Presenting at the annual Tertiary Education Management Conference (TEMC) on the Gold Coast this week, Senior Education Consultant Jo Dane of Woods Bagot will share and implode key innovations on how to catapult effective learning into the 21st Century.
"Education theory around student-centred learning provides a very clear picture of what effective student learning should look like," said Jo. "Hence, in a time when we know more about how students learn than ever before, why does it continue to be acceptable that students sit passively through lectures."
Exploring a theme of time, Jo will endeavour to review past and present conceptions of student learning and table some big ideas for a new 21st Century paradigm.
"Getting the design right for learning environments for tomorrow is born from not only having an in-depth understanding of teaching and learning theory, but also the net generation," continued Jo.
Research is the principal foundation that underpins Woods Bagot's design approach and methodology, and has informed recently completed teaching and learning spaces at the University of Technology Sydney and Deakin University Melbourne.
"Today there is a new generation of learners setting foot within universities. These students are natural collaborators who enjoy conversation, prize freedom and yearn to have fun, even while at school. To them, speed due to 'growing up digital' is part of everyday life," said Georgia Singleton, Principal, Woods Bagot.
With over 600 professionals from across both private and public sectors anticipated to attend, the conference sets out to impart and share knowledge with leading experts.
Mark Kelly, Global Sector Leader, Education Science and Health of Woods Bagot, will also be presenting on the design intelligence injected into the new South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (SAHMRI), the most significant development in health and medical research for South Australia in the 21st Century.
TEMC runs from August 14 to 17, 2011.