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Using Our Heads and Our Hands to Give Information Physical Form: Issue 64
Toward the end of the school year, first-year students at a Midwest medical school received an email from a second-year student offering for sale a valuable study tool: completed notecards for each of the second-year textbooks. “Why create…
Tags: Design, EducationFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles
Design APPS: Issue 63
Innovative Application Ideas Classrooms for active learning Observation How do you make a classroom more engaging for both the student and the instructor? No learning space is more in need of fresh design thinking than the classroom. Everyone…
Tags: Active Learning, Education, Innovation, LearnLab, media:scapeFiled under: 360 Magazine, Design APPS, Featured Articles,
A New Learning Curve: Issue 63
Ideas on planning and designing learning spaces from Lennie Scott-Webber, Ph.D., director of education environments for Steelcase Education Solutions About the author, Lennie Scott-Webber, Ph.D. I’ve owned and operated design firms in the U.S. and Canada, taught at…
Tags: Active Learning, Education, Innovation, Steelcase Education SolutionsFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles, Steelcase Education Solutions,
Texas Tech University: Case Study
A new group work area in the main library at Texas Tech University (TTU) takes a decidedly nontraditional approach to library space, and as a result has become one of the most popular places on campus.
Tags: Collaboration, Education, media:scape
Virginia Commonwealth University: Case Study
Colleges and universities are under increasing pressure to better prepare students for the knowledge economy, so they are transforming their teaching methods, reconsidering how they use technology, and rethinking how the classroom can best support learning. At Virginia…
Tags: Collaboration, Education, Information Technology, media:scape
Northview High School: Case Study
A two-month study at Northview High School confirms that the node chair transforms the traditional classroom into a more interactive, dynamic teaching and learning environment. Read how node changes the classroom experience and promotes active learning.
Tags: Arts, Collaboration, Education
Stanford d.school: Case Study
The d.School’s philosophy holds that space, furniture, tools, and technology are integral to pedagogy. Students are encouraged to display their ideas and work in progress. See how they use their space to promote behaviors critical to design thinking,…
Tags: Collaboration, Education, media:scape, node chair, Video
University of Michigan: Case Study
The University of Michigan takes a fresh approach to their classrooms, implementing a strategy that includes engagement, collaboration and flexibility. A variety of classroom set-ups and solutions offer students a variety of classroom experiences. Each incorporating collaborative tools…
Tags: Collaboration, Education, media:scape, node chair, Video
Innovation enters the classroom: Issue 60
Want to see something amazing? Visit a college classroom. You’ll be amazed, perhaps astounded to learn that today’s classrooms look completely – like the ones you sat in five, 10, or even 50 years ago. Despite revolutionary technology,…
Tags: Education, Innovation, media:scape, node chair, SeatingFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles,
All Ages are off to College: Issue 60
Gen Y students want a degree and a job, of course. Gen Xers and younger Boomers are attending grad school and night class to polish their skills, while older Boomers are making university towns – vibrant, diverse, intellectually…
Tags: Education, Gen X, Gen Y, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine,
pushing the edges: the d.school: Issue 60
This is far from your typical college classroom building. Walls made from sliding whiteboards are covered in sticky notes and scribbles. Big foam cubes serve as makeshift worksurfaces and footrests. Some students are working in lounge furniture, others are…
Tags: Education, Innovation, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles,
Making Noise in the Library: Issue 60
If the classroom is the heart of higher education, the library is its soul. Students can put their hands on digital books and information from virtually anywhere, but the library is the main place on campus where traditional…
Tags: Education, Library, media:scape, Seating, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles,
Libraries without books?!: Issue 60
It was a quiet milestone two years ago when the University of Michigan announced its millionth book online, part of a joint effort of 30 university libraries. any attention this landmark received was overshadowed by concerns of copyright…
Tags: Education, Library, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine,
Who are today’s students?: Issue 60
Generation Y in India (426 million) is six times as big as Gen Y in the U.S. In China, there are 218 million people born in just one decade, 1980-1990. In a highly networked world that becomes more…
Tags: Education, Gen Y, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles,
Learning Spaces All Over Campus: Issue 60
The college campus has a way of encouraging intellectual pursuits in different places. Discussions often migrate from the classroom to the quadrangle, cafeteria, or the nearest pub after class. Now, places outside the classroom are more useful than…
Tags: Education, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles,
Lessons Learned: Issue 60
Classrooms for the 21st Century Engage with Teachers Higher education spaces, just like corporate workplaces, can benefit from input by the users of the space. Yet many learning spaces are planned without input from the people who will…
Tags: Education, node chair, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine, Lessons Learned,
Q & A: Deborah Loewenberg Ball: Issue 60
On space, teaching, and learning Deborah Loewenberg Ball is Dean of the School of Education at the University of Michigan, a renowned researcher on mathematics instruction, and a recent appointee by President Obama to the National Board of…
Tags: Education, SeatingFiled under: 360 Magazine, Q & A,
Showing School Pride: Issue 60
With school budgets decreasing and expectations increasing, it’s no surprise that more and more schools are struggling to reach their potential. But a new NBC makeover/reality show is helping to revitalize many of these schools and in some…
Tags: Education, Innovation, media:scape, node chair, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine, Featured Articles,
Trends360: Issue 60
Move. See. Hear. Learn. It’s a fact: people learn in different ways and the best classrooms support them all. Steelcase observational research documented these differences: • Motor mechanic learners – prefer being active, sitting in swivel chairs and…
Tags: Education, Innovation, TechnologyFiled under: 360 Magazine, Trends360,
Atoms & Bits: Issue 60
Best of NeoCon Awards The Steelcase family of companies received five Best of NeoCon awards, which recognize the top new products introduced at the show each year. Among the products recognized were: • a Gold award for Steelcase’s…
Tags: Education, NeoCon, node chairFiled under: 360 Magazine, Atoms & Bits,
