://learningthenow.com/blog/?p=2222 http://bit.ly/1eMsPcW Oliver Tacke

  19. Physical Space • A LC doesn’t begin or end with the space • Planning is KEY – before you start! • Success is not determined by $$$$$$

  20. Thoughts? http://bit.ly/N5OpO3 Fran L. Hughes

  21. Showcase Space http://bit.ly/1c5EfSN Fran L. Hughes

  22. Production Space – Green Screen, Video software, Collaboration http://www.flickr.com/photos/60399258@N00/6840954640/ Fran L. Hughes

  23. What do you notice? http://www.flickr.com/photos/60399258@N00/6943065129/ Fran L. Hughes

  24. http://www.flickr.com/photos/60399258@N00/6794860132/ Fran L. Hughes

  25. Flexible Seating http://www.flickr.com/photos/60399258@N00/4911833403/ Fran L. Hughes

  26. The Virtual Mirrors the Physical http://bit.ly/M06NHo Barisabak

  27. http://www.flickr.com/photos/plugusin/6230346276/ William Ferriter

  28. 5 Categories for Social Learning • 1. Formal Structured Learning (FSL) • 2. Group Directed Learning (GDL) • 3. Intra-Organizational Learning (IOL) • 4. Personal Directed Learning (PDL) • 5. Accidental & Serendipitous Learning (ASL) http://c4lpt.co.uk/social-learning-handbook/examples-of-social-media-for-learning/

  29. Types of Learning http://c4lpt.co.uk/social-learning-handbook/examples-of-social-media-for-learning/

  30. Choosing Tools for the VLC

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