1. FLEXspace – The Flexible Learning Environments eXchange:
A Trusted Collaborative
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• A mobile friendly database and global community
to help campuses save time, money and effort
while improving outcomes.
• A place to exchange best practices, learning space
examples, planning guides, evidence of impact
within and beyond your campus.
• Free to the academic community
• 6000 members, 1300 institutions, 75 countries
2. Browse Examples
or Add Your Own
• Case study layout
• Captioned photos
• Details and descriptions
• Users stories of design
rationale and post-
occupancy use
Tags for Facilities, AV, EdTech,
Pedagogy, and Brands
Resources might include:
• Faculty training & support
• Use guidelines
• Research findings, protocols
• Presentations, videos
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3. Award Winning Platform &
Committed Educational Supporters
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California Higher Education
Collaborative
2018 Focus on Efficiency Award
Educause 2022 Community
Leadership Award to FLEXspace
Executive Director
4. Active International Advisory Core Team &
Research Group
FLEXspace Directors
Researcher
Educause
James Frazee
Deputy CIO
Senior Associate Vice President
Information Technology Division
5. “FLEXspace is a great resource for educational
institutions for knowledge sharing about their spaces.
We can all learn from each other. As a partner, you
can see firsthand how and where products are applied
and in what kind of spaces.”
-- WolfVision Sales Manager
Founding Sponsors:
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Unprecedented Collaboration
Industry + Academic Institutions + Professional Associations
Partners leverage the FLEXspace network through
conferences, publications, blog posts, presentations,
webinars, and thought leader panels, and more.
6. Leverage
FLEXspace
Outreach &
Accolades
UPCOMING
• Educause 2022 Annual Conference in Denver, with
presentations and special attention around our Executive
Director’s Community Leadership Award for 2022.
• EdSpaces 2022 Annual Conference. Two presentations
extending our reach to the K-12 community of school
planners, thought leaders, design firms and furniture
manufacturers.
• Higher Ed AV Magazine Monthly FLEXspace Column, a
tremendous opportunity to extend reach
• Shaping EDU @ ASU collaborations to encourage
contributions to the FLEXspace collection
2022 and 2021
• AVIXA International Power Hour Panel Webinar
• Campus Tech Magazine, FLEXspace: Building the Resource,
Fostering the Community
• SCHOMS workshop, Durham University, UK.
• DET/CHE, CCUMC, EdTOA conferences and more.
• EDU 21 international panel
• CHEC and Cal State Tech virtual conferences
• Mediasite User Group
• SCUP 21 virtual expo
• AVIXA 21 virtual expo, and AVIXA Latin America sessions
• ELI21 session with LSRS team
• SCHOMS webinar
• LSC Roundtables with A&D community
2020
• Cork Institute of Technology TLU Learning Spaces Conference
• SUNY CIT
• AVIXA - HETMA webinar/workshop (Higher Ed Tech
Managers)
• Campus Consortium Ed Talk webinar
• Educause QuickTalk
• Partner webinars (Wolfvision, Mediasite)
• EDUCAUSE 20 “Simulive”
• DET/CHE
Featured in Educause Review &
Learning by Design Magazine Summer 2019
2019
• Future Trends with Bryan Alexander
• ELI19 session
• UBTech19 Program Sponsor
• ISTE19 Learning Spaces PLN
• SUNY CIT with Penn State, SUNY STC
• SCUP19 session
• IFALC International Forum on ALCs workshop
• CCUMC 19
• EDUCAUSE19 workshop
• Mediasite User Conference Austin Session
• DET/CHE19
Publications
• Monthly Column in Higher Ed AV Magazine
• Andrew Milne, Architecture Association
• Impact Journal, 2022
• ASU Mary Fulton Special Edition Article
• Campus Technology Magazine articles, ongoing
• EDUCAUSE Review
• ECAR Data Bytes
• Cal Higher Ed Collaborative article
• Learning by Design Magazine
• Mediasite Blog Posts
• Tech & Learning Magazine
8. FLEXspace has become a Uniquely Positioned Trusted Nexus
FLEXspace is the only open, community-driven mobile platform that brings together a
highly engaged and diverse community of members, partners, advisors, and advocates.
Various Roles
• Faculty
• Students
• Facilities Planners
• Researchers
• Thought leaders
• Practitioners
• Campus
administration
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Across Sectors
• Universities
• Community
Colleges
• K-12
• Libraries
• Non-profits
• Industry
• Museums
Different Priorities
• Campus planning and
facilities
• Learning technology
• A/V systems integration
• Instructional design
• Learning and assessment
• Research
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Courtesy Dr. Lennie Scott-Weber
9. FLEXspace members with a variety of perspectives
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What are your interests in FLEXspace?
