Learning Spaces: Components of the Campus Cyberinfrastructure at the Institutional Level

1. Learning Spaces:Components of the CampusCyberinfrastructureat the Institutional Level Joan K. Lippincott Coalition for Networked Information The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

2. Overview • Scenario - how are users meeting their information and technology needs? • Cyberinfrastructure - what do we need besides the facility • Integrated facilities - what kinds of services are incorporated? • Collaboration - what does it really mean? The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

3. Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) • Joint project of ARL and EDUCAUSE • Focus on cross-sector collaboration • Networked information to advance research and education • Institutional membership organization • www.cni.org The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

4. A wired classroom at Emory University Scenario:Contemporary American Politics Class The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

5. A “Smart Classroom” at Northwestern University The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

6. Students work together at “Jittery Joe’s in the University of Georgia Student Learning Center. Continuing Classroom DiscussionOutside the Classroom The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

7. Wireless connections allow for cooperative projects at Oregon State University The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

8. University of Arizona’s Integrated Learning Center Group Work in the Information Commons The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

9. Emory University’s Information Commons The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

10. University of Southern California’s Leavey Library Information Commons The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

11. Residence Halls become information access points at Emory University. Ubiquitous Access to Information The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

12. “Anywhere, anytime” wireless access to information at the University of Maine’s Farmington campus The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

13. Outdoor study space at Valley City State University in North Dakota The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

14. Students gather to develop a project in Dartmouth College’s Media Center. Students Producing Multi-Media Projects The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

15. Students and faculty share work space at Vassar’s Media Cloisters. The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

16. Iowa State students share ideas in a design classroom with wireless access. The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

17. Wellesley College’s Knapp Media & Technology Center The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

18. Dickinson College’s electronic classroom allows students to review a variety of projects. Students Presenting Projects in Class The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

19. University of Pittsburgh students present research projects. The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

20. What does an institution need? A cyberinfrastructure, or seamless teaching, learning, and information environment. • User-centered • Not silo-centered The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

21. “The emerging vision is to use cyberinfrastructure to build more ubiquitous, comprehensive digital environments that become interactive and functionally complete for research communities in terms of people, data, information, tools, and instruments that operate at unprecedented levels of computational, storage, and data transfer capacity.” Report of the NSF Blue Ribbon Advisory Panel on Cyberinfrastructure The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

22. Elements of Institutional Cyberinfrastructure • Digital Content • People • Technology • Physical Space The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

23. Digital Content • Customization and personalization • Institutional repositories • Cohesive access to information The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

24. People • Collaboration • New types of information professionals • Training • Information literacy The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

25. Technology • Network infrastructure • Middleware • Last mile The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

26. Physical Spaces • Wired classrooms • Wired social spaces • Information commons • Multi-media production studios • Experimental spaces The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

27. Planning should encompass All types of spaces Support Information resources Technology infrastructure The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

28. Large-scale, Integrative Projects • University of Arizona • Indiana University • University of Georgia • University of Southern California • Dartmouth • University of Chicago The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

29. University of Arizona’s Integrated Learning Center The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

30. University of Arizona’s Integrated Learning Center • Classrooms • Discussion rooms • Information Commons • Media Resource Center • Courtyard The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

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32. Indiana University Information Commons • Library reference services • IT support and consulting • Check out laptops and video equipment • Multimedia production lab • Training and education classrooms • Adaptive Technology Center • Writing tutorial services • Career reference center The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

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34. University of GeorgiaStudent Learning Center • Classrooms • Advanced learning labs • Reference service points • Group study rooms • Coffee shop The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

35. USC Leavey Library The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

36. USC Leavey Library • Research and Computing Consultation • Collaborative workrooms • Group rooms • Writing consultation • Adaptive Technologies Room The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

37. Dartmouth College Baker-Berry Library The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

38. Dartmouth Baker/Berry LibraryLevel 1 • Information Desk • Reference Desk • Computing Help Desk • Computer Sales and Service • Media Production • Faculty Academic Computing Center • Research and Instruction Services • Research and Informatics Learning The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

39. University of ChicagoUSITE/Crerar The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

40. University of Chicago • Cybercafe Web Stations • Apple Multimedia Wall • Collaborative Booths • Visualization Classroom and Video-Conferencing Facility • Teaching Assist. and Computing Asst. Desks The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

41. Common Threads • Support student learning • Support individuals and groups • Offer user-centered, one stop shopping • Encourage information retrieval and creation The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

42. Support student learning • Multimedia classrooms • Anywhere, anytime information environment • Faculty development The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

43. Support individuals and groups • Individual and group workstations • Group project rooms • Formal and informal spaces The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

44. User-centered, one stop shopping • Adjacent or combined service points • Service-oriented, not administratively organized web pages The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

45. Information retrieval and creation • Availability of digital and print resources • Availability of staff to answer questions • Individual and group workstations for multimedia production • Consultation on multimedia resource development The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

46. What is the reality of working together cross sectors? • Co-location • Cooperation • Collaboration The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

47. Co-location • Adjacent service points for the convenience of users • Opportunities for informal staff contact cross sectors The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

48. Cooperation • Joint planning for some issues, such as service hours • Establish understandings to minimize overlap in services and to market services • Discuss overall services and fill gaps • Begin to learn about others’ expertise The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

49. Collaboration • Develop shared mission and goals • Joint planning • Shared governance or administration • Pool expertise to develop new services • Each contributes resources The JISC/CNI Meeting 2004

50. Think clearly about what you want to accomplish!