Learning space design interview with Bill Dittoe

We had a great program on informal learning space design at our recent focus session, but we also wanted to share with you the perspectives of a few experts who couldn’t present last week in Phoenix. In the attached MP3 file, I discuss learning space design with William Dittoe, the founding member of Educational Facilities Consultants, a firm that helps colleges and universities develop learner-centered designs.

My conversation with Bill focused on three major issues. One was the importance of the shift from an instructor perspective to a student viewpoint in conceptualizing learning spaces, which truly ties the design focus to learning. The second concerned the movement away from an emphasis on individual spaces to thinking about a learning complex in which learning can take place anywhere. And finally, Bill and I discussed the planning process required to bring these and other relevant issues together.