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1. How to lead your own Building
Education Revolution!
Pedagogy and 21st Century
Learning Spaces
Mark Richardson,
ICT Coordinator, Williamstown PS
Tuesday, 7 August 12

2. Leading Learning Space Design
Conducted by
The Bastow Institute
&
New Learning Environments | Rubida Research
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leadership/Pages/home.aspx
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3. The layers in this session.
• http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/
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4. What are 21st Century Skills?
http://www.skills21.org/
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5. Historical & Educational Context
Henry Bastow,
Architect
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6. 20th & 21st Century Learning Spaces
Future Proofing Schools:The Phase 1 Research Compilation. p.10
Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, University of
Melbourne, August 2011.
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7. Case Study - Williamstown PS
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8. Introduction
Which is more ideal?
• The Pedagogy of the 21st Century
Teaching and Learning informing and
driving the Learning Space Design?
More ideal, if supported by all stakeholders.
OR
• Designing a 21st Century Teaching and
Learning Space and hoping it fits the
school pedagogy or using it as a driver
to alter existing pedagogies?
Not the ideal way, but it does happen!
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9. Key Questions for this session.
• What are the links between
Pedagogy & Learning Spaces?
• What processes can you use to
align Pedagogy with Learning
Spaces?
• What’s the role of ICT in
Learning Space design?
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10. • What I would like you to get out of
this session.
• That you see the importance of the
link between Pedagogy & Learning
Spaces.
• That you have a realisation that
different stakeholders [Principals /
Teachers / Students / School
Community] often have different
views about how learning spaces
should be designed.
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11. • What different stakeholders might think.
Future Proofing Schools:
The Phase 1 Research
Compilation. p.20
Faculty of Architecture,
Building & Planning,
University of
Melbourne, August
2011.
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12. • What I would also like you to get
out of this session.
• That you see an example of a
process used in the case study that
may be useful if you are re-designing
a teaching and learning space.
• That a good re-design project doesn’t
necessarily cost a large amount of
money.
• That there are lots of resources
available to assist you in the process
of learning space design.
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13. • What I would also like you to get out
of this session.
• Look at the positives, not just
the negatives.
Future Proofing Schools:
The Phase 1 Research
Compilation. p.20
Faculty of Architecture,
Building & Planning,
University of
Melbourne, August
2011.
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14. • If you ever get a chance to
design a teaching and learning
space on a bigger scale.....
Then get an Educational
Planner!
http://www.cefpi.org.au/
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15. The Role of an Educational
Planner
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16. Part One
• What’s the link between
Pedagogy & Learning Spaces
anyway?
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17. • The links between Pedagogy &
Learning Spaces.
• Teaching and learning requires appropriate physical
and virtual spaces for those activities.
• We think about this for specialist teaching and
learning spaces, but often not for the generalist
or home group teaching and learning spaces.
Discovery Education Graphics http://www.technologybitsbytesnibbles.info/archives/7043
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18. • What type of learning do you value
and want to encourage?
• 21st century learning
encourages the use of a
variety of teaching methods
to meet the individual needs
of students.
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19. • What spaces and resources will you
need to do the following:
• Social & collaborative learning?
• Integrated Curriculum?
• Student-directed / teacher-directed
learning?
• Independent learning?
• Project work?
• Direct Instruction?
Making the most of flexible working spaces A guide for principals and teachers p.5 [DEECD January
2011]
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20. • The links between Pedagogy &
Learning Spaces.
• Social & • Integrated
collaborative Curriculum
learning
• Project
• Student work
directed &
teacher
directed
• Direct
learning
Instruction
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21. Part Two
• What process can you use to
align your Pedagogy with your
Learning Spaces?
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22. • A process for a re-design of a
learning space to a school’s pedagogy.
• It’s not about one person’s view.
• All stakeholders need involvement.
• What is the current school vision
and what it will be like in the near
future?
• Read widely and listen extensively.
• Visit other learning spaces and talk
to the stakeholders.
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23. • A process for a re-design of a
learning space to a school’s pedagogy.
•
Ask lots of questions and then ask
more.
• Build a network of people to assist
you.
• Be aware that despite great
planning, you will have to make
quick decisions.
• Work out a variety of ways to
involve all stakeholders.
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24. • A process for a re-design of a
learning space to a school’s pedagogy.
• Break apart some key school
documents.
• How can your “new” learning
space better meet some of these
directions?
• Survey Stakeholders.
• Develop Planning Principles as to
what us important to the project.
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25. • Processes to align Pedagogy with
Learning Spaces.
