Resources:

A Collection of Perspectives on 21st Century Learning | David Jakes

The factors of organizational readiness | David Jakes

Beyond the Web 2.0 Hype:  Focusing on What Really Matters

My literacy resources at del.icio.us | David Jakes

My learning spaces at del.icio.us | David Jakes

Resources:  Learning Spaces

Educating the Net Generation | see Chapter 12 on Learning Spaces

Learning Spaces | See all 43 Chapters | Educause

7 Things You Should Know About the Modern Learning Commons | Educause

Designing Spaces for Effective Learning: A Guide to 21st Century Space Design | JISC

Leading the Transition from Classroom to Learning Space | NLII White Paper

Schools Designed for Learning | American Architectural Foundation

Importance of Informal Spaces for Learning, Collaboration, and Socialization |Hajduk and Gee

The Great Learning Street Debate | Nair

Spaces, Places and Future Learning | A collection of papers and presentations from FutureLab

Flexible Space & Built Pedagogy: Emerging IT Embodiments | Monahan

Opening Up Learning: From Spaces to Environments | Educause

Learning Spaces:  More Than Meets the Eye | Brown and Lippincott

Learning Environments:  Where Space Technology and Culture Converge | Wargar and Dobbin

Learning Spaces-Images on Flickr

Infocommons- Images on Flickr

One Teachers Story:  T.H.E. Learning Lab | John Howell

Literacy Resources to support the development of learning spaces (what do you want learning to look like?)

Comments on Greenhow, Robelia, and Hughes: Expanding the New Literacies Conversation | Leu, O’Byrne, Zawilinski, McVerry and Everett-Cacopardo

21st Century Skills Compilation

Confronting the Challenges of Participatory Culture:  Media Education for the 21st Century | Henry Jenkins et. al   Begin on page 19

The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age | MacArthur Foundation  Begin on page 26

Clive Thompson on the New Literacy (student writing)

Expanding on the Concept of Literacy | Elizabeth Daly

New Students, New Media, New Literacies | Jason Ohler

New Media Literacies | Jason Ohler

Orchestrating the Media Collage | Jason Ohler

Questions to consider when considering building learning spaces:

How would you characterize learning spaces in schools today?

Do the characteristics of successful physical spaces inform how successful digital spaces are constructed?  Are traits transferable?

What does systemic mean to you?

What are the key components of a multidimensional learning space?

What is the relationship/importance of the interactions between formal and informal learning spaces?

How does the design of the learning space influence the perception of the type of teaching and learning about to take place?

How can/will you promote informal learning within the context of a virtual learning space?

How do we rethink the dimensions of learning?  Can, and should, learning be independent of time, space, and place, in K-12 education?

Who are the critical stakeholders that need to be involved in developing a multidimensional learning space?

What is required for an organization to be ready for the development of a multidimensional learning space?

Do you believe that social networking is a skill that schools should help students learn and understand?  Are there other forms of networking that might be more appropriate?  (academic networking, professional networking)

In a digital learning space, what new roles are required?  What roles emerge? 

What policies do you have in place to scaffold and support the learning that takes place in these new spaces?

How will you assess what takes place in the learning space?

What solution will you build?

Should students be able to contribute content to the knowledge commons?

Given those core skills, what attributes run horizontally across all core skills? (for example, adaptability or intellectually curiosity)

How can a learning space support direct instruction, individual learning and collaborative learning?

What happens when not everyone is on board?

What happens if multiple teachers use a space?