Project 3: Hybrid Learning Spaces Digitization Project

Participants: Katrin Schillinger, Prof. Christine Gläser (Hamburg University of Applied Sciences)

Practical implementation in experimental rooms

From April 2021 to December 2023, the Hybrid Learning Spaces digitization project at HAW Hamburg will pursue flexible prototypical development of the concepts and implementation in selected experimental spaces. In order to open the experiences and results of the project also sustainably for future learning space initiatives, a documentation in the form of a “learning space toolkit” will be initiated.

Three learning space dynamics in focus

This project focuses on the following three learning space dynamics:

Experimental spaces as a systematic process building block (source: own illustration, digitization project Hybrid Learning Spaces 2022)

In the winter semester 2021/22, the concept of an experimental room was developed for the Faculty of Economics & Social Sciences. As an open, flexible space, this enables and supports students’ independent learning in the context of teaching and media use.

Learning space development by and for students

In this approach, students are specifically involved and, in addition, students’ wishes and needs are systematically researched and the results of this research are incorporated into the design processes. The project is characterized by interdisciplinary and participatory planning processes. In the future, the prototypical concept elements should also be able to be used across the faculty and organization.

Interfaculty promotion

Another special feature is the cross-faculty funding: The three faculties of Design, Media and Information (DMI), Technology and Informatics (TI) and Economics and Social Sciences (W&S) jointly support the project – a clear signal to continue to anchor (hybrid) learning space development in an integrated and interdisciplinary way at HAW Hamburg.