Issue No.34 Design for Learning Spaces and Innovative Classrooms

During the last couple of decades our perception of what constitutes a good learning environment has changed. Educational institutions are facing new challenges resulting from technologically driven changes in teaching and learning, globalization of higher education and changes in the economic climate. Efficient use of facilities is becoming increasingly important as the funding mechanisms of educational institutions are becoming more results oriented. The design of spaces to support the generation of knowledge by students themselves is an important yet neglected field.
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Guest Editors

Tapio Koskinen Secretary General - EDII Secretariat

Mike Keppell Executive Director and Professor

Articles

Moving through time and space - Learning history on the move

Author(s): Alexander König, Daniel Bernsen

Learning Spaces as Accelerators of Innovation Ecosystem Development

Author(s): Markku Markkula, Pia Lappalainen, Kari Mikkelä

The ritual and the rhythm: interacting with augmented reality, visual poetry and storytelling across the streets of scattered L’Aquila

Author(s): Giuliana Guazzaroni

Research challenges in informal social networked language learning communities

Author(s): Katerina Zourou

Easing access to digital libraries with m-DSpace

Author(s): Isaias Barreto da Rosa, David Lamas

The e-Learning Café project of the University of Porto: innovative learning spaces, improving students’ engagement in active and collaborative learning

Author(s): ligia ribeiro, Andrea Pera Vieira, Pedro Leão Ramos Ferreira Neto, Maria Pinto

A New Direction for the Learner Experience. Engaging Students in Participatory Design of a 21st Century Classroom Chair-Desk

Author(s): Andrei Dacko

Välkky library bus - A service, interaction and spatial design for engaging and creative learning

Author(s): Dipti Sonawane, Teemu Leinonen

Translating user perspective into spatial design

Author(s): Mirja Lievonen, Mikko Vesisenaho

ICT and class design at the CLCS language modules in Trinity College Dublin

Author(s): Celia (Vasiliki) Antoniou