Building a new community of practice: Translating what we know from research and from the field into planning 21st century learning environments

项目描述：PKAL学习空间合作实验室（LSC）正在开发和实施一个研讨会，内容涉及：“为21世纪的大学生规划学习空间：将我们从学习中获得的知识转化为塑造、建设和维护21世纪学习环境的政策和实践。”这一努力解决了在塑造学习环境方面研究与实践之间的差距。目前，在空间规划的过程中，还没有容易获得的基于研究的资源、协议或工具来探索空间对学习的影响。该项目的目标是开发和传播这些资源，并参与一个可见的，可持续的实践社区，发现它们立即有用。已开发的资源正在通过LSC网站、LSC定期小组讨论、讲习班和其他场所以及合作伙伴和其他国家教育、科学和专业组织赞助的活动以虚拟方式传播。项目活动提供了一个机会，对以下方面的联系进行三角分析：目前的研究结果（关于学习、教学实践、组织变革）；该领域的当前实践（例如，工作室-实验室，跨学科STEM实验室，高科技信息共享，绿色建筑）；以及那些现在负责塑造和维持21世纪学习环境的人的工作。项目团队正在通过他们特定的专业知识分析来自该领域的经验、故事和发现，寻找能够告知那些准备将他们的计划工作建立在学习基础上的关键教训。更广泛的意义努力是建立交流思想的网络，批评实践，并确定与规划学习空间有关的重要问题。通过LSC研讨会，新问题浮出水面，这些问题将为该领域的未来实践提供信息并影响未来的研究。除了LSC及其8个合作伙伴之外，还有10个国家学科、教育和专业协会正在审查和促进项目资源的使用。这些资源可以通过LSC网站访问，促进研究人员和实践者的持续努力，了解为什么空间对本科学习体验的质量和特征很重要。

PROJECT DESCRIPTION The PKAL Learning Space Collaboratory (LSC) is developing and implementing a workshop involving: "Planning spaces for learning for 21st century undergraduate learners: Translating what we know from learning about learning into policies and practices for shaping, building, and maintaining 21st century learning environments." This effort addresses the gap between research and practice in shaping learning environments. There currently are no easily accessible research-based resources, protocols, or tools through which the impact of space on learning can be explored in the process of planning spaces. The goals of this project are to develop and disseminate such resources and to engage a visible, sustainable community of practice that finds them immediately useful. The developed resources are being disseminated virtually via the LSC website, through regular LSC Teambox discussions, workshops, and other venues, as well as at events sponsored by collaborating partners and other national educational, scientific, and professional organizations. The project activities are offering an opportunity to triangulate the connections among: findings from current research (on learning, pedagogical practice, organizational change); current practice in the field (e.g., studio class-labs, interdisciplinary STEM labs, high-technology information commons, green buildings); and the work of those now responsible for shaping and sustaining 21st century learning environments. The project team is analyzing experiences, stories, and findings from the field through the lens of their particular expertise, seeking key lessons that would inform those ready to ground their planning efforts on learning. BROADER SIGNIFICANCE The effort is building networks for exchanging ideas, critique practice, and identify important issues relative to planning spaces for learning. Through the LSC workshop, new questions are surfacing that will inform future practice in the field and influence future research. Beyond the LSC and its eight collaborating partners, ten national disciplinary, educational, and professional associations are vetting and promoting the use of project resources. The resources are being made accessible through the LSC website, advancing the continuing efforts of researchers and practitioners to understand why spaces matters to the quality and character of the undergraduate learning experience.