Library 2.017: MAKERSPACES Webinar

We're excited to announce our third Library 2.017 mini-conferences: Makerspaces, which will be held online (and for free) on Wednesday, October 11th, from 12…Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.library20.comLooking forward to the opportunity to collaborate with the Library 2.0 community. This is a perfect fit where campuses can contribute their library...

USC Upstate tour – Indiana University

For those who missed the live tour for the University of South Carolina - Spartanburg, here is the recording. Thanks Julie Johnston for sharing! Check out further details about this space in FLEXspace.  https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/t/1_57k8ei9b  Thank you to our colleagues for participating!  Sourced through Scoop.it from: iu.mediaspace.kaltura.comFor those who missed the live tour...

On placemaking

In this post I point to some of the literature on placemaking to inform the idea of digital placemaking which I introduced in the previous post and will develop in subsequent posts. O'Rourke and Bladwin (2016, p.103) note the "interconnected themes of place identity, attachment, and sense of community." This...

Beware of the Word ‘Flexible’: Architect Danish Kurani on Designing 21st Century Schools (EdSurge News)

“Flexible.” It’s a word that often pops up in conversations about redesigning learning environments, relating to choices in furniture or movable walls. But according to Danish Kurani, redesigning 21st century classrooms goes much deeper than merely achieving flexibility—it involves going all the way back to considering Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs.Danish...

We’re designing schools of the future with tools of the past—and it’s hurting our education

Sourced through Scoop.it from: qz.com"We invest literally billions of dollars and years of effort into improvements in education around the world, but we fall short at the final step. We’re making leapfrog-like advancements in nearly every aspect of education, yet when it comes to thinking about and investing in the...
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