[ALL-PKAL] Application Deadline: 2008 PKAL Facilities Roundtable

[Project Kaleidoscope]

January 16, 2008

 

To:       Project Kaleidoscope Community

 

From:   PKAL National Office

 

Re:       Application Deadline: 2008 PKAL Facilities Roundtable

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During the upcoming 2008 PKAL Roundtable on the Future Undergraduate
STEM Learning Environment (February 29 - March 2, 2008), we will be
exploring Questions for the Next Decade in thinking about the ideal
undergraduate STEM facility.  

+http://www.pkal.org/collections/RoundtableQuestionsfortheNextDecade.cfm

 

 

The application deadline for this roundtable is January 24, 2008.  To
apply, please complete the form on the PKAL website:

+http://www.pkal.org/forms/2008-facilities-roundtable.cfm

 

 

For additional information, overview, and logistics, please go to:

+http://www.pkal.org/activities/2008RoundtablePlanningFacilitiesSTEM.cfm

 

 

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

 

 

 

Plenary Sessions:

 

*        Removing barriers to innovation: Introducing and testing new
approaches, materials, and technologies in the process of creating
responsive spaces for living and working. 

 

*        What questions dealing with "research on learning" should be on
the table in shaping spaces that will serve 21st century students and
science in the next decade?

 

*        What questions dealing with "interdisciplinarity" should be on
the table in shaping spaces that will ensure the 21st century community
of STEM learning reflects the 21st century community of STEM practice?

 

*        What questions should be on the table when concerns and dreams
relate to institutional distinction, to signaling responsible
environmental stewardship, to ensuring agility and adaptability over the
long-term, and to enhancing the humanity of the campus by making the
doing of science visible?

 

*        What difference do new and improved spaces make? 
A preliminary report of the 2007 PKAL post-occupancy survey of eight
facilities projects completed between 1999 - 2004.  Adapting the format
of the 1999 PKAL COV (committee of visitors report), the survey is
designed to gather information and data about the impact of spaces on
student learning, faculty quality and productivity, and on institutional
budgets and cultures.

 

 

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