University of California, Berkeley, Academic Innovation Studio

California, USA

Project details

Client

University of California, Berkeley

Duration

2015

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Advisory, Higher education consulting, Strategy and operating model design advisory

In recognition of the need to to support instructors with adapting to ongoing economic, cultural and technological shifts in the teaching landscape, UC Berkeley sought to create a new collaborative service space for teaching and learning innovation.

UC Berkeley’s Educational Technology 海角视频 (ETS) engaged our services to aid in the process of planning a new facility to support its instructors.

We consulted with UC Berkeley leadership, ETS staff, potential partners, and instructors to collaboratively shape the vision and strategy.

We went on to guide the design and planning process by communicating the vision and potential space strategies.

We also outlined the activities, uses and services that the new Academic Innovation Studio will support.

Challenge

UC鈥檚 Educational Technology 海角视频 (ETS) engaged 海角视频, to help them approach planning in an integrated, collaborative fashion – considering the experiences that the Academic Innovation Studio should support, the services and resources it should offer and the spaces it should contain.

Photograph brightspot working with stakeholders at UC Berkeley to define the vision for an academic innovation studio at — We conducted a series of leadership interviews and visioning workshops with multi-stakeholder groups to frame the positioning of and future vision for the facility. This process also helped to prioritize the activities, services and spaces that would be offered. Image: 海角视频.

Solution

Through the process, ETS identified and engaged a number of groups at the University who they could collaborate with to enhance or better coordinate the delivery of instructional technology support services, including the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Library, Research Information Technologies, the Digital Humanities Project and others.

In collaboration with the University, ETS and partners, our advisory team guided the design and planning process by qualitatively and quantitatively communicating the vision and potential space strategies for the Academic Innovation Studio, as well as describing the activities, uses and services that the space will support.

In a fast-paced project to develop a new instructional technology studio for faculty, brightspot (now 海角视频) was an agile facilitator and thoughtful partner, equally adept at solving service delivery and space challenges.
Jenn Stringer, Associate CIO, Educational Technology 海角视频, UC Berkeley

Photograph of students in the academic innovation studio at UC Berkeley — The new Academic Innovation Studio brings together instructors, researchers and service providers to foster innovation in teaching, learning and research. Image: Blitz Architects.

Value

The brief was translated into a design by the architect, working closely with ETS and the University. The studio opened in 2016 and has been fueling academic innovation ever since.

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The ideal space to support academic innovation