Standard: Designing Learning Environments to Support Participatory Learning
Theme: Designing for a Collaborative Physical LLC
Growth Phase: Established
Growth Indicator: Physical LLC spaces are designed to engage learners in participatory learning.
In this dynamic video production a school librarian specialist in Waterloo Region school district, Ontario, invites us to imagine the potential school libraries can have on learning when re-examining the space.
Brooks Kirkland, Anita. (2011). Imagine your library.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w0F0vR4WGIg
This video depicts a British Columbia school district’s results in transforming a secondary school and a number of elementary schools SLLC physical spaces. Accessing a variety of grants/building upgrades the innovations in the spaces become learner centric, modern and fun.
Richmond School District No. 38. (2021, October 14). SD38 Redesigning Library Learning Commons Spaces [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIJ3NbqCNVU&t=123s
District Learning Commons Teacher-Librarian in School District 57, British Columbia, and current Chair of the Canadian School Libraries (CSL) Board of Directors, Jeffrey addresses the issue that older models of school library design with a resource-centric approach that past school libraries utilized, do not fit with the learner-centric model of the school library learning commons today. He provides largely Canadian research that shows it is important that the school library learning commons space is designed with participatory instruction in mind. Includes a recent (November 2023-January 2024) survey conducted by the British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA) with teacher-librarians leading to recommendations that address critical aspects to include in school library design and possible usability issues.
Jeffery, J., & British Columbia Teacher-Librarians’ Association (BCTLA) Committee. (2025). School library design in British Columbia. Paper presented at the Treasure Mountain Canada 8 Symposium, Toronto, Canada. https://researcharchive.canadianschoollibraries.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/TMC8_2025_Jeffery.pdf