{"id":11572,"date":"2019-11-22T17:52:22","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T06:52:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/?p=11572"},"modified":"2023-10-29T12:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-10-29T01:25:22","slug":"new-learning-spaces-call-for-research-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/new-learning-spaces-call-for-research-partners\/","title":{"rendered":"New learning spaces: call for research partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past ten years we have defined and committed to the enactment of a bold new vision at the University of Sydney. This has involved reimagining our organisational structure, curricula, and digital and physical infrastructure for learning.<\/p>\n<p>At the heart of all this change is an unwavering commitment to our students. Our goal is for each and every one of them to experience their time with us as period of growth\u2014completing programs of study that foster deep engagement, broad participation and the authentic assessment of learning.<\/p>\n<p>As significant pieces of this puzzle fall into place we are moving into a phase of being able to implement many of our most ambitious plans, and part of doing this well will involve understanding the spatial implications of these changes. In an effort to broaden participation in the development of a distinctive suite of learning spaces\u2014capable of accommodating the evidence-based practices we value\u2014the DVC(E)\u2019s Educational Innovation team is looking to partner with interested educators who have:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>developed a new unit of study that promotes collaborative learning and would like to teach it in a space well suited to this type of learning activity, or<\/li>\n<li>are reworking the delivery of a unit of study that is well suited to a space designed to support learning through alternating patterns of reflection, shared dialogue, and sketching.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our contribution to these partnerships could include pedagogical support (design and enactment) or assistance in framing practitioner-led research. Your contribution will involve a willingness to be interviewed at least twice and accommodate intermittent observation of learning activity and limited in-class surveys of students.<\/p>\n<p>Through this work we aim to understand how changes to learning space design is influencing learning activity, explore how our most innovative educators are using these spaces, and identify reusable elements of design for inclusion in future (re)developments.<\/p>\n<h2>New learning spaces<\/h2>\n<p>In 2020 we are focusing on seminar rooms and learning studios. Some of the listed learning learning spaces offer minor variations on current university standards, whilst others provide significantly different arrangements.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In the Abercrombie Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seminar Room 2280<\/strong>\u00a0seats 30 using a range of mixed movable furniture. (Fig. 1) and provides a single digital projector and screen, a document camera, and eight fixed whiteboards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seminar Room 2290<\/strong>\u00a0seats 60 using a range of mixed movable furniture (Fig. 2) and provides two digital projectors and screens, a document camera, and ten fixed and three movable whiteboards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11575\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11575 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"View of a group using seminar room 2280 in the Abercrombie building\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-1-870x580.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 1: Abercrombie Seminar Rm 2280<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11576\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11576\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11576 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--300x200.jpg\" alt=\"View of furniture configuration and groups at the whiteboards in room 2290, Abercrombie.\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--1170x780.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-2--870x580.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11576\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 2: Abercrombie Seminar Rm 2290<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>In the Merewether Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Learning Studio Rm158<\/strong>\u00a0seats 60 using mixed movable furniture (Fig. 3) and provides student computing at a ratio of 1 to 8.5, two digital projectors and screens, a document camera, and seven fixed and three moveable whiteboards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learning Studio Rm154 and Rm156<\/strong>\u00a0each seat 36 using uniform movable furniture (Fig. 4) and provide student computing at a ratio of 1 to 6, a single digital projector and screen, a document camera, and six fixed whiteboards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seminar Rm273 and Rm275 <\/strong>each\u00a0seat 36 using uniform movable furniture (as in Fig. 4) and provide a single digital projector and screen, a document camera, and seven fixed whiteboards.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Seminar Rm277<\/strong> seats 60 using mixed movable furniture (as in Fig. 3) and provides two digital projectors, a document camera, whiteboard screen capture on seven fixed whiteboards, and three moveable whiteboards.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11577\" style=\"width: 296px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11577\" src=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--300x225.jpg\" alt=\"View of Learning studio room 158 showing the configuration of furnishings\" width=\"296\" height=\"222\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--570x428.jpg 570w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--1170x878.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-3--773x580.jpg 773w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 3: Merewether Learning Studio Rm 158<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11578\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11578\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11578 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"View of Room 154, showing the furnishings and configuration\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-370x247.jpg 370w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-270x180.jpg 270w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-570x380.jpg 570w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-770x513.jpg 770w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4-870x580.jpg 870w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-4.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11578\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 4: Merewether Learning Studio Rm154<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>In the PNR Building<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Learning Studio Rm315 and Rm316<\/strong>\u00a0each seat 30 using fixed uniform seating (Fig. 5 ) and provide student computing at a ratio of 1 to 2, a single digital projector and screen, a document camera, and fixed whiteboards on three walls.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learning Studio Rm310 and Rm 311 <\/strong>seat 92 and 76 respectively using uniform movable furniture (Fig. 6) and provide student computing at a ratio of 1 to 4, three digital projectors and screens, a document camera, and video monitor.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11580\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11580 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-300x140.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-768x358.png 768w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-1024x477.png 1024w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-370x173.png 370w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-570x266.png 570w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-770x359.png 770w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-1170x546.png 1170w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-21-at-2.52.53-pm-1244x580.png 1244w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 5: PNR Learning Studio Rm 315<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11579\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11579\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-11579 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/sydney.edu.au\/education-portfolio\/ei\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-6-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-6-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-6-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-6-370x243.jpg 370w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-6-570x375.jpg 570w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-6-770x506.jpg 770w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-6-882x580.jpg 882w, https:\/\/educational-innovation.sydney.edu.au\/teaching@sydney\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/LS-EOI-Fig-6.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11579\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fig 6: PNR Learning Studio Rm 310<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>In the Physics Road Learning Hub<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Seminar RmG19 <\/strong>seats 76 using mixed movable furniture and provides two digital projectors and screens, a document camera, four fixed whiteboards, and video conference facilities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Expression of interest<\/h2>\n<p><del>To register your interest in teaching in one of these spaces, in Semester 1, 2020, please complete <b><a href=\"https:\/\/sydney.au1.qualtrics.com\/jfe\/form\/SV_bOXilCfFyd39oln\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>this short survey<\/strong><\/a><\/b> by the <strong>11<sup>th<\/sup> December 2019.<\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n<p>Expressions of interest for Semester 1, 2020 have now closed. If you would like to be notified in advance of future expressions of interest please email <a href=\"mailto:pippa.yeoman@sydney.edu.au\">pippa.yeoman@sydney.edu.au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Preference will be given to those addressing current strategic priorities including support for students in transition, and the development of pedagogical practices that promote collaborative, interdisciplinary learning activity and team-based assessment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past ten years we have defined and committed to the enactment of a bold new vision at the University of Sydney. 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