Exploring the big picture of a learning environment as an integrated system of physical, digital and social environments. Breaking it down into small low-risk actionable steps for improvement.
An interview with James Boekbinder, an expert in User Behaviour & Interaction Design. He is an advocate that the shape of a successful product is hiding inside human behaviour. James advises organisations preparing for innovation of their product and service systems. Besides being a self-employed consultant, he teaches about these subjects at a couple of universities for about 12 years now. Experiencing himself how it feels to work in a (sub)optimal learning environment. He shares with us his professional insights.
As could be expected the main area of improvement is in the social domain of human behaviour. About ambitions, politics, willingness to change, leadership in balancing quality of education and financial constraints. James gives us an insider view behind the curtains of the daily reality at a university. He translates this into guiding design principles that can strengthen the learning environment.
Some of the takeaways:
- Find the initiatives/programs that work and enhance them.
- Find the hacks that people created to make the system work for them, and adjust the bugs in the system.
-Start low-risk prototyping projects to improve the system and test if they add value. This creates evidence to go to the next level.
- Less is more. Focus on removing not optimal working components of the learning environment, rather than adding more. Monitor the effects on education, research and health and well-being of students and staff.
The "E" of real estate podcast is about the user experience on university campuses that will help you to create a positive impact by raising awareness and providing best practice examples about rethinking the learning environment to maximize human potential.
A kind of GPS, to tell you where you are on the way to your desired targets. A GPS with objective measurable coordinates of:
That is the deeper meaning of the "E" in the name of this podcast: The "E" of Real Estate. REAL ESTATE and the (real) STATE of Humans. The interaction between the state of the building and of the people using the building.
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