Conference Proceedings

Conference proceedings are available to all SCUP members and conference attendees.

Please note: Not all sessions have proceedings available.

Monday, October 8, 2012, 1:45 PM–2:30 PM
(PL001) Multidisciplinary Research at the Institute for Genomic Biology: From Me to We in Theory and Practice
 Presented by: Gene Robinson, Director, Institute for Genomic Biology, Swanlund Chair, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Monday, October 8, 2012, 6:00 PM–7:15 PM
(PL002) Building Virtual Bridges: Collaborations in an Era of MOOCs and Mashups
Presented by: Ray Schroeder, Director, Office of Tech-Enhanced Learning, University of Illinois at Springfield
Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) have captured the attention and imagination of universities across the US. These classes are collectively enrolling literally millions of students from around the world.  Offerings are coming from elite universities and mid-tier colleges alike. Though, in most cases, they bear no academic credit, many higher education leaders and associations are working to develop degree pathways that include MOOCs. Concurrent with the advent of MOOCs over the past months, we have seen the move to integrate "big data" and the use of analytics to create mashup dashboards that enable "smart" decision making. In both MOOCs and big data mashups, the digital online nature of the initiatives invites building bridges between and among institutions to leverage data, knowledge, and resources. We will examine these emerging phenomena and how they will build collaborations and sharing among institutions.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Review the key characteristics, benefits, and drawbacks of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs).
2. Describe ways analytics are being repurposed in mashup dashboards, and how these dashboards facilitate decision making.
3. Recognize how MOOCs and big data mashups can drive partnerships both within and without the institution.
4. Identify ways these emerging phenomenon can allow your institution to build partnerships that leverage data, knowledge, and resources.

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 8:45 AM–9:45 AM
(CN014) Feeding a Campus Mission
 Presented by: John Prokos, Principal, Gund Partnership; Robert H. Richardson, Senior Associate University Architect, Indiana University-Bloomington

Faced with outdated dining facilities in the southeast quadrant of campus and increased competition from area restaurants, Indiana University Bloomington sought to improve the dining facilities serving its Forest and Read residential complex. What started as a small renovation has blossomed into a 714-seat dining hall renovation and addition that will transform student life. This case study will illustrate methods of using campus mission and project objectives to build enthusiasm, form partnerships, and secure funding for campus life projects.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Outline efficient and inclusive planning methods for shaping project objectives while controlling expectations.
  2. Use your common vision to build cross-organizational partnerships and make the case for funding.
  3. Review trends in dining services and learn how to engage and nourish today's students.
  4. Incorporate smart technology and online ordering into your dining facility.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C14V1)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 8:45 AM–9:45 AM
(CN001) Classroom, Study, and Synchronicity
 Presented by: Michael Haggans, Visiting Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology

Thomas Friedman was right—the world is flat. But even in a flat world, place still matters—not nostalgia for a campus that no longer exists, but places that build a synchronous academic community. Measurable planning principles, centered on both scheduled and unscheduled places, validate the long-term need for bricks and mortar even in a digital world. This value proposition lies in providing a supportive balance of bigger, faster, flatter classrooms and ubiquitous, provisioned conversation and study spaces. Absent this, there is insufficient reason for campuses to remain viable. Based on a comprehensive survey of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities campus and environs, this presentation lays out a set of planning principles and quantitative measures that will empower campuses to calibrate their facilities to meet the brick and mortar needs in an increasingly flat and asynchronous world.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Quantify the near-term implications of digital transformation and long-term digital saturation.
  2. Develop metrics on the relationship between classrooms and study space.
  3. Determine the balance between on-campus and off-campus support.
  4. Adapt metrics and apply them to your campus.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C01)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 8:45 AM–9:45 AM
(CN003) Evolution of Instructional Science Labs: The Shape of Things to Come
 Presented by: Michael Carr, Chair and Professor of Biology, Oakton Community College; Mark C. Hartmann, Architect, Harley Ellis Devereaux; Robert C. Robicsek, Higher Education Studio Leader, Harley Ellis Devereaux

