Space impact on learning 2016

SPACE IMPACT ON LEARNING

Teresa Sörö, MSc, RN, Strategic Educational Developer, Medical Case Centre, Karolinska Institutet & Red Cross University College

Maria Watter, PhD, Senior Lecturer, Director of undergraduate studiesDepartment of laboratory medicin, Karolinska Institutet

Jonas Nordquist, PhD, Director Medical Case Centre, Karolinska Institutet

Space impact on learning: More than design

Does space matter?

Does place matter?

What values are we expressing with and in our environments?

What is our view on teaching and learning?

What is our view of work?

HUR ARBETAR VI?

Point of Departure

How do we view learning?

CONSTRUCTIVISM

Learning is an active process. Learning happens

with collaborationBuilds on earlier expereinces and

knowledge.

”PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS” • Dialogue

• Vizualisation• ”Peer-to-peer learning”

Alignment achieved? The learning landscape and curricula in health professioneducation.Nordquist J Med Educ 2016 Jan;50(1):61-8 

Aligning physical learning spaces with the curriculum: AMEE Guide No. 107.Nordquist J, Sundberg K, Laing A Med Teach 2016 Aug;38(8):755-68

pitfallsRIBA guide

News on the catwalk

Orthodoxy

Fad

Aligning physical learning spaces with the curriculum: AMEE Guide No. 107.

Nordquist J, Sundberg K, Laing A Med Teach 2016 Aug;38(8):755-68

The learning landscape: scalesCity

Campus

Building

Classroom

Designing spaces for the networked learning landscape.Nordquist J, Laing A Med Teach 2015 Apr;37(4):337-43

FORMAL MILJÖ

Informal spaces

Built environments

•+ 100 Classrooms in Solna and Huddinge•+ 15 informal learning spaces•New Karolinska University Hospital• Biomedicum laboratory level 3 (Solna)•Neo level 5 (Huddinge)

CAMPUS FLEMMINGSB

ERGWhat values are we expressing and what

would we like to express?

Design for experience rather than space

• Towards blended multi-use • Networked environments • Combining physical and digital

experiences• For mobile technologically enabled

usersDanish Technical UniversityPhoto credit: Stamers Kontor

TOWARDS NETWORKED LEARNING LANDSCAPE

Hybrid physical & virtual experiences

Active learning

Traditional lecture

Singular homogeneousteaching spaces

Heterogeneouslearning landscape

Performative learning spaces-on-demand

CURR

ICU

LU

M

LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS

Lecture Hall

Collaborative(formal/informal) spaces

Multi-use multi-scale spaces

Serviced learning spaces

Networked learning landscape

Function before design: - What would you like to happen in an space?