Blending Learning to Enhance Learning
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3/31/2017 0 Comments Space as the Third Teacher! How and where we learn can directly influence our ability to think in divergent and convergent ways depending upon the task. We often are asked to think critically and creatively and do so under tremendous pressure. In recent years, many technology companies began to create spaces that inspire workers to disregard the box and to think without limits! This new way of realizing space not only led to many of the products used by millions each day, it created a revolution in how spaces can promote behaviors and collaborative brainstorming to evaluate simple tasks and ask learners to allow the space to connect with how their brain functions. Schools disproportionately have not taken on this trend in favor of traditional learning spaces and thus teachers are left to work in spaces that may speak convergent thinking, while teaching for divergent and expressive thought. As I began my journey to explore and reflect on Learning Spaces, I began to realize that where one spend time can directly influence how learning occurs and how that learning can sponsor new ideas. In this way, the Learning Space is a teacher because it impacts learners affective, cognitive, and social emotional well being. Spaces that provide choice and variety may led to learners who value and respect who and what they are learning. So in many ways, the learning space is the third teacher.
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