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The Translational Design of Universities : An Evidence-Based Approach /

The Translational Design of Universities : An Evidence-Based Approach / edited by Kenn Fisher. - 1 online resource. - Advances in learning environments research, volume 12 2542-9035 ; Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390836 . - Advances in Learning Environments Research 12. Educational Research E-Books Online, Collection 2019, ISBN: 9789004390836. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Front Matter -- Copyright page -- Foreword / Preface -- List of Figures and Tables -- Notes on Contributors -- Emerging Trends in Higher Education and Their Impact on the Physical Campus -- Introduction to Part 1 / The Translational Design of Universities / Scoping the Future of the Higher Education Campus / Designing the University of the Future / The Relationship between Innovation, Campuses and Cities / “The Third Teacher” of the XXI Century / The Socio-Cultural Implications in Aligning Virtual and Physical Learning Spaces -- Introduction to Part 2 / Virtual Worlds in Higher Education / The Assessment of the Psychosocial Learning Environment of University Statistics Classrooms / Learning Space Design in Higher Education / Implementing Grounded Theory in Research on Blended Learning Environments / Modelling Learning Space and Student Learning in Higher Education / Mind the Gap / Evaluating Learning Space/Place Planning and Design, and the Implications for Future Campus Planning and Design -- Introduction to Part 3 / A Critical Review of Post 2012 Scholarly Literature on the Evidence-Based Design and Evaluation of New Generation Active Learning Environments / Designing for the Future / Defining Quality in Academic Library Spaces / At-scale Innovative University Learning Spaces of the Future / Afterword / Robert A. Ellis -- Kenn Fisher -- Kenn Fisher -- Kenn Fisher -- Rifca Hashimshony and Jacov Haina -- Flavia Curvelo Magdaniel -- Alejandra Torres-Landa Lopez -- Kenn Fisher -- Leah Irving -- Panayiotis Skordi and Barry J. Fraser -- Ronald Beckers -- Mahmoud Reza Saghafi -- Ji Yu -- Marian Mahat and Mollie Dollinger -- Kenn Fisher -- Kenn Fisher and Robert A. Ellis -- Jacqueline Pizzuti-Ashby -- Neda Abbasi and Kenn Fisher -- Leanne Rose-Munro and Saadia Majeed -- Kenn Fisher.

Whilst schools are transforming their physical and virtual environments at a relatively glacial pace in most countries across the globe, universities are under extreme pressure to adapt to the rapid emergence of the virtual campus. Competition for students by online course providers is resulting in a rapidly emerging understanding of what the nature of the traditional campus will look like in the 21st century. The blended virtual and physical technology enabled, hybrid learning environments now integrate the face-to-face and online virtual experience synchronously and asynchronously. Local branch campuses are emerging in city and town centres and international branch campuses are growing at a rapid rate. There is increasing pressure at various levels, id est the city, the urban and the campus, to create formal and informal learning spaces as well as re-purposing the library and social or third-spaces. Many new hybrid campus developments are not based on any form of rigorous scholarly evidence. The risk is that many of these projects may fail. In taking an evidence-based approach this book seeks to align with the model of translational research from medical practice, using a modified ‘translational design’ approach. The majority of the chapter material comes from the scholarly work of doctoral graduates and their dissertations. This book is the second in a series on the evidence-based translational design of educational institutions, with the first volume focussing on schools. This volume on Higher Education covers the city to the classroom and those elements in between. It also explores what the future might look like as judgements are made about what works in campus planning and design in our rapidly changing virtual and physical worlds. Contributors are: Neda Abbasi, Ronald Beckers, Flavia Curvelo Magdaniel, Mollie Dollinger, Robert A. Ellis, Kenn Fisher, Barry J. Fraser, Kobi (Jacov) Haina, Rifca Hashimshony, Leah Irving, Marian Mahat, Saadia Majeed, Jacqueline Pizzuti-Ashby, Leanne Rose-Munro, Mahmoud Reza Saghafi, Panayiotis Skordi, Alejandra Torres-Landa Lopez, and Ji Yu.

9789004391598

10.1163/9789004391598 DOI


Campus planning.
College facilities--Planning.
Internet in higher education.
Education, Higher--Effect of technological innovations on.

LB3223 / .T73 2019