A journey around my classroom: The psycho-geography of learning spaces

  • Silke Lange: AD Learning, Teaching and Enhancement, CSM.
  • Richard Reynolds: Joint Head of Academic Support and Acting CL for MA Applied Imagination in the Creative Industries, CSM.
  • David White: Head of Technology Enhanced Learning, TLE.

When students and lecturers co-habit any kind of space, many relationships and interactions occur, only some of which are even loosely connected with learning and teaching. Some of these aspect and properties of learning spaces include: Body Space, Contested Space, Digital Space, Discursive Space, Extramural Space and Feral Space.

This is only a partial list of the ways in which the occupation of space expresses and moulds the student experience. Do the activities which unfold in a studio or classroom define the space as a place for exploration, or do they imply a blocking of personal learning journeys? In this workshop we will uncover and discuss the small changes that can have a very big effect.