What’s Working? 2016 LEaRN International Graduate Research Symposium
24 May 2016
The 2016 LEaRN International Graduate Research Symposium, 'What's Working' takes place on Friday June 3rd 2016 at the Singapore Theatre, Melbourne School of Design the University of Melbourne. 8.30am - 5.30pm.
Audience Registration Now Open
Now into its third year, the International LEaRN Graduate Research Symposium was established to showcase the best of contemporary graduate research in learning environment evaluation.
Hosted by the Evaluating 21st Century Learning Environments (E21LE) ARC research project and the University of Melbourne's Learning Environments Applied Research Network (LEaRN), the forum is breaking new ground in conceptualising how new generation learning environments can be evaluated for their effectiveness. This year, the Symposium explores the theme 'What's working? Informing educational theory, design and practice through learning environment evaluation'.
'What's Working?' will present those instances where innovative school designs are proving to be effective, and will critique or explore the evaluation strategies that provide translational evidence of that success. Contributors to this symposium will address the simple question; 'What is working in learning environment design and occupation, and how does this success inform future best practices?
Structured as an interactive day of presentations and knowledge exchange, the symposium will explore:
• The nature of learning environment evaluation, its approaches and purposes.
• How spaces are conceptualised and designed to address the needs of future learners;
• How space can inform pedagogy, and vice versa;
• How spaces 'work' in terms of their technical or physical performance;
• Evidence-based facility design;
• Data collection - informing how new learning spaces are occupied and inhabited over the long term;
• How evaluation informs function, and vice versa;
Event registration
The registration fee for 'What's working?' is $110. Event registration includes:
• A copy of the symposium proceedings
• Lunch
• Morning tea and afternoon tea
To register for this event, please visit the E21LE website at E21LE.com or click on the registration link
For further information about the symposium, please visit E21LE.com.
