Greetings:

The IALLT Language Center Design Kit is being updated, and as one of the
module authors I am in the process of revising the section I wrote for the
2003 edition.

I am working on the  module entitled "Special Needs and Usages to be
Considered in Designing a New Center."  This module is intended to help a
Director anticipate additional potential uses of the Language Center ...
beyond just being  "a lab."

My goal is to make this revision relevant to our current (2010 and beyond)
surroundings and realities. As I did