This session explores the evolution of the typical undergraduate instructional science lab from a rigid, rectangular, modular box into a an organic shape dictated by the need for collaborative team work environments fostered by changing pedagogical approaches. The presentation also analyzes the transformative impact of advanced technology in the lab environment, and ways technology is shaping the physical environment and instructional methodology within these labs.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Review the design parameters for undergraduate science teaching labs.
  2. Identify the factors that are impacting current planning and design of labs.
  3. Discover out-of-the-box thought leadership in planning the science lab of the future.
  4. Discuss the critical impact of technology in planning the science lab of the future.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C03)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM
(CN029) Students, Instructors, and Perceptions of Learning in Active Learning Classrooms
 Presented by: D. Christopher Brooks, Research Fellow, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

This presentation expands on our previous research examining the impact of active learning classrooms (ALCs) on student learning and instructional behavior at the University of Minnesota. Having demonstrated that ALCs have a significantly greater impact than traditional classrooms in improving student learning, this new branch of our research aims to demonstrate more clearly how the activities performed in and behaviors elicited from these classrooms improves student learning and engagement. Conclusions were drawn from survey data collected from students and instructors in over 25 courses meeting in ALCs, classroom observations data from five ALC courses, student focus groups, and faculty interviews in spring 2012.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Analyze how students and instructors perceive the impact of learning spaces differently.
  2. Explain how space affects student and instructor behavior.
  3. Relate research findings from this round of data to previous research findings regarding learning spaces.
  4. Identify key approaches and methods to assessing and evaluating the impact of spaces on student learning outcomes.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C29)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM
(CN033) Planning for Innovation: A Case Study for Intellectual Collisions
 Presented by: David Bodenschatz, Senior Engineer, KJWW Engineering Consultants; David H. King, Chairman, SmithGroupJJR; Philip T. Krein, Professor, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign's Electrical and Computer Engineering building simultaneously fosters interdisciplinary learning and serves as a "living laboratory." Through an integrated planning and design process, the resultant 230,000 GSF of research, instructional, and office space is intended to promote collaboration and networking, learning, innovation, and leadership amongst students, faculty, and visitors. With breakthroughs in design, the physical building (targeting LEED Platinum and EPA Energy Star rating of 99) serves as a catalyst for discoveries in energy research.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate the value of an integrated and collaborative planning/design process on quality outcomes and innovation.
  2. Justify the importance of determining a framework for decision-making and a project's guiding principles.
  3. Recognize how energy optimization goals established early in a project can drive enhanced planning and design decisions.
  4. Discuss how co-location and sharing of resources promote interdisciplinary learning, cultural transformation and space utilization.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW/SD 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C33)AICP CM 1.0 unitGBCI CE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Stakeholder Involvement in Innovation

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 10:00 AM–11:00 AM
(CN005) The New Mobility: Partnering to Provide Sustainable Transportation Options
 Presented by: Mary Jukuri, Principal, SmithGroupJJR; Nancy Lyon-Stadler, Traffic and Planning Department Manager, Michael Baker Jr., Inc; John Kelly Seibert, Senior Project Manager, PFD Planning Architecture and Engineering, Miami University-Oxford

Challenges associated with transportation and parking are often the hottest topics on college campuses. In conjunction with their host cities, colleges face the competing demands of providing convenient vehicular access to campus facilities while also reducing their carbon footprint and maintaining pedestrian and bicycle safety. This session will explore how utilization of an inclusive process when planning for alternative modes of travel in and around campus can increase administration, city staff, and resident buy-in and change travel habits.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Apply basic principles of pedestrian and bicycle facility and network design to any college campus environment.
  2. Integrate campus transit network design with parking, bicycle, and pedestrian systems.
  3. Optimize efficiency and usability of transit system elements to improve ridership.
  4. Build partnerships to collectively address larger campus and city mobility concerns and conflicts.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW/SD 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C05)AICP CM 1.0 unitGBCI CE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Project Surroundings and Public Outreach

