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Active learning spaces

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Recently I wrote about collaborative learning spaces , and argued that we are entering unfamiliar territory. The boundaries of informal and formal spaces have blurred significantly, as have the boundaries between the real and the virtual. It appears that it no longer matters where learning occurs, as long as it is meaningful.

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More fabulous learning spaces

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It's often the simple things that improve the learning environment, and as Stephen Heppell says, better school toilets = better results. Last year I wrote about some fabulous learning spaces I had seen while visiting schools in New Zealand. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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Weapon of choice

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As an educator, what tool or technology would you never be without in the classroom or learning space? If there was nothing else, I could still conduct all my lessons using a board and pen. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Me with an incredible weapon What is your weapon of choice? Unported License.

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Going to the wall

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In a previous post entitled Learning spaces of the third kind I outlined a project to establish an experimental learning space. Perhaps one of the most productive I observed recently was during a year 2 class lesson on mathematics. Posted by Steve Wheeler from Learning with e's. Unported License.

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Digital is default

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The book was published in 1995, just as the Internet was beginning to invent for itself a space that previously had not existed. The following year I joined a ground breaking project in which my team set up digital learning spaces for businesses and individuals in hard-to-reach rural areas that until then had no infrastructure.

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Breaking down the silos

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'The event really broadened how artists thought of science and how scientists thought of art'' Jones writes, ''and hopefully, the lesson that the two disciplines can work together will be a lasting one.'' Image by Mike Licht Breaking down the silos by Steve Wheeler is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0

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Learning in round spaces

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So what happens when we change the shape of the learning space? Igloo Vision 360 System Another example of circular learning spaces is the Igloo Vision 360 portable round classroom (pictured) which I experienced at the recent Welsh Digital Learning Conference in Cardiff. Unported License.