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Enhancing Collaborative Learning Spaces with REAL: Innovations and Strategies for Student Engagement

On May 16, 2014, Brendan Guenther, Director of IT Services for Teaching and Learning, discussed the progress and strategies of the REAL initiative. Focused on creating rich collaborative environments for student group work, the initiative highlights effective practices from Minnesota and Iowa. With $1M reserved for space reform, this effort aims to transition from traditional computer labs to more engaging, BYOD-friendly spaces. Involving multidisciplinary cooperation, the REAL initiative promotes the use of analytics and supports student affairs while paving the way for future academic collaboration.

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Enhancing Collaborative Learning Spaces with REAL: Innovations and Strategies for Student Engagement

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  1. REAL Spaces Brendan Guenther Director, IT Services Teaching and Learning Shared with Common Solutions Group on 5/16/2014

  2. Auditorium – Tiered Seating for Group Work

  3. Student Groups – Rich Workspace

  4. The spread of good ideas – common solutions for learning • Excellent work by Minnesota and Iowa prior to MSU’s REAL • Collegiality, including hosting site visits and open sharing • Application processes, Faculty Development Program (required) • Designs, Suppliers, Gotchas, and Innovations • Central REAL spaces a prototype for campus • $ 1M reserved for collegiate applications for space reform • 4 projects this summer – 4 projects next • Variety and offshoots already evident

  5. REAL Prototypes freed up space for Engagement Centers

  6. http://neighborhoods.msu.edu/

  7. Cooperative Effort • Swapping space to achieve mutual objectives via Facilities Mgt • Shifting from large open access computer labs • Gradually towards BYOD • With embedded PCs in engagement centers for software access • Helped open opportunity for cross-functional team on Analytics • Transition of MAP-Works contract support to IT Services • Improvements for Student Affairs; Attempts at use for academic affairs; • Possible future convergence with space (Course redesign; Attendance;)

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