• An audit of the aims of this project against school documentation such
as the school’s Values and Beliefs, Strategic Plan 2012-2015,
Annual Implementation Plan 2012 [AIP], and ICT/eLearning
Plan 2011 has indicated the usefulness of this project will in meeting
the current Key Improvement Strategies in the current AIP of
the school. It will greatly assist listed actions in that plan such as
• Offering students a wide range of eLearning activities in all domains through
the introduction of online activities for all P- 6 students this will include finding
resources on school intranet, Moodle, Ultranet and recording and responding
to what they have learnt using information products, blogs, wikis.
• Introduction of collaborative online projects including SuperClubsPlus,
Global2Blogs, Moodle and the Ultranet as relevant.
• This project also supports the school in its accreditation process as an
eSmart school, which sets positive policies, modeling and behaviors around
Digital Citizenship.
[From the Williamstown PS, AIP 2012]
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26. • A process for a re-design of a
learning space to a school’s pedagogy.
• Develop your surveys to cover the
following:
• School directions & “new”
learning space.
• How teachers will operate in it.
• How students will operate in it.
• How the community might
operate in it.
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27. Develop some planning principles for the
project from these surveys & focus groups.
1. Planning Principles for the Williamstown PS project
Criteria dominantly influenced by Leadership:
1.6 Connected to the world beyond the confines of the school.
1.9 Consisting of appropriate amenities and equipment.
Criteria dominantly influenced by Practice:
1.11 Conducive to exploration, imagination and creativity.
Criteria dominantly influenced by Leadership & Practice:
1.4 Interesting, stimulating and relevant to all students.
1.5 Flexible, varied and resource based.
1.10 Conducive to discussion interaction and collaboration.
1.12 Well integrated technologies into learning sequences in meaningful ways.
Using the Learning Environments Evaluation Tool [LEET] designed by New Learning Environments |
Rubida Research
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28. • A process for a re-design of a
learning space to a school’s pedagogy.
• Analyse your survey results:
• What trends are there?
• Are these trends similar or different
to your pre-conceptions?
• What did you learn from the survey?
• Explore some of the survey findings
through teacher and student focus
groups.
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29. Part Three
• What’s the role of ICT in this?
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30. • The role of I.C.T. in all of this.
• Multiliteracies
• 21st Century is technology rich, so
should these learning spaces.
Students should therefore have
access to a variety of technologies
available to them.
• Learning Management Systems
• The use of an LMS [such as Moodle,
Ultranet] is critical for
24/ 7 learning, Blended Learning,
Personalised learning etc.
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31. The “new” learning space
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32. The “new” learning space
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33. • Plan The Move In!
• Celebrate the new space!
• Offer teacher professional development
in the new space.
• Model how the space will work to
teachers and students.
• Teaching & Learning in the new space
may take some adjustment.
• Be prepared to make some minor
changes to the space if necessary.
• Evaluate the space in 6 -12 months
time.
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34. • Resources - Furniture
• Learning Furniture “A Just Don’t
Stuff It” Guide.
[Council of Educational Facility Planners International.]
http://www.cefpi.org.au/news/33/learning-furniture-workshop-video/
• Commercial Suppliers.
[Take care and think about this!]
• Modifying what you have already.
[Take care and think about this!]
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35. • Other Major Considerations for
Learning Spaces
• These were not part of my project
• Environmental Issues [ Heat, Light,
Sound].
• Sustainability Issues.
• Landscaping, Outdoor Areas.
• Linkages to Other Learning Spaces.
• Flexibility.
• Future Proofing.
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36. • Resources - Research
• DEECD & the Building Education Revolution
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions/
buildingrevolution/default.htm
• Learning Space Research
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/researchinnovation/
resources/learningspacesresearch.htm
• Making the most of flexible learning spaces:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/about/directions/
buildingrevolution/forschools/usingspaces.htm (DEECD,
2009)
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37. • Resources - Research
• Research into the connection between built learning
spaces and student outcomes:
http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/publ/
research/publ/blackmore_learning_spaces.pdf (DEECD,
2011)
• Pedagogy and Space: Transforming Learning through
Innovation:
http://www.education.vic.gov.au/researchinnovation/lpd/
resources.htm (DEECD, 2009)
• Learning Spaces & Learning Styles
http://www.learningspacesandlearningstyles.com/
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38. • Contact me
Williamstown PS
richardson.mark.m@edumail.vic.gov.au
My Blog
www.ictedservices.typepad.com
Twitter
@ictedservices
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