Designing Learning Places

Harvard HGSE

Learning unfolds within and across places, whether within school classrooms, across small outdoor tables, in virtual chat rooms, or on quiet library couches. Such places contain various locations, spaces and objects that mediates meaning-making, such as classrooms, furniture to focus and tools to assist thinking and expression. Other elements, such as surfaces, lighting, temperature, colors and acoustics can combine to create a sense of safety and calm. Or they can mix in jarring and…