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 11:15 AM–12:15 PM
(CN008) Planning Across the Organization: Breaking Down Silos During Strategic Planning
 Presented by: Angela K. Engel, Assistant Director, Planning, Illinois State University; Kristen Hendrickson, Director, Planning, Research & Policy Analysis, Illinois State University; Katy Killian, Assistant to the Vice President for Student Affairs for Marketing and Communication, Illinois State University

How do you bring the right people together to formulate strategy in a short amount of time? Illinois State University used a retreat format to address challenges facing the institution and begin developing strategies during its strategic planning process. Panels with cross-departmental representation were put together to focus on solutions, thus eliminating the "silo" mentality. Learn how to replicate this model at your institution to engage constituents throughout campus in the strategic planning process.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Review an effective method of planning across an organization.
  2. Engage a broad constituency in a strategic planning process.
  3. Adapt this model for your campus or organization.
  4. Weigh the pros and cons of this model.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C08)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 11:15 AM–12:15 PM
(CN016) Fusion Facilities: Evolution of Campus Architecture
 Presented by: W. Kent Barnds, Vice President of Admissions, Augustana College-Illinois; Carson Durham, Principal, BLDD Architects, Inc.; John Whitlock, Principal, BLDD Architects, Inc.

Augustana College's Center for Student Life is a perfect case study to illustrate how "fusing" multiple functions into a single building can make a significant impact on your campus. Our discussion will focus on fusion buildings—the next step in the evolution of campus architecture. This design gives institutions an opportunity to break away from traditional learning environments in order to respond to today's student body needs. These uniquely designed buildings fulfill today's institutions' goals and desires to generate additional revenue, social interaction, and cohesion.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Describe how fusion facilities eliminate redundant spaces and increase utilization, allowing campuses to save money, generate additional revenue, and promote social interaction and cohesion on campus.
  2. Evaluate the flexibility of this design and its ability to meet new and changing programs on campuses while easily responding well to changes in students' needs.
  3. Discuss how this emerging learning environment can foster collaboration and integration among students, faculty, and staff who normally would not have the opportunity to collaborate.
  4. Recognize how this type of building design can become a centerpiece for the campus, providing your institution with a competitive advantage and enhancing student recruitment and retention.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C16)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 11:15 AM–12:15 PM
(CN037) Laboratory for Creativity: Adaptive Reuse and Partnerships for 21st Century Liberal Arts Collaboration
 Presented by: Bartlett J. Baker, Executive Vice President, McGough ; Jeffrey Mandyck, Associate , Cuningham Group Architecture, Inc.; Thomas Meyer, Principal, MS&R Architecture; Steve Richardson, Director of the Arts, Carleton College

The newly opened Weitz Center for Creativity at Carleton College is playing a significant role within a liberal arts college. Representatives from the college and the design-build team will describe how their partnership transformed a defunct middle school, challenged the building program, and repositioned the arts curriculum, all while creating places for cross-disciplinary exploration. Video interviews with students and faculty, along with footage of the facility, will also demonstrate how new partnerships are being formed at the Weitz Center for Creativity.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Review how a collaborative partnership between the college, contractor, and architect created a dynamic and flexible arts center from an existing combination of significant and insignificant structures and spaces.
  2. Describe how a project budget, schedule, and design can (re)shape the building program and design approach.
  3. Explain how the college's vision to reposition interdisciplinary arts education has established a laboratory for creativity, which is impacting the pedagogy, the curriculum, the facility, and the community.
  4. Summarize how reuse of existing non-collegiate spaces can trump conventional space and program requirements to create innovative learning environments and collaboration spaces.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C37)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 1:15 PM–2:30 PM
(PL003) Society 3.0 - Creating Tomorrow's Future Today
 Presented by: Tracey Wilen-Daugenti, Vice President and Managing Director, Apollo Research Institute
Society 3.0 explores the intersection of technology, education, and business. Rapid changes in society and work fueled by technology are creating new pressures on employers and educators to change. These pressures include an increased demand for an educated and skilled workforce, technology relevancy, and a propensity for lifelong learning. The 21st century requires preparing the workforce for current and future employment to ensure personal and national prosperity. Our new society requires that individuals take an active part in their own personal development and chart their future path. During this visual presentation, I will cover some of the current trends, research, and shifts in technology and society that change the way educators and employers need to advance today's workforce.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Examine trends and societal changes—including shifting family dynamics, women as a societal force, and the characteristics of the modern student—that are fueled by changes in technology.
  2. Review recent technological innovations in multimedia, gaming, mobility, social networking, and robotics, and discuss how and where these innovations converge.
  3. Discuss the implications of recent technological changes on work, especially the new knowledge and skill sets necessary for personal and national success.
  4. List what your institution can do to prepare itself for these changes, and prepare students to enter the 21st-century workforce.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12P03)

