Happy new year – gearing up for a busy 2017
The ILETC team are back on board and planning for a busy year ahead. The project has now been active for 6 months and achieved a great deal in this short time with our...
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Talking Spaces Conference – Intersections 9 &10 February 2017
The 7th semi-annual Talking Spaces conference – Intersections– will be held on Thurs and Friday 9th and 10th February 2017 at Studio Five, Melbourne Graduate School of Education. Please save the date in your...
To innovate? or not to innovate? that is the question
In this blog post ILETC Research Fellow, Dr Marian Mahat, reflects on parents’ perceptions of school learning spaces and the importance of research in informing design… When my first born reached school age,...
Rearranging the way we learn
Our project is featured in the Made Possible by Melbourne campaign. Listen to Wes Imms and Ben Cleveland talk about their early experiences in schools where their teachers’ use of space had a profound...
ILEs in a senior secondary setting
What happens when a senior school environment steeped in traditional learning practices and pressured by expectations of the profession and community builds an ILE to house the entire English program? A guest post by...
What is curated learning?
Guest post by Ethel Villafranca, PhD candidate, Melbourne Graduate School of Education and ILETC project team member. It is quite common to hear and read the word ‘curated’ these days. The title ‘curator’ is...
New school old school
Our project features in a new exhibition of University of Melbourne research launched today. Made possible by Melbourne features 14 world changing research projects selected from across the University. The exhibition includes interactive exhibits at...
New age classrooms news story
Wes Imms appeared on Channel 9 News tonight (28/10) speaking about the impact learning spaces can have on student learning. We have just commenced our survey of over 6000 schools across Australia and New Zealand to...
Does the investment in space make a difference?
In this post by ILETC Research Fellow, Terry Byers, discusses moving the focus from design of learning spaces to impact on teaching and learning… The form and function of what constitutes an effective learning environment is...
