{"id":62502,"date":"2018-02-01T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T20:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=62502"},"modified":"2018-02-02T09:28:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-02T14:28:28","slug":"the-4th-next-generation-learning-spaces-event-is-right-around-the-corner-dc-make-plans-to-attend-this-conference-you-wont-regret-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2018\/02\/01\/the-4th-next-generation-learning-spaces-event-is-right-around-the-corner-dc-make-plans-to-attend-this-conference-you-wont-regret-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The 4th Next Generation Learning Spaces event is right around the corner! DC: Make plans to attend this conference &#8212; you won&#8217;t regret it!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/higheredlearningspaces.iqpc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-62505 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NGLS2018.jpg\" alt=\"The 4th Next Generation Learning Spaces event is right around the corner! Make plans to attend this conference -- you won't regret it!\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NGLS2018.jpg 762w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NGLS2018-150x98.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/higheredlearningspaces.iqpc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The 4th Next Generation Learning Spaces event<\/a> is right around the corner!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/higheredlearningspaces.iqpc.com\/the-4th-next-generation-learning-spaces-agenda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>the latest agenda.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is just a fraction of what you can expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explore what\u2019s next in learning spaces + design thinking that breaks the barriers of tradition and inspire innovation<\/li>\n<li>Retool your learning environments with virtual &amp; augmented reality<\/li>\n<li>Connect your learning space design with strategic planning initiatives<\/li>\n<li>Discover next generation learning solutions during our networking breaks<\/li>\n<li>Overcome institutional and financial roadblocks to building active learning spaces<\/li>\n<li>Redesign spaces with limited budgets<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">From DSC:<\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> I am honored to be serving on the Advisory Council for this conference with a great group of people. Missing &#8212; at least from my perspective &#8212; from the image below is Kristen Tadrous, Senior Program Director with the Corporate Learning Network. Kristen has done a great job these last few years planning and running this conference.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/higheredlearningspaces.iqpc.com\/speakers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-61359 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NGLS-2018-AdvisoryCouncil-DSC.jpg\" alt=\"The Advisory Board for the 2018 Next Generation Learning Spaces Conference\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NGLS-2018-AdvisoryCouncil-DSC.jpg 880w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NGLS-2018-AdvisoryCouncil-DSC-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/NGLS-2018-AdvisoryCouncil-DSC-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 880px) 100vw, 880px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><small><span style=\"color: #800000;\">NOTE:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> The above graphic reflects a change for me. I am still an Adjunct Faculty Member<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"> at Calvin College, but I am no longer a Senior Instructional Designer there.<\/span><br \/>\n<\/small><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>This national conference will be held in Los Angeles, CA on February 26-28, 2018. It is designed to help institutions of higher education develop highly-innovative cultures <\/strong>&#8212; something that&#8217;s needed in many institutions of traditional higher education right now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">I have attended the first 3 conferences and I moderated a panel at last year&#8217;s conference out in San Diego. I just want to say that <strong>this is a great conference and I encourage you to bring <em>a group of people<\/em> to it from your organization!<\/strong> I say <em>a group of people<\/em> because a group of 5 of us (from a variety of departments) went one year and the result of attending the NGLS Conference was a brand new Sandbox Classroom &#8212; an active-learning based, highly-collaborative learning space where faculty members can experiment with new pedagogies as well as with new technologies. The conference helped us discuss things as a diverse group, think out loud, come up with some innovative ideas, and then build the momentum to move forward with some of those key ideas.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\">If you haven&#8217;t already attended this conference, <strong>I highly recommend that you check it out.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 4th Next Generation Learning Spaces event is right around the corner! Take a look at the latest agenda. Here is just a fraction of what you can expect: Explore what\u2019s next in learning spaces + design thinking that breaks the barriers of tradition and inspire innovation Retool your learning environments with virtual &amp; augmented [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[354,322,374,224,61,86,115,302,112,200,72,135,36,3,180,74,102,7,87,79,84,20,214,367,253],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-av-audiovisual","category-adjunct-faculty","category-adult-learning","category-augmented-reality","category-business-side-of-he","category-change","category-colleges","category-community-colleges","category-corporate-business-world","category-corporate-universities","category-daniel-s-christian","category-design","category-future-of-higher-education","category-higher-education","category-innovation","category-leadership","category-learning","category-learning-ecosystem","category-learning-spaces","category-liberal-arts","category-smart-classrooms","category-strategy","category-universities","category-vendors","category-virtual-reality-worlds-learning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62502"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62512,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62502\/revisions\/62512"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}