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Beyond Physical Space: Implementing a Virtual Learning Commons at an Urban Community College

Beyond Physical Space: Implementing a Virtual Learning Commons at an Urban Community College
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Author(s): Heba Elsayed (Hostos Community College/CUNY, USA), Carlos Guevara (Hostos Community College/CUNY, USA), Rebecca Hoda-Kearse (Hostos Community College/CUNY, USA), Isabel Li (Hostos Community College/CUNY, USA), Kate Lyons (Hostos Community College/CUNY, USA), George Rosa (Hostos Community College/CUNY, USA)and Varun Sehgal (Hostos Community College/CUNY, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 23
Source title: Cases on Higher Education Spaces: Innovation, Collaboration, and Technology
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Russell G. Carpenter (Eastern Kentucky University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2673-7.ch011

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Abstract

The administration, faculty, and staff at Hostos Community College strive to improve students’ computer and information literacy skills while meeting the distinct needs of Millennials. In 2007, Hostos initiated a project to reconfigure physical spaces throughout the campus (areas in the Library, Academic Learning Center, Educational Technology Office, and Academic Computing Center) and establish a unified virtual space, creating a cross-divisional entity: the Information Learning Commons (ILC). This case discusses the formation of the ILC Committee, the group that envisions and manages physical ILC spaces’ renovation and also develops virtual spaces; the planning and implementation of physical learning commons spaces; the web applications that unify the ILC; the benefits of reducing duplication and optimizing resource utilization; Hostos current challenges with the ILC concept; and finally, the imminent expansion of virtual commons spaces. Hostos is an exemplar in how collaboration can creatively maximize resources through technology to meet students’ needs.

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