Creating Environments for Learning and Exchange not Just Delivery—Applying Research to Design

Archived Webcast

Format: CD
Original Broadcast:
Thursday, December 9, 2004
Running Time: 90 minutes

Program Overview

Are your college or university classrooms designed for knowledge delivery—or learning? Studies have shown that when classrooms and lecture halls are designed for the delivery of information, only 5% of that knowledge is retained. Conversely, when space is designed for learning, knowledge retention jumps to 85%.

This webcast will stretch your thinking about how you perceive your instructional space; a place where both faculty members and students go to "work" every day. You will learn about classical environment/behavior research as it pertains to the built environment-but with a set of archetypal formulas for application as you consider designing for knowledge exchange.

Classrooms and lecture halls are not one size fit all. Faculty members often complain bitterly about the environment in which they work; many times general purpose classrooms must function for multiple constitutes, and are inflexible for activities or problem-based learning situations. Furthermore, knowledge is shared differently based on the intended situation. Why not match the physical environment with the intended behavior-whether it be knowledge delivery, application, creation, communication, or decision making?

This information will help designers and planners in their predesign and planning stages think about new performance/design standards as they design for optimum learning and knowledge exchange. You'll understand how the manipulation of space impacts intended behaviors in various knowledge-sharing scenarios and you will see how the past residues from both the Agrarian and Industrial Ages compromise out thinking, expectations and designed product.

Learning Discussion Points

As an attendee of this webcast you will . . .

• Gain a better understanding of the founding principles of environment/behavior and learning theories in order to apply appropriate protocols in the design and planning of Knowledge Age learning settings
• Recognize how past residues from both the Agrarian and Industrial Ages compromise our thinking, expectations and designed products
• Understand why it is so important to design environments where people can share knowledge in a variety of ways: knowledge delivery, application, creation, communication, or decision making
• See the disconnect and impact of spatial settings designed for other eras and how this disconnect may be negatively impact both the faculty members and the students who "work" in these settings in terms of productivity and the desire to learn.
• Receive a copy of the PowerPoint, related articles, and a reference list

Sites registering for this live broadcast will also have a special opportunity to download a copy of Lennie Scott-Webber's new publication, In Sync: Environmental Behavior Research and the Design of Learning Spaces. Instructions on how to access the publication will be given to sites several days before the broadcast.

Who Should Attend?

This webcast is aimed at campus facility planners, architects, design professionals, classroom technology professionals, faculty members and instructors, administrators, and others who are responsible for understanding and formulating response plans for the physical needs and requirements of students and faculty members. Those interested in student retention and learning may also find this an interesting program.

This program may be especially useful to architectural and campus teams who are planning new, and or renovating learning structures on their campus. Use this webcast as a catalyst for thought starters.

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SCUP Moderator

Mark Maves is an architect and vice president of the design firm SmithGroup, a member of the 2004 AIA Sustainability Task Force and immediate past Co-Chair of the AIA Regional / Urban Design Assistance Team's national Task Group. He is currently Vice-Chair of USGBC's LEED Committee for Multiple Buildings/Campuses.

Presenter

Lennie Scott-Webber is the Chair of The School of Interior Design at Ryerson University, and has practiced interior design for over 25 years. She has owned and operated her own design businesses in both Canada and the US, focusing on commercial design. Her research interest is as an environment behaviorist and she currently focuses on the design of environments for knowledge sharing and for adult learners in both higher education and the corporate environment. She has a book, grants, articles, and presentations to her credit and is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. She holds a Master of Interior Design [FIDER accredited] and Doctor of Consumer Environments/Interior Design, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She has passed the NCIDQ exam and is a professional member of ARIDO. Her most recent publication is In Sync: Environmental Behavior Research and the Design of Learning Spaces, published by the Society for College and University Planning.

AIA Members and Continuing Education Opportunity

SCUP is a registered provider of continuing education units for the American Institute of Architects. If you are eligible to earn continuing education units from AIA, sign the AIA report form that will be sent to each listening site in advance of the program, and fax it back to the SCUP office. SCUP will submit completed session forms to AIA for you. This webcast offers 1½ hours of continuing education units. Anyone attending the broadcast may request a certificate as a record of his or her attendance.

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