Learning Places and Spaces
Learning Places and Spaces refers to how schools design, maintain and update IT infrastructure, learning places, spaces and resources, to maximise learning opportunities by:
- providing eLearning in safe, secure, learner-centred, flexible learning spaces and connected digital environments
- exploring virtual learning environments and providing access to learning resources outside of school hours
- planning and resourcing equitable learner access to ICT
- enabling the seamless integration of ICT into effective learning and teaching by planning for and resourcing the changing ICT needs of the whole school community, including support for learners through more efficient and effective administration and student information processes
- supporting the diverse and changing needs of learners, while responding to new and emerging technologies that enhance learning.
Focus questions
Access
What types of access to ICT are available for learning?
How could accessibility to ICT for all students in all classrooms be improved?
Physical Layout
How do the physical layouts create learning environments, maximizing the use of ICT for diverse learning and teaching opportunities?
Developing your eLearning Plan
The Learning Places and Spaces sub-elements are:
- Access
- Physical Layout
Locate the Learning Places and Spaces element and sub-elements in the eLearning Planning Matrix (A4 version) (Word - 119Kb) or (A3 version) (Word - 368Kb).
Resources
ePotential: Classroom Organisation
Glen Waverley Secondary College: Spaces for Learning QTVR
Pedagogy and Space
This innovative research program analyses the physical organisation of the classroom to maximise effective pedagogy.
Futurelab Showcase: Space Mission: Ice Moon
Emerging technologies for learning
FutureLab Spaces, Places and Future Learning: Conference Presentations
Future TV: involving learners in creating their own learning environment
Learning with Handheld Technologies: Futurelab Booklet
What if – Reimagining Learning Spaces: Futurelab Research
What the research says about virtual learning environments in teaching and learning