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Collaborative Learning Space - Start Up Meeting
• Welcome and Purpose of the Meeting• Sticky Campus• Collaborative Learning• Abertay Initiatives
o Q & A
• Staff support and developmento 26th 28th September Sessions (hand-out)o Room usage- discussion
• Evaluation
The sticky campus• Creating the right on campus environment and spaces
where our students will want to come and stay!
• TLE blog post:“The academic literature is clear that students who have a strong sense of belonging and feel part of the University community are more likely to do better academically, form closer relationships with their peers and academic staff and are more likely to complete their studies (see e.g. the work of Tinto). Active, collaborative learning and social participation are key to forming learning communities (Wenger).”
Learning Spaces strategic initiative
• £ multi-million investment over the next three years• Commencing summer 2016: wet labs refurbishment• Task Group: TLE, Estates, Info Services, Registry,
Academics, Students• T&L-led.• Change process: top down and bottom-up.
TLE seminar on the Learning
Environment, 3rd March 2016
Emerging priorities
• Wet labs!• Online learning, recording facilities• PBL spaces• Ted talk-type lecture theatre• Various technologies to promote student
engagement in and out of the classroom• More informal learning spaces
For AY 2016-17
• Wet lab refurbishment
• 1 new PBL space
• 2 recording facilities
• Improved wifi coverage on campus
• All lecture spaces wired for recording
SET Labs
SET labs
Collaborative Learning
Institutional case study-University of Wolverhampton
LaTTE website: http://bit.ly/2cg3j1M
Room 3508-new Collaborative Learning Suite
The technology
Staff Support and Development
• Today
• 26-28th September-hand out
• At least two meetings-sharing practice, challenges, lessons learned
• Peer support, action learning!
Project Evaluation• How will we evaluate the impact of the new
space and new ways of teaching & learning?• What will success look like?• Evidence?• Methodology?• Outputs?
