A Centre for ICT in Education: Pedagogy, Practice and Research

1. INSPIRE A Centre for ICT in Education: Pedagogy, Practice and Research

2. INSPIRE The University of Canberra has received a $7.2 million grant to establish the INSPIRE Centre a centre to advance research and development on the innovative application of information and communications in formal and informal educational settings $5 million grant from the Capital Development Pool program (DEEWR) a joint venture between the University of Canberra, ACTDET and ACT Government Engaged multi award-winning architects Cox Humphries Moss Project managed by Manteena Promoting a vision for educating with technology in the 21st Century 2

3. INSPIRE INSPIRE will focus on innovative, good practice pedagogy that utilises ICT to enhance student learning outcomes Our research will inform a range of professional learning programs for both pre service and practising teachers Research themes will be further developed in conjunction with ACTDET but will include: development of virtual learning environments and mobile learning application development of frameworks to support the pedagogical applications of ICT (e.g. TPACK) application of ICT to support design thinking and educational design the use of ICT to support collaborative knowledge building in professional learning and educational leadership work on designing agile learning spaces and augmented reality applications (New grant recently awarded – ARStudio) 3

4. Building design brief Creativity - stimulating the mind and the senses Visibility - make technology and processes visible; be a prominent landmark in the University of Canberra campus Accessibility – encourage participation and use of technology; easy to find and welcoming, particularly for external collaborators and visitors Transparency - revealing the activities within to inform and excite Functionality – a robust environment for supporting the use of and research into ICT in education Flexibility & Agility - designed to support change over time Sustainability – innovation that can be sustained; reinforcing the University’s commitment to environmental responsibility 4

5. 5 Designed for learning and research

6. 6 Environmentally friendly

7. Inspired learning Making learning visible Artist’s impression

8. A collaborative space

9. A research commons

10. An internal city

15. Exhibition: Past, present and future

16. INSPIRE building progress view photostream pics by munnerley

17. NW View of INSPIRE pics by munnerley

18. Collaborative & flexi-space Also visible is the flight lounge mezzanine pics by munnerley

19. 2nd floor view over collaborative space pics by munnerley

20. TEAL Room Technology-enhanced Active Learning (see MIT) pics by munnerley

21. Planning for ICT integration Focus our attention, not narrow our focus Source: Mishra, P., & Koehler, M. J. (2006). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A new framework for teacher knowledge. Teachers College Record. 108(6), 1017-1054. 21

22. A model of design research in education 22 Source: Mor, Yishay (2010) 'A Design Approach to Research in Technology Enhanced Mathematics Education', PhD thesis, Institute of Education, University of London www.yishaymor.org/phd

23. Augmented Reality 23 Layar.com -The Layar Reality Browser is an augmented reality application that displays real time digital information (layers) on top of the physical world (reality).

24. More information Professor Robert Fitzgerald PhdDirector INSPIRE Centre for ICT in EducationOffice of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education)University of Canberra Bruce ACT 2600 AUSTRALIAPhone +61 417023539Email robert.fitzgerald@canberra.edu.au Mark Christian Manager, Educational DevelopmentPhone +61 418267757Email mark.christian@canberra.edu.au Jacinta Spinks Project OfficerOffice of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Education)University of Canberra, Australia, 2601Phone +61 26206 3965Email jacinta.spinks@canberra.edu.au Jessica Schumann Communications Officer Office of Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Education) Phone +61 2 6201 5047 Email jessica.schumann@canberra.edu.au