Presenting Core Team Members Lisa Stephens Senior Strategist, SUNY Academic Innovation Joseph Moreau Vice Chancellor, Technology-Foothill De Anza CC District Brad Snyder Associate Director, Campus Technology Services, SUNY Cortland Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Vision and Mission Vision: A comprehensive, highly searchable, open access, peer-reviewed learning space repository. Mission: Build a robust, high performance community tool that shares learning environment data to save time, money and effort, and provide a source of best practice models. Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Founding Partners & Sponsors Flexible Learning Environments eXchange Herman Miller
Community Value Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Community Value Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Community Value Provide ROI examples of peer solutions Decrease the facilities planning-to-construction time cycle Encourage consistent terminology across stakeholder groups: Flexible Learning Environments eXchange Facilities Planners Architects Faculty Instructional Design & Faculty Support Senior/Executive Administration Information Technologists
Community Value Demonstrate a variety of ways to capture/“flip” content Course Capture Tutorial Applications Developmental Education Modules Encourage experimentation and adoption of emerging models: Maker Spaces & “Fab Labs” Active Learning Classrooms Support of Gaming, Simulation and Immersive Environments Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Community Value Integrated with other national efforts Learning Space Rating System: quantitative guidance in for planning and post-occupancy evaluation Cross linked to other important resources: NCSU Scale-Up Learning Space Toolkit Journal of Learning Spaces FLEXspace Founding Organizational Websites Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Taxonomy Development Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
PDSDDDCDCAPOEAssess Design/Build Cycle Flexible Learning Environments eXchange Pre-Design Schematic Design Development Construction Docs Construction Admin Assessment: Learning Effectiveness Post-Occupancy Evaluation FLEXspace/LSRS Eco-System
Synergy with LSRS Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Stats as of June 8, 2015 Flexible Learning Environments eXchange 1114 Total User Accounts 520 Unique.EDU InstitutionsPublic: 325 US-485 Private: 173 UK-21 Canada-25 Germany, Jamaica, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, Sweden, UAE, Australia, France, Portugal 57 Other Organizations Institutional Size Very Large/Large – 118Community College - 66 Medium – 116K-12 – 20 Small – 63JISC (UK) 17 Very Small – 46Other (inc. Library) 71 T
Demo Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Use Case: Leading Conversations Generate targeted PPT collection from peers Provide exemplars to faculty re: active learning activities – in different types of spaces. Gain contacts from trusted peers re: products/services Use metrics to “build the case” Others?
Flexible Learning Environments eXchange Longer Term Development Will help with: “Hover Text” (mouse-over) clarification Searching, filtering and sorting Data Management/Stewardship Preparation for version 2.0
Flexible Learning Environments eXchange Longer Term Development Rubrics – What’s Really Important? What Motivates…
Exploring Peer Review T Flexible Learning Environments eXchange Discussion Point: LSRS Offers Quantitative Measures Is there value in a simple ranking method to drive interest in “popular” records?
Synergy with LSRS Flexible Learning Environments eXchange
Discussion Crowdsourcing Options – Informal Peer Review?
Sustainability Roadmap Spring 2014 Release 1.0Target 500 Complete Records Ongoing Build Community, Expand Sponsorship Conferences & Demos Expand Web Toolkit & IAC Summer 2015 Release 2.0 Peer Review Functionality Expand to Tiered Sponsorship Summer 2016Release 2.X Revise & Expand Business Plan: Business, K-12, 501[c]3’s Summer 2017 Release 3.0 Mature Adoption Self-Sustaining via Sponsorship or Membership Model Project Plan Deliverables
Questions? Flexible Learning Environments eXchange Lisa Stephens Senior Strategist, SUNY Academic Innovation Joe Moreau Vice Chancellor, Technology-Foothill De Anza CC District Brad Snyder Associate Director, Campus Technology Services, SUNY Cortland