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Planning and Designing Technology-rich Learning Spaces University of Hertfordshire – 21 July 2006

Planning and Designing Technology-rich Learning Spaces University of Hertfordshire – 21 July 2006. UK HE Space Management Project Impact on space of future changes in HE Bernard Dromgoole - Projects Adviser (HEFCE) Project Manager to the SMG/SMP. UK HE Space Management Project.

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Planning and Designing Technology-rich Learning Spaces University of Hertfordshire – 21 July 2006

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  1. Planning and Designing Technology-rich Learning SpacesUniversity of Hertfordshire – 21 July 2006 UK HE Space Management Project Impact on space of future changes in HE Bernard Dromgoole - Projects Adviser (HEFCE) Project Manager to the SMG/SMP

  2. UK HE Space Management Project Current situation. • Estates and the HE sector • Increased costs of maintaining the estate • Space efficient and effective • Government policy • Changing academic needs • Students as customers

  3. UK HE Space Management ProjectThe terrestrial space mission…….. Phase One A. Model the affordable estate B. Cost of space C. Review of practice of space management Phase Two D. Assess other space management methods • Case studies • Promoting space efficiency in building design • Impact on space of future changes in HE • Good practice in space utilisation • Space norms

  4. Impact on space of future changes in HE • Authors: Professor Ron Barnett and Dr. Paul Temple (Institute of Education at University of London) • Remit: • Assessment, including known trends in • Demand for courses • Methods of teaching and learning • Impact of widening participation • Possible changes in research activity • Distance/ self directed/ e_learning

  5. The BIG challenge………. How much space will be needed in the future?? • Student numbers and demands • Capital and revenue costs of space • Minimising waste whilst optimising effectiveness • Changing academic needs • Catering for new administrative needs

  6. Methodology How does this report address the issues? • Interviews with academic and admin staff at selected diverse institutions • Literature review • Assessment of potential drivers - increase in distance learning - staff:student ratios - changes in academic offering - workplace based learning

  7. Space and the university’s role • Previous 10 years vision Increasingly virtual estate embedded in workplaces, shopping centres, cultural venues. • Next decade More prominence as knowledge society develops. Clustering around HEIs

  8. Factors affecting space demand • Exogenous - Government policies - Student demand • Endogenous - Academic change - Pedagogic change - Managerial change

  9. Trends in space management In the last 10 years m2 per FTE has dropped • Centralised timetabling more effective • Centralisation of space • Extending the teaching day and/or week • Extension of learning space • Academic offices • Administrative space • Significance of teaching space.

  10. Research & Disciplinary change Generally intellectual content and technological change has led to little change in space need. However: • Equipment has diminished in size • Has become more wide ranging • More portable • Computers have replaced printing machines. • More experiments now IT based.

  11. Student demand ….has had a small impact • Away from science, engineering and langs • Changing patterns of demand • E_learning • Work-place based learning • Student work/life balance

  12. Future trends 1 Reduced space use • Extended teaching day/year • Larger student groups • Space remodelling • Improved space management • Workplace-based learning • Research equipment changes

  13. Future trends 2 Increased space use • Increased post grad demands and numbers • More admin functions • Greater and higher facilities standards • New ‘learning’ space demands • New research needs

  14. Conclusions • Increasingly diverse. No one set of policy prescriptions will apply across the sector • Unlikely to see significant reductions in space need. • Space will need to be flexible and remodelled more often • ‘Learning’ space will increase for student led and ‘blended’ learning

  15. Conclusions (cont) • Increase in space use to deal with new modes of knowledge production. • Quality of physical facilities becoming more important. • New central and increased administrative infrastructure • Workplace-based and itinerant learning will create some space reduction.

  16. Impact on space of future changes in HE N.B. The full report is available at http://www.smg.ac.uk/resources.html ……….Thanks for your attention!

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