Innovation constructing a world class building The Vision

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Innovation constructing a world class building
The Vision

• Richard Everett
• Director of eLearning

Ask not what can you do for your technology?
ask what can your technology do for you? with
apologies to John F Kennedy
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Some basic principles

• World Class Building
• Innovative concepts
• Integrated intelligent building
• Learner experience
• Attractive
• Exemplary IT
• Social
• No Walls
• Flexibility is key
• Glass
• No LRC !
• Central shared space
• Staff teamdesking

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• If I have to cut a wing off this building to
  make the IT learner experience exemplary
• I will
• Mark Dawe, Principal, Oaklands College

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Some basic principles - 2

• Atrium
• Reception
• Careers Fairs
• Informal learning spaces
• Performances
• Moveable screens
• Student induction
• Informal meeting spaces
• Exhibitions
• Café
• College gatherings
• Informal social spaces
• External sponsors
• Spill over from CLCs

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Some eLearning principles

• Pedagogy first
• Use the buildings intelligence
• ID, Cash cards, security
• High quality AV
• Tables, Plasmas, Integrated Voting
• Wireless throughout
• Every learner a device
• Charging
• Some (nearly none) wired
• CLCs are key
• Information screens
• Kiosks

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CLCs - Basic Principles

• Off central atrium
• public multi-use space
• Always open
• Front of house /Flexible
• Mixture of
• Reception
• Learner Services
• Learning resources
• First line of security
• Mixed staffing
• Staff area (hot desking)

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CLCs - More principles

• An Educational Space
• Drop in
• Small groups
• Individuals
• High quality technology
• Interactive tables
• Plasma information screens
• Always on wireless connection
• Wired connections
• Laptops
• Smart plasma interactive whiteboards
  portable/fixed
• Spill over into the atrium
• Books and/or Technology?

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CLCs - Even more principles

• Equipment
• Innovative, technology rich
• leverages the investment in IT
• supports the culture change
• VOIP
• VC
• high bandwidth wireless n
• modern AV equipment
• robust portable IT
• Why
• exciting
• exemplary
• leading edge technology
• bleeding edge learning experience

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Independent Learning Facilitators (iLFs)

• Directed/Independent Support for learners
• To be trialled at Alban II
• opens September 2008
• Hybrid position
• eStudy Assistant
• lecturer
• Skills
• technology
• pedagogical
• Enhanced
• eMentors
• experienced students
• an innovative approach

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iLFs Aims and Objectives

• Aim
• To support the curriculum in achieving its aims
  of supporting learning in an innovative, exciting
  and efficient manner, utilising independent and
  active learning in a blended Learning/Independent
  learning environment.
• Objectives
• Create a drop in facility to support
  independent directed learning
• Develop skills in staff to use and support
  directed learning opportunities
• Deliver eLearning engagement
• Create an emergency structured cover service
  for absent lecturers
• Encourage active supported learning
• Develop the use of independent research skills in
  students
• Motivate LRC staff

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iLF - Staffing

• Status
• eStudy Assistant
• Lecturer
• Progression
• Stepping stone between
• Salary
• 18-22K
• Qualification requirement
• PTLLS
• Desirable Qualification
• CTLLS
• eLearning

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CLC - Pilot

• Welwyn Garden City
• 3 zones
• Social Area
• Boardroom
• Classroom/Workshop
• Laptops
• Wireless
• Front of house
• Not just LRC
• Alban Point 2nd pilot
• Research Carol Howard

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Educational, Work or Social Space?
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CLCs - A final quote

• I think it's quite nice and a different concept
  to what the traditional classroom usually is
• ... stops me from falling asleep!!!!!!!!!!!!  
• I love it
• Anonymous student from CLC research Dec 2007

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Thank You

• Richard Everett
• Director of eLearning
• richard.everett_at_oaklands.ac.uk