Annual Reports and Meeting Archives
Annual Reports
- 2012-2013 Annual Report on the Informal Group on Learning Spaces [PDF]
- 2011-2012 Annual Report on the Informal Group on Learning Spaces [PDF]
- Spring/Summer 2011 Summary [PDF]
Meeting Archives
Fall 2012 Series:
- September 13: Opening Session – Re-introductions and presenting the Fall schedule.
- *Special Event* September 19: Research on Collaboration and Learning Spaces in Higher Education presented by KI.
- September 27: Library Instructional Spaces
- October 11: Media Commons @ Undergraduate Library
- October 25: The Haunted Building Tour [Blog Post]
- November 8: Looking at Progress on Campus: project updates from Urban & Regional Planning, Lincoln Hall, Library spaces, English Building lab rehab
- December 6: The Ins and Outs of Classroom Scheduling presentation by FMS, Office of the Registrar
- December 11: Special Webinar: “Project Oasis at UIC” [Meeting Notes, PDF]
Summer 2012 Series:
- June 28: Classroom Tour, Part II (Illini Hall, Altgeld, Davenport)
- July 12: Urban & Regional Planning at Temple Buell Hall
- August 1: Behind The Scenes Tour of Lincoln Hall, 3 PM at Lincoln Hall
Spring 2012 Series:
- Feb 9: Re-Introductions and Setting Topics [Meeting Notes]
- Feb 23: Doris Reeser and Al Ochsner will present information they compiled about general assignment classroom components from peer institutions and give an overview of the $60M Instructional Space Improvement. [Meeting Notes]
- March 8: “Learning Spaces of the Future” Discussion [Meeting Notes]
- March 22: SDRP tour and discussion of Participatory Design Process In Planning Learning Spaces [No Meeting Notes for this Tour]
- April 5: The Classroom Tour – Submission Review. Discussion on classroom surveys. [Meeting Notes]
- April 19: Reflection and Review of Big 10 Best Practices – sharing stories and photos from visits to other campuses. [No Meeting Notes, but visit the Higher Ed Learning Spaces Flickr Set]
- May 3: Final Classroom Tour selection and setting summer dates and topics. [Shutterfly site]
(Dates to remember: June 7 = IT Pro Forum presentation, “Making Space Count: The Future of Learning at Illinois” by Leslie Hammersmith.)
Fall 2011 Series:
September 8 — Fall Kick-Off. Topics: Campus Updates, Student Collaboration Spaces Pilot update, set meeting topics for rest of semester. [Meeting Notes]
September 22 — Topic: The New Basic Classroom Technology? [Meeting Notes]
October 6 — Topic: Student Computer Labs, Tour of Engineering Workstations labs and Newmark addition [No Meeting Notes on Tour]
October 20 — Topic: “Library Spaces” — Presentation and Furniture Demos from Steelcase
November 3 — Topic: Where Are We Going From Here? Review of projects and preparing for Spring term.
Summer 2011 Meeting Dates: June 2 — Meeting at Bevier Food Labs, June 16, June 30, July 14, July 28
Spring 2011 Meeting Dates: January 13, January 27, February 10, February 24, March 10, March 24 (Tour of SDRP), April 7, April 21, May 5