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Roles
10. Steady Growth of Member and Content
Growth since the new portal launch in 2018
• + 115% members (~ 25% growth per
year)
• + 20% institutions
• + 116% spaces
• + 30% countries
Website and portal visitors/views:
• 2K views per month
• 2K new visitors last year
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11. FLEXspace Content created and Shared Outside FLEXspace!
• 25 Curated Galleries
• Hyflex, eSports, international spaces,
social distancing solutions, and more.
• 55 Toolkit guides and resources
• tools for planning, faculty support,design best
practices, and more
• 150 “My Idea Boards” (private or collaborative)
• 5200 unique “Share Links” created
• Users have shared FLEXspace content outside of the portal, to
share via email, social media, or post on a website.
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Toolkit Types
12. Use FLEXspace to
Take A Virtual
Fieldtrip
• Seek inspiration and proof of concept
• Benchmark with peer institutions
• Connect with others for guidance
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“I was brand new in my role in learning environments at the
university, and this wasn’t really my specialty. I went to my
director with my proposal for new spaces.
To back my case, I included several examples I found in
FLEXspace from other institutions. I made my ‘ask,’ and he
said, ‘OK.’
My colleagues were shocked. You got your full ‘ask’? That
never happens!”
-- Director of Learning Environments,
Private University in Southern California
13. Share Your
Story
Use FLEXspace to create:
• Classroom inventory
• Gallery of showcase spaces
Share with:
• Administration
• Faculty, Instructors, TA’s
• Support Staff
• Campus Donors
• The World!
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14. • Drive conversations with faculty,
administrators, planning committees
• Foster better communication and
understanding across various
stakeholder groups
• Build consensus among campus
stakeholders before involving architects
and others
Engage Key
Stakeholders with
Shared Idea Boards
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“In higher ed especially, we don’t
purchase from vendors.
We ask peers to help us decide.”
15. How Partners are Leveraging the Portal
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Co-create ‘case studies’ with campus clients/partners
Highlight specific products and use cases Create “Look Books” to inspire and collaborate with campus clients
16. FLEXspace Activity
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• Portal migration to latest Drupal platform
• Upgrades and integrations
• Analytics and reporting
• Improved performance (search, filtering)
• More interactivity (commenting, alerts, notes on Idea
Boards)
• User communications and management
• Integrations/APIs for campus directories, scheduling
• Expanded outreach to new audiences
• A&D (Leo A Daly, Learning Spaces Collaboratory)
• K12 (Professor Roman at Kennesaw, K12 using LSRS)
• Expanding community touchpoints including
newsletter, live tours, more original content through
blog and affiliates, more social media engagement
• Piloting a ‘subscription’ option for A&D firms and
consultants
What’s ahead in 2022
17. Don’t Just Advertise, Build Relationships!
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FLEXspace membership provides 24/7 access to engage with this specialized community.
Gain customer insights
• Browse the portal for recent campus projects
• Monitor what they view, search, discuss, download
Connect with customers
• Showcase your brand in a highly contextualized, visual
way.
• Highlight specific products, success stories, thought
pieces
• Co-create ‘case studies’ with campus clients/partners
• Generate leads in a highly targeted, organic way.
Build your reputation as a thought leader
• Promote your brand through FLEXspace activities
• Attend key events with organizations and leaders to
enhance targeted exposure.
• Gain exclusive access to our impressive global
advisory council of respected academic and industry
partners, influencers, and advocates
Demonstrate your support and commitment to
education and open-source sharing.
18. Join the FLEXspace
Community Today!
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See the tiered partnership sheet for details on
opportunities.
Contact us to discuss further and for a temporary
login to explore the members-only portal.
We look forward to working with you to find the
right partnership level to fit your needs.
View these two videos with more on features and
benefits for campuses and partners.
• FLEXspace Overview for Partners
• https://youtu.be/u73qUQYFAY0
• What is FLEXspace?
• https://youtu.be/FeS8doXFZdU
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
Rebecca Frazee, EdD
Faculty, Learning Design &
Technology
San Diego State University
Director, FLEXspace.org
rfrazee@sdsu.edu
Lisa Stephens, PhD
Assistant Dean
Senior Strategist of
Academic Innovation, Office
of the SUNY Provost
Executive Director,
FLEXspace.org
lisa.stephens@suny.edu