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TECHNOLOGY MEETSANTHROPOLOGY 

WEST/SOUTHWEST EDUCAUSE • February 2013 

Bridgette Sanders, Social Sciences Librarian

Judy Walker, Education/Psychology Librarian

J. Murrey Atkins Library • UNC Charlotte

Charlotte, North Carolina

Improv ing Student Learning Spaces 

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The 21st Century

Learner 

• Social

• Team Orientation

• Multitaskers• Hands-on

• Experimenters

• Entrepreneurs

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Ethnographic

Studies

• Feedback Boards/Charts

• Interviews

• Usability studies

• Observation

• Student journals• Card sorting

• NO surveys!

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Ethnographic

Studies

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Quick, Easy

Responses

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Quick, Easy

Responses

Equipment Upgrades

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Redoing the

Space

BeforeBefore

 After 

 After 

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Not so Quick &

Easy Responses

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New Access

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Reconfiguring

Computer Space

Bad

Best

Better 

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Collaborative

Rooms

Traditional

a.k.a. Study Rooms

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Collaborative

Rooms

High Tech

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Collaborative

Rooms

High Tech

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Collaborative

Walls

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Collaborative

Tables

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Collaborative

Tables

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Student

Response

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Proof is in the

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 Average Weekly Logins

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The Future is NOW

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The Future is NOW

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The Transition

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The New Space

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The Emerging

Future

Digital Scholarship Lab

dsl.uncc.edu 

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Challenges

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Challenges

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Simultaneous WiFi Connections

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Challenges

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What We Learned

• Use local human resources

Student Projects

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What We Learned

• Mobility is a must

“His group seems to have

rearranged the furniture to

make their own s tudy 

space .” (Kaitlin, field notes,

 p.9-10)

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What We Learned

• Work closely with IT folks

“But I still can’t connect to the Wi -Fi … I still can’t connect to the Wi -Fi …

The Wi-Fi is finally connected! That 

took way too long. If I actually 

needed it, I probably wo uld have 

mo ved locat ions ” (Sayde, field 

notes, p. 11).

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What We Learned

• Interactivity/Digitization

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Bridgette Sanders

btsander@uncc.edu

Judy Walker 

 jwalker@uncc.edu