Physical and virtual learning spaces in higher education concepts for the modern learning environment /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Keppell, Mike, 1961-, Souter, Kay, 1952-, Riddle, Matthew, 1969-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
• Subjects: College environment.; Classroom environment.; Virtual reality in higher education.; Blended learning.; Assessment; Virtual learning spaces; E-portfolios; Evaluating learning spaces; Knowledge creation metaphors; Outdoor and environmentally integrated learning spaces; Student-focused virtual learning spaces; Technology-enriched learning spaces; Viral learning spaces
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"This book documents real-world experiences of innovators in higher education who have redesigned spaces for learning and teaching, including physical, virtual, formal, informal, blended, flexible, and time sensitive factors"--Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents:

• 1. Distributed learning spaces: physical, blended and virtual learning spaces in higher education / Mike Keppell and Matthew Riddle
• 2. Changing approaches to educational environments: valuing the margins, interstices and liminalities of learning spaces / Warren Sellers and Kay Souter
• 3. Beyond the look: viral learning spaces as contemporary learning environments / Merilyn Childs and Regine Wagner
• 4. Design of outdoor and environmentally integrated learning spaces / John M. Rafferty
• 5. Balancing context, pedagogy and technology on learning space designs: opportunities amidst infrastructural developments in Hong Kong / Robert Fox and Paul Lam
• 6. Designing and evaluating learning spaces: PaSsPorT and design-based research / Shirley Reushle
• 7. Networked learning environments / Chris Jones
• 8. The role of institutions in creating student-focused virtual learning spaces with ePortfolio systems / Eva Heinrich and Yuliya Bozhko
• 9. The DE hub virtual learning space: a niche social network community of practice / Nathan Wise and Belinda Tynan
• 10. Using blogs to traverse physical and virtual spaces / Kerryn Newbegin and Leonard Webster
• 11. Ezine and iRadio as knowledge creation metaphors for scaffolding learning in physical and virtual learning spaces / Steve Dillon, Deidre Seeto and Anne Berry
• 12. Learning spaces for the digital age: blending space with pedagogy / Lynne Hunt, Henk Huijser and Michael Sankey
• 13. Assessment in Virtual Learning Spaces / Geoffrey Crisp
• 14. The Charles Darwin University vHospital: creating an authentic virtual learning environment for undergraduate nursing students / Gylo (Julie) Hercelinskyj and Beryl McEwan
• 15. Re-imagining teaching for technology-enriched learning spaces: an academic development model / Caroline Steel and Trish Andrews
• 16. Experiential space / Chris Cheers, Chen Swee Eng and Glen Postle
• 17. Student mentors in physical and virtual learning spaces / Keith Kirkwood, Gill Best, Robin McCormack and Dan Tout.