1. Design
D i considerations of
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EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING SPACES
Victoria University Learning Space of the Future
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David C
D id Cummings
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Fiona Young

3. ‘Why
‘Why now?’
?’

4. Testing Emerging and New Pedagogies
If Victoria University is to be a Global Institution this means
we have to engage with relevant emerging pedagogies such
as Place Based Learning ( g (Gruenewald, 2003), or Space,
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place and identity pedagogies (Edwards and Usher, 2000),
and to examine how the nature of the context and
characteristics of knowledge have changed (‘Connectivism’,
Siemens, 2006), as well as to continue to test more
traditional pedagogies of constructivism and critical
pedagogies.

5. “Our children are living in the most intensely
Our
stimulating period in the history of the earth…”
Sir Ken Robinson

6. What are the essential core skills all
students need to have when they
lleave school?
h l?
Ian Jukes 21st Century Fluency project

7. 1. Problem Solving
2. Creativity
3. Think Analytically
4. Collaboration
4 C ll b ti
5 Co
5. Communication
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6. Ethics, Action and Accountability

8. Academic visionary workshop

9. ‘A place to promote and foster
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collaboration, creativity and
interdisciplinary learning’

10. ‘Why is an experiential
space different? Aren’t
all spaces experiential?’
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11. HSC student
Education Student
Business Academic
Interior Designer
Urban Designer
Ub D i
Set Designer
Exhibition D i
E hibiti Designer
Musician
Workplace Designer
Architect
Client
Inter-disciplinary workshop

13. nature tidy sculptural
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quiet
extreme sensory
secluded active unexpected
non‐precious
i clean empty
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enclosed extremely cramped
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white noise
white noise raw high ceilings
high ceilings
out of scale
out of scale textured busy

14. workshop library tool kit
shed kitchen under a tree
lab garage beach cupboard
dream space field trip
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theatre bedroom courtyard
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studio garden coffee shop
coffee shop
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gallery
y abandoned spaces
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15. 0
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0
Outdoor Learning Space

16. ‘How
‘Ho do you make e pe iential
o experiential
learning spaces?’
spaces?

22. IMMERSION
TOOLSHED

23. TP
TP
TP
LCD
LCD

24. Moveable
seat
rug
Moveable Writeable trestle tables Benches People
seat / chairs /stools
stage /
Plinth /
support t

25. A LANGUAGES COURSE
Creating collaborations & connections
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with other universities & countries
• School of Education
• School of Arts

26. Using Telepresence to speak to others in different countries

28. Learning French in a Simulated Parisian Streetside Cafe

30. CREATING AN INTERACTIVE DIARY
Sharing a personal journey
g p j y
• IT
• Arts
• Humanities
• English
• Education

31. Viewing video diaries

32. Presenting a monologue on a stage

35. SPORTS MARKETING COURSE
To raise awareness of fitness & nutrition
• Communication
• Sports
• Science
• Arts

36. Storyboarding

37. Props/costumes

39. Filming

41. A space intended to promote and foster inter-disciplinary
learning and creativity

42. ‘How
‘Ho do these spaces affect
learning outcomes?
outcomes?’

43. ‘How
‘Ho do you get academics to
o
use these spaces well?

44. • Train the users
• Learn from students
• Provide IT support
• Create apps to help them learn
• M ti t students to explore
Motivate t d t t l
the space to motivate tutors

45. Supporting Innovation
Home Workplace Another Campus Community UTEP
Outreach
• Movi • Movi • Telepresence • Telepresence • Video
• Sh
Show and Share
d Sh • Sh
Show and Share
d Sh • Movi Conferencing
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• Webex • Webex • Show and Share
• Xbox
THE LEARNING SPACE OF THE FUTURE
Supporting IT infrastructure Supporting Pedagogies

46. Thank Y #i
Th k You #innovativelearning!
ti l i !
#unidesign11@informahighered
David.cummings@vu.edu.au
David cummings@vu edu au fiona_young@bvn.com.au
fiona young@bvn com au
@daveymelb @fionay27