Reshaping spaces to
21st century learning
environments
Teacher Training School &
Musica Learning Hub
-cases from Jyväskylä
NUAS CONFERENCE 2014
Anette Lundström & Emma Kostiainen
Teacher Training School
Aim: Transforming traditional science classroom to 21st century
learning space
Focus: Can we enhance learning through co-designing learning
spaces?
Methods: Co-design (students, teachers, student teachers,
researchers, school administrative), video analysis (use of the
space)
Process since spring 2012:
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defining goals with school directors
visual art course for students
workshops with teachers
feedback from students and teachers
handing over feedback to designers
implementation
evaluation of the new space
Encouraging results
Students felt that their wishes
were heard during the design
process and in the final design
Video analysis and student survey
indicate that the new learning
space has:
1) increased the amount of
collaborative work both in pair
and group work
 from 10 % to 25 %
2) diversified teaching methods
Musica – Learning Hub
Aim: Transforming university café-restaurant to 24/7
learning space
Focus: How to transform public café to versatile learning
hub for the campus community (students, teachers,
researchers etc.)?
Methods: Co-design
(students, teachers,
researchers, architect,
designers, representatives
of other user groups)
Musica – Learning Hub
Process: Charrette (drawing,
innovating, building pop-up spaces,
molding miniature space)
Implemantation: In the end of
September
Evaluation: Feedback from the users
will be collected
Contact:
[email protected]
[email protected]
Agora Center:
https://agoracenter.jyu.fi/