Join us for a half day event to start a campus-wide discussion
about connected learning environments. In order to ground our
conversation, results from a semester-long research study
investigating Design Lab 1 will be presented along with several
themes emerging from the findings. Any space, whether physical
or virtual, can dramatically affect learning. Connections
between people, programs, and technology within these spaces can
foster new, dynamic, and integrative approaches to teaching and
learning that challenge traditional notions of instruction,
interaction, and student engagement. Examples of connected
learning environments at Michigan include the Brandon Center in
the School of Education and Design Lab 1 in the Duderstadt
Center. Lunch provided; please register at
https://sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/cle/home. This event is
part of Open Education Week. Open education seeks a world where
the desire to learn is fully met by the opportunity to do so and
where everyone, everywhere is able to access afforda