The Impact of COVID-19 on Shaping Spaces for Learning

LSC Session at the 2021 AAC&U Annual Meeting Presenters: Pamela E. Scott-Johnson, Dean, College of Natural and Social Sciences—California State University Los Angeles Robert A. Kolvoord, Dean, College of Integrated Science and Engineering (CISE) — James Madison University Susan R. Singer, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost — Rollins College The pandemic has changed more than […]

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Research & Resources: LSC Virtual Roundtables

Doshi, Ameet, Kumar, Shilpi, and Whitmer, Susan. “Does Space Matter? Assessing the Undergraduate ‘Lived Experience’ to Enhance Learning.” Planning for Higher Education Journal. V43N1 October–December 2014.

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B. From the Perspective of Institutional Assets

Making the Case: The Return on the Investment in 21st Century Environments for Learning Making the case for determining the return on the investment of institutional resources in physical and virtual environments for learning can be calibrated from several perspectives: focusing on learners, institutional programmatic and pedagogical initiatives, faculty and budgets, and, finally, on the […]

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I. Making the Case: The Return on the Investment in 21st Century Environments for Learning

A. From the Perspective of the Learner Of Special Note (2/24/20)Making the case for determining the return on the investment of institutional resources in physical and virtual environments for learning can be calibrated from several perspectives: focusing on learners, institutional programmatic and pedagogical initiatives, faculty and budgets, and, finally, on the institutional image into the […]

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A. From the Perspective of the Learner (February 2020)

Making the Case: The Return on the Investment in 21st Century Environments for Learning Making the case for determining the return on the investment of institutional resources in physical and virtual environments for learning can be calibrated from several perspectives: focusing on learners, institutional programmatic and pedagogical initiatives, faculty and budgets, and, finally, on the […]

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Measures for Assessing How Investing in Spaces for Learning Results in a Robust Return for Students, for the Institution & for the Community Beyond the Campus

How do you make the case that the investment in institutional investment in the physical environment for learning makes a difference? How will you know? What evidence makes that case? From the LSC spaces that work collection II, some potential measures of success can be distilled. These stories about recent projects embrace but go beyond attention […]

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Take-Away/Take-Home Questions & Strategies from the LSC National Colloquium

Take-Away/Take-Home Questions & Strategies from the LSC National Colloquium What one question—reflecting colloquium discussions and the current status of planning we’re now involved in—should we bring back to our colleagues for their attention and action? This question, addressed by table groups during the final session of the 2019 LSC National Colloquium, reflected the DNA of […]

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Reports from the LSC National Colloquium

MEASURES FOR ASSESSING HOW INVESTING IN SPACES FOR LEARNING RESULTS IN A ROBUST RETURN FOR STUDENTS, FOR THE INSTITUTION & FOR THE COMMUNITY BEYOND THE CAMPUS FROM THE LSC COLLOQUIUM: SPACES THAT WORK Take-Away/Take-Home Questions & Strategies from the LSC National Colloquium

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FROM THE LSC COLLOQUIUM: SPACES THAT WORK

The LSC National Colloquium was an opportunity for architects and academics to learn with and from each other about how the imagined and ideal spaces for learning have evolved over the past two decades. It was an opportunity to examine posters presented by participating architects that individually and collectively made the case for planning that […]

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