Best Practices in Learning Space Design: Engaging Users

SCUP staffer Phyllis Grummon contributed this article to the most recent issue of EDUCAUSE Quarterly, which issue is entirely devoted to "Learning Spaces." Key takeways from Grummons article:

• Engaging those who will use a learning space in its planning yields the greatest benefits, yet the people who manage a space usually determine its design.
• Formal and informal surveys of space use provide data that inform design according to the location and intended purpose of a specific space.
• Survey results from the Society for College and University Planning and Herman Miller showed that respondents believe users should be key drivers in learning space design.

This is a must-read issue of EQ, with 15 quality articles about learning spaces and learning space design.