Description

LiHE’13 MICHIGAN – Learning Spaces in Higher Education

SYMPOSIUM ORGANISERS
LiHE, The International Academic Association for the Advancement of Learning-Centred Higher Education, the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, and Steelcase Education Solutions.

INVITATION FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS AND SYMPOSIUM PARTICIPATION
Contribute a chapter to the anthology “Learning Spaces in Higher Education”to be published worldwide by Libri Publishing Ltd. Then join fellow authors for an inspiring and productive symposium in Michigan, where all authors of accepted chapters will meet to review, edit and finalise their chapters for the anthology, and join forces to finalise the manuscript for international publication.

Go to ourOnline Submission Server to submit your chapter proposal no later than 15 April 2013.

 

ABOUT THE ANTHOLOGY

Pedagogy (or its Latin equivalent education) has traditionally focused on the operations of teaching and learning. But the context of teaching and learning— the places in which learning occurs— is equally important. Indeed, these ‘learning spaces’ can limit the types of activities which can be used by the teacher. They can influence the social interactions between teachers and students, and between students themselves. They can impact the affective and cognitive, the behavioural, and even the physiological responses of students. In summary, they can help or they can hinder learning.

For this anthology, therefore, the editors seek chapters which explore this idea of learning spaces… within the domain of higher education and with an emphasis on learning, as per the focus of LiHE. They welcome chapters from all scientific disciplines and which follow any methodological tradition.

The editors will be guided by three broad but interrelated themes:

1. Conceptual: What is a learning space? Are there different types of learning spaces? What are the different components of a learning space? Answering these types of questions will sharpen the definition of learning spaces in higher education. Proposals will be evaluated, therefore, on their contribution to our understanding of the natureof learning spaces in higher education.
2. Practical: How are learning spaces constructed? How are learning spaces used as an educational tool? How are learning spaces changing over time and with technological advances? Answering these types of questions will increase the application of learning spaces in higher education. Proposals will be evaluated, therefore, on their contribution to our understanding of the functionof learning spaces in higher education.
3. Theoretical: What are the effects of different learning spaces? How does the learning space moderate other pedagogical factors? How does a learning space lead to learning? Answering these types of questions will raise the significance of learning spaces in higher education. Proposals will be evaluated, therefore, on their contribution to our understanding of the impact of learning spaces in higher education.

Any chapter, however, irrespective of the guiding theme, must address both learning spaces and higher education explicitly.

EDITORS

The anthology is edited by Dr. Claus Nygaard, Copenhagen Business School; Dr. John Branch, University of Michigan; Dr. Linda (Lennie) Scott-Webber, Steelcase