HIGHER EDUCATION INSIGHTS
CONTENTS 3 Introduction 5 Insights Sit/Stand 5 Human-Centered Design 6 Ruckus Grant Program 7 The Learner’s Journey 9 Planning Ideas 11
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INTRODUCTION
Fluid, Interactive and Engaging KI designs and delivers responsive higher education learning spaces. Supporting the development of world-class learning and campus environments has been - and always will be – at the very core of KI. It’s what we do best. We work with our educational partners to persistently grow our knowledge, understanding and experience with the Higher Education market. This helps us support a “customer of one” experience and develop a roadmap for future innovation specific to your unique learning experience. From cyberspace to physical space, KI understands the needs of higher learning. We’re at the forefront of new ways to design and deliver responsive educational spaces with innovations that complement today’s current educational concepts and university furniture that supports the learning environments of the future – fluid, interactive, engaging.
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INTRODUCTION
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INSIGHTS
Sit/Stand
Encouraging student, faculty, and staff movement. Sitting all day every day is not good for us. It can contribute to obesity, hypertension, and various serious health risks.
pay dividends for your overall productivity and health. Learning and work environments should not be static, or non-moving. The ability to dramatically change one’s postures (from sit to stand to sit) should reduce tension and stress, and improve productivity and efficiency. How to stay healthy at a sit-stand workstation: • Remember to alternate postures. Use a timer if it is hard to remember when to change. • Sit for 1-2 hours, then transition to standing for 1-2 hours; repeat throughout the day. • Understand ideal keyboard and mouse height, along with position of your monitor. The monitor height will likely need to be re-adjusted when moving between positions.
Standing can increase circulation, improve mental clarity and burn more calories. However prolonged standing isn’t the answer to too much sitting as it comes with its own human health risks, including circulatory issues and musculoskeletal aches and pains. Instead we need to develop a healthy, balanced approach that combines periods of seated study or work with periods of standing study or work. Innovative sit-stand worksurfaces allow you to easily switch between seated and standing positions. A few simple workplace adjustments can 5
• Pay attention to how your body is responding, particularly your feet and back, adjust accordingly. • Consider a fixed-height worksurface with an accompanying stool-height task chair. This will allow you to alternate between sitting and standing without adjusting your worksurface.
Human-Centered Design Focusing on the needs of students and teachers. People – students, faculty, administrators and more – are the core of all learning. Humancentered design puts their needs first. By applying human-centered design, spaces will support learning and build a positive experience. Create positive and productive learning spaces that are dynamic and fluid to accommodate different learning and teaching styles - since we all see the world in different ways, space needs to offer variety. Thoughtfully designed learning spaces will be healthful, stimulating, balanced, and adaptable. • Healthful spaces address physical needs, ergonomics and lighting. • Stimulating spaces enhance creativity and motivations with sensory cues, color, texture, shapes, elements of surprise, visual connectivity, and natural elements. • Balanced spaces combine community spaces, social spaces, and private spaces where learning occurs. • Adaptable spaces accommodate all learners and all teachers with flexibility, personalization, space ownership, changeable focal points (it’s not always the front of the room), and technology application. KI is passionate about what the future of learning might become, Human-centered design will inspire our research, our thoughts, our focus, and our contribution to a world of learning as we design solutions that support the learner and our partner schools. INSIGHTS
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Ruckus Grant Program The Impact of Furniture Within Learning Spaces THE IDEA
THE PROCESS
In the past, research has been done by others on the effects of the environment on learning. However, for these studies, the complete environments were altered (curriculum, walls, teaching styles, as well as furniture) so results were generalized to the complete environment.
KI reached out to education leaders, schools and universities across the country asking for participants in a controlled research project to determine the impact of furniture on learning spaces. A simple application garnered information on pedagogies, existing learning space configurations and more.
So, KI decided to test on an un-biased, datadriven basis, the impact that furniture alone has on student learning and teacher facilitation within the classroom.
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From a pool of 200 applicants, nine facilities were selected; three K-5, three 6-12, and three Higher Education. Participants then
THE RESULTS agreed to freeze their respective “control” environment – no changes to anything; not flooring, wall color, lighting, technology, etc. They also completed initial surveys to establish a baseline measure of overall effectiveness of the furniture within the environment.
The survey questions focused on five things: • Movement • Comfortable Tech Use • Group Work • Engagement/Participation • Enjoyment/Retention
KI then swapped the existing furniture with a kit of new furniture (included KI’s Ruckus Collection, MyPlace Lounge, Instruct and Connection Zone Screens).
The findings show that adaptable furniture solutions provide a positive increase in all these areas. While positive in all age levels, the younger the grade, the more pronounced the positive impact. The top driver in all age levels was the freedom to move.
After a semester of use, the survey was repeated. Results were contrasted to the initial survey results (the established baseline).
FINDINGS • Move “however I want” – 61% increase • Work Comfortably with Technology – 36% increase • Work in Groups – 34% increase • Engagement/Participation – 32% increase • Enjoyment/Retention – 32% increase
WHAT’S NEXT KI is committed to the continued development of world-class learning spaces. We will continue to delve into the role of furniture on learning dynamics. The results of this research provide empirical context to shape our new product development both now and in the future. Datadriven results showing a desire for mobility/ adaptability in furniture, also aid specifiers and designers in furniture selection that can improve student engagement and much more.