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 2:45 PM–3:45 PM
(CN020) Solving the Long-Range IT Planning Problem
 Presented by: Kelly J. Block, Assistant Vice President for Portfolio & Process Management, University of Illinois University Administration; Michael H. Hites, Senior Associate Vice President of AITS and CIO, The University of Illinois
As IT organizations adjust and transform in reaction to the current economic climate, how does an organization position itself for long-term success past the short-term crises? Pursuing complimentary and interdependent processes for IT governance, strategic planning, and leadership development can create foundational long-term IT planning capabilities and collaborative success.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Recognize the opportunities of a multifaceted approach to establishing long-term IT planning capabilities in an organization.
  2. Explore the components of building long-range IT planning capabilities.
  3. Identify strategies for leadership development in information technology professionals.
  4. Understand how IT planning is a component of integrated planning.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C20V1)

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 2:45 PM–3:45 PM
(CN022) Factors and Spaces That Contribute to Successful Higher Education Environments
 Presented by: Barbara A. Allen, Account Manager, Higher Education Solutions, Interior Investments, LLC; David Broz, Firmwide Education Practice Area Leader, Gensler; Joe Leamanczyk, Student, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Today's hyper-connected student understands that learning can happen anywhere. We present findings from two studies to explore how physical space improvements can enable smarter education environments. Our 2011 global roundtable surveyed educators and students on the transformative power of networked technology on traditional pedagogy. The follow-up study investigated student use of non-classroom space, finding that most on-campus socialization zones don't meet student expectations. This presents an opportunity for educators to create new, flexible campus environments where education can happen anytime, anywhere.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Discuss how traditional and emerging learning spaces can be organized to facilitate collaborative teaching/learning experiences.
  2. Identify how physical environments can best support multi-modal pedagogy that integrates technology into blended curricula.
  3. Recognize how effective social spaces improve the educational experience of today's college students.
  4. Evaluate your current pedagogical and social spaces to understand how they support (or fail to support) the needs of your students.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C22)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 2:45 PM–3:45 PM
(CN004) Crossing Organizational Boundaries to Create a Nursing Clinical Simulation Laboratory
 Presented by: Jeffrey S. Fenimore, Principal | Architect | Higher Education National Leader, DLR Group; Janet Krejci, Dean & Professor, Mennonite College of Nursing, Illinois State University; Edward Ramos, University Facilities Planner, Illinois State University