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The Learner’s Journey
4 Learning Space Scenarios that Impact the Future of Education EMERGING THEMES Emerging themes will change how teacher’s teach, how students learn, how planners plan, and how learning spaces transform. The following four scenarios are not predictions, but rather colorful illustrations of what might result when various emerging themes intersect. Each scenario mixes three to five themes together.
The result is a focus on what could begin to appear in teaching and learning spaces – physical, virtual, and blended – in the very near future. These scenarios differ from the standard “classrooms of the future” we’ve read about. They pose “what if” visions that can help organizations take actions now and provide insights into adapting to variations on the themes.
MAKER CO-LEARNING SPACES
BOUNDARYLESS SPACES
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INTERSECTING THEMES: 2 • Personalized Learning • Collaborative, Project-Based Learning • Blended Learning
INTERSECTING THEMES: • Maker Movement • Social and Peer Learning • Design Thinking • Entrepreneurship
LEARNING SPACE PROFILE Design-oriented, maker co-learning spaces are constructed and filled to maximize creativity, interaction, and problem solving. These flexible spaces need to accommodate materials relevant to problems that groups of students are working on. Storage and quick access to a wide variety of materials will also be necessary.
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LEARNING SPACE PROFILE Students engage in a wide variety of locations, across disciplines, outside of traditional learning hours, and frequently off campuses entirely. Learning spaces will become optimized as interactive environments and project spaces. Students will move in and out of group projects based on how they see their total learning experience evolving.
Download or order the Learner’s Journey white paper at ki.com.
VIRTUAL SIMULATION LEARNING
FREE-R ANGE LEARNING
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INTERSECTING THEMES: • Virtual Worlds • Real-World Simulations • The Internet of Things • Gamification • 3D Printing
LEARNING SPACE PROFILE Students will need both physical proximity as well as virtual engagement to immerse in the simulations and interact and debrief about their learning experiences face-to-face. Open and modifiable spaces allow for a seamless blending of virtual objects, real work objects, computer models, and human movement and interaction.
INTERSECTING THEMES: • Personalized Learning • Social and Peer Learning • Competence Marketplaces
LEARNING SPACE PROFILE Learning spaces will need to be a featured part of how courses, programs, and more granular experiences are marketed in a highly competitive environment. Institutions will need to expand learning spaces off traditional campus settings and partner with businesses and other organizations that are rich with experiences and can generate additional venues for free-range learners.
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Planning Ideas Be inspired!
This layout features regenerative, focus and ideation spaces. Integrated within the work area, MyPlace offers the convenience of soft seating for taking a break, reading or reviewing ideas with a peer. An ideation room is highlighted with Connection Zone Screens for writing out ideas, while Ruckus chairs on casters allow easy movement and collaboration.
This layout is designed to accommodate a variety of learning and work styles with an emphasis on interactive areas and spaces for ideation. The layout includes a conference room ideal for large gatherings, a large lounge area for collaboration, a more enclosed, private lounge space and finally an open, configurable work space.
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This collaborative environment is ideal for project work and casual team meet-ups. CafĂŠ-height Pillar tables support both individual and group work. Mobile Ruckus chairs can easily be grouped together for a quick huddle. This space is easily reconfigurable for fast-paced students and workers.
This layout features a multi-purpose learning space with a variety of seat heights. MyPlace lounge and Apply stools serve as overflow seating or perfect pods for small group discussions after a presentation.
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This layout supports casual interaction and regeneration. Itoki and Sway provide additional seating around the central MyPlace configuration. Along with markerboard table surfaces and Connection Zone screens, these elements create a flexible collaboration space.
In this layout, Lightline glass panels create two enclosed rooms. While one room features a cafĂŠ-height Backbone media platform, the other utilizes MyPlace lounge pieces for a more relaxed learning space. Additional touchdown spaces outside the rooms act as landing areas for quick meet-ups or follow-up discussions.
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This layout is divided into two spaces via Unite panels. On one side, a lounge area features MyPlace squares and rounds to create a regenerative social hub. On the other side, Ruckus worktables and stools support collaborative learning or team huddles.
This space was designed to support collaboration with comfort. Reconfigurable lounge pieces create endless ways of seating and provide a clear sightline to the speaker. Markerboards placed throughout the space promote ideation and encourage interactions.
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- 4-leg stack chairs, Pillar tables MyPlace lounge seating, Connection Zone privacy booths, Doni
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GET INSPIRED! Learning can take place anywhere and everywhere. Visit ki.com/highered for insight on furniture solutions that support the learning environments of the future.
Top: Apply café stools, Hub modular seating Bottom Left: RoomScape residence hall system, Dante casegoods Bottom Right: MyWay lounge seating, Strive café stools
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- cafĂŠ stools, Doni - 4-leg chairs Seminar fixed tables, Doni
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Top: MyPlace lounge collection, Connection Zone screen Bottom: Torsion Air nesting chairs, Pirouette tables
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Top: Connection Zone benching, Strive 4-leg chairs w/casters Bottom: Hub modular seating
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- 4-leg chairs, Pirouette tables Hub modular seating, Doni
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Top: Unite panel system, Grazie task chairs, WorkUp adjustable tables, Connection Zone credenzas Bottom: Serenade conference table, Altus conference chairs, Connection Zone screens - guest chairs, Connection Zone screen Back Inside Cover: Pillar tables, Doni
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