This case study examines how Illinois State University's Mennonite College of Nursing (MCN) developed an integrated educational environment for their nursing program, the Clinical Simulation Laboratory Building, using an integrated process to develop the initial goals and objectives for the building. The result? A facility designed as an immersive, real world educational environment employing the latest in simulation lab technology. This session will share MCN's experience and results from this project, along with lessons learned from creating successful collaboration between academic units and facilities planning units.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Incorporate real world learning into traditional higher education environments with technology.
  2. Identify the paradigm shift in nursing simulation with the adoption of new technologies.
  3. Recognize successful approaches for collaboration between different disciplines / specialties.
  4. Classify methods to prepare faculty to work in an integrated environment.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C04)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM
(CN018) Finding Common Ground: A Collaboration Renovates UIUC's Lincoln Hall
 Presented by: Ronald Harrison, Associate Vice President, Cannon Design; Charles T. Smith, Principal, Cannon Design; Matthew A. Tomaszewski, Associate Dean for Administration, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lincoln Hall, a 1911 landmark at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), was an intensely-used classroom building that no longer functioned as an effective learning environment. Its recent renovation respects the building's historic significance while repositioning it for the 21st century. The renovation posed several challenges: a fixed state/university budget, watchful oversight of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, and a mission to significantly enhance collaboration and the student experience. Lincoln Hall aligns sustainable design and construction, deep respect for its history, and a forward-looking learning environment.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Assess strategies for the re-use of existing buildings on your campus to fit current and projected institutional needs.
  2. Propose methods to collaborate with multiple decision-makers to prioritize stakeholder needs.
  3. Compare end-user perspectives regarding building a collaborative partnership.
  4. Evaluate sustainable results within the context of a complex renovation project.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW/SD 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C18V2)AICP CM 1.0 unitGBCI CE 1.0 unit; Field of study: Stakeholder Involvement in Innovation

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM
(CN009) Pathways to Partnerships: Collaborating Across Institutional and Regional Boundaries
 Presented by: Mark French, Director of Facilities Services, Columbus State Community College; Kim Way, Principal, NBBJ

How does one operate a 30,000-student and growing community college, spread across two campuses and nine regional locations within four counties, while state funding plummets? This session will discuss the strategic, academic, and physical planning strategies being explored at Columbus State Community College to forge unique partnerships with public and private educational institutions, businesses, and communities across central Ohio (including the recently established partnership with Ohio State University) with the mutual goal of providing unabated student access, success, and community workforce training.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Examine the critical role community colleges play in today’s higher education environment to understand why they are receiving renewed attention from the administration and policymakers.
  2. Explore the strategies being pursued to seek partners to support institutional advancement as well as capital projects and community economic development.
  3. Discover strategies employed in master planning to create integrated solutions that result in winning outcomes for both the community colleges and the communities they are part of.
  4. Leverage lessons learned from the varying collaboration models and discuss why some partnerships proved more successful than others.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C09)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Tuesday, October 9, 2012, 4:00 PM–5:00 PM
(CN024) UW Simulation Center: Interdisciplinary, Multi-Use Center for Innovative Medical Education and Training
 Presented by: George Keeler, Simulation Center Program Administrative Director, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Laura Serebin, Principal, Flad Architects; Randy S. Tritz, Partner, Shen Milsom Wilke

Collaboration, flexibility, and innovation are hallmarks of the new University of Wisconsin Health (UW Health) Clinical Simulation Center. Designed to meet the increased reliance on simulation in medical practice and education, and with limited existing hospital space available, the center needed to be efficient, flexible, and smart. Through strategic planning and implementation, the team developed a versatile and technologically integrated space that maximizes resources and provides future-proof design for emerging simulation technologies. This unique facility bridges institutions, departments, and disciplines to offer a centralized space for team training that translates into better patient outcomes.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Demonstrate, as a model for other institutions, the UW Health Clinical Simulation Center's approach to design—multi-disciplinary user teams facilitating a truly integrated interprofessional process that built ownership and participation in the program, minimizing redundant activities and maximizing resources.
  2. Illustrate how the versatile space was designed for day-to-day flexibility and adaptation over time as the technology and simulation program evolves.
  3. Describe how technology and logistics hurdles were overcome by the design team working together to create innovative solutions applicable to both this and future facilities.
  4. Analyze how integrated technology, along with a robust telecommunications network, maximizes efficiency and resources by linking the new center with existing infrastructure.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW/SD 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C24)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 8:15 AM–9:15 AM
(CN032) Removing Barriers to the Community: UIC’s Urban Campus Transformation
 Presented by: Kevin D. Duff, Manager, University Planning & Design, University of Illinois University Administration; Jerry L. Lockwood, Assistant Director, Facility & Space Planning, University of Illinois at Chicago; David J. Mann, Principal, Booth Hansen

The University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) recent master planning effort resulted in a flexible framework for cohesive campus open spaces, integrated infill development, and functional circulation. A plan was created to "stitch" together unconnected districts to provide a greater cohesiveness, clarity, and sense of place while removing physical barriers to the surrounding communities and between two distinct sides of this very urban campus. The plan also identified high-impact, low-capital projects to strengthen and enhance the student experience.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Identify and analyze the legacy of campus planning on an urban campus to highlight the strengths and weakness of the campus connections to its neighborhood and the city.
  2. Recognize the value of open spaces to the campus experience and how disparate areas can be leveraged for improved campus character.
  3. Assess opportunities to locate new cross-disciplinary facilities that support integrated teaching and research between the colleges and academic units and to make connections to the community.
  4. Identify the implementation of high-value, low-capital projects, which can make an immediate impact on the campus assets and environments.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C32)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 8:15 AM–9:15 AM
(CN027) Serving the Whole Student: Breaking Traditional Faculty / Administration Barriers
 Presented by: Mary Cisar, Registrar and Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, St Olaf College; Mamie Harvey, Principal, Architectural Alliance; Peter Sandberg, Assistant Vice President for Facilities, St Olaf College

St. Olaf College's recently completed renovation of Tomson Hall strives to serve the whole student by crossing traditional organizational, operational, and physical barriers and bringing together faculty offices, classrooms, staff, and administrators under one roof. Tomson Hall's central design principle is to serve a collaborative community. St. Olaf's registrar and co-chair of the design team and its vice president for facilities join the design architect to share the results of this mission.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Determine how to successfully identify and break down impediments to a collaborative working environment.
  2. Describe strategies for achieving cross-discipline, cooperative dialogue among administration, facility, faculty, and design team members.
  3. Summarize how to implement a collaborative building program during the design phase and post-occupancy.
  4. Outline how to evaluate and utilize design-build as a construction delivery method.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C27)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 8:15 AM–9:15 AM
(CN031) Get in the Zone—Activating the Learning Environment
 Presented by: Susan B. Hutson, Assistant Director for Space Planning, Purdue University-Main Campus; Geoffrey Lisle, Principal, BSA LifeStructures Inc.; Jeremy Welu, Architect, BSA LifeStructures Inc.

When you walk into a room, you can tell right away if the space is one that students migrate to for energy and inspiration. In this session, Susan Hutson, Purdue University's assistant director of space planning, and two of BSA LifeStructures' higher education designers will discuss strategies to incorporate zones that accommodate students' core behaviors in learning environments. The session will identify how these zones combine to influence an individual's mobile study space, and provide impromptu areas for conversation and flexible areas where groups can work towards a goal.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Explore the three core student behaviors that are shaping modern day learning environments.
  2. Discuss trends in planning for mobile technology use and its application.
  3. Investigate how students take ownership of a space and transform it into a learning environment.
  4. Review changes in how students are using campus space.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C31)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
(CN039) One-Stop Centers: Uniting Divisions for an Optimal Student Experience
 Presented by: Kim Martin, Senior Project Manager, Brailsford & Dunlavey; Mary Paula Schuh, Director, Campus & Space Planning, Northern Kentucky University; Michael N. Schuster, Principal & Owner, MSA Architects

Northern Kentucky University (NKU) has bridged the cross-divisional gap to create a "one-stop" center that focuses on enrolled students. The planning effort included extensive collaboration across administration and finance, academic affairs, and student affairs. Learn how NKU and the planning team designed an engaging, student-centered facility that will become the central destination for registration and financial services, advising, IT engagement, and more. The presenters will use the NKU project as a case study, but will also include planning concepts applicable to all campus projects.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Collaborate across university divisions for successful on-campus projects.
  2. Evaluate and prioritize program components to achieve high customer satisfaction.
  3. Develop an implementation plan for a one-stop center.
  4. Assess trends in one-stop center planning and operations.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C39V2)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
(CN040) From Digital Ideation to Digital Management: Lessons from a Testbed Studio
 Presented by: John Stallmeyer, Associate Professor of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Information technology is a ubiquitous feature of building design, construction, and management. The desktop computer and graphical user interface (GUI) transformed the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry over the last three decades; natural user interfaces (NUI) are poised to have similar transformative effects in the next decade. In this presentation, we discuss preliminary findings from an ongoing research project that explores the potential of NUIs, with new hardware and software technology, to transform the ways that projects are conceived, built, and managed. Using new touch technology and digital sketching environments for design collaboration and presentation, the presenter and his students are exploring and developing design, drawing, and management interfaces that will become key components in the design, construction, and management of the built environment in the near future. Participants in this session will have the opportunity to interact with these new digital devices. 

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Review how new IT technologies are poised to transform the ways we design and manage the built environment.
  2. Compare new and emerging software and hardware tools with existing IT used in the AEC industry.
  3. Test new hardware and software in a hands-on experience.
  4. Discuss the potentials and difficulties of new IT for the AEC industry.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C40)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 9:30 AM–10:30 AM
(CN015) Mobilizing Your Campus To Support 21st Century Learning Spaces
 Presented by: Leslie Hammersmith, eLearning Analyst, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Doris J. Reeser, Capital Maintenance Planning Coordinator, Facilities & Services, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

This presentation discusses how a large research institution leveraged networks created in an informal group to build momentum and partnerships for making transformative shifts in how we design and plan space improvements. From navigating standard-changing designs to understanding how faculty engagement is key to effective learning space design, this group transformed successful networking opportunities into successful working opportunities. Not only is this group mobilizing the institution, it is crossing organizational boundaries and creating enthusiasm leading to sustainable and successful partnerships.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Manage strategies for achieving cross-departmental, collaborative dialogue among administration, facility, library, IT, and design team members.
  2. Discuss how traditional and emerging learning spaces are changing to accommodate collaborative learning and to leverage space utilization.
  3. Identify how to incorporate emerging pedagogical practices into large scale campus building initiatives.
  4. Compare identified components of general assignment classrooms and approaches to support emerging curricula.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU/HSW 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12C15)AICP CM 1.0 unit

Wednesday, October 10, 2012, 10:45 AM–12:00 PM
(PL005) How a Pragmatist Might Plan for Institutional Complexity in Higher Education
 Presented by: Charles Hoch, Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago
Higher education faces the challenges of social inequality, cultural identity, and institutional complexity. Planning offers the most promise as a response to the issues of complexity. I offer a pragmatic conception of planning well suited to the demands of complexity. I describe how we might conceive more pluralistic, resilient, and collaborative planning efforts, offering examples to illustrate how these might work. The good news is that most people possess competence for making plans and find satisfaction in purposeful deliberation about the future. The bad news is that there are no short cuts. We accomplish convergence on campus though practical collaboration solving shared problems together.

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Reconsider current classification and ordering of campus relations susceptible to purposeful planning.
  2. Try on some revised conceptions of pragmatist planning that enhance practical insight and resist popular conceptions of rationality and strategy.
  3. Recognize how recasting familiar institutional dilemmas as practical problems involving familiar social learning and collaboration can improve shared purpose and joint effort across institutional divides.
  4. Strategize how to solve complex problems collaboratively, leveraging the skills and motivations stakeholders on your campus already possess.

Continuing Education Credits:
AIA LU 1.0 unit (SCUPNC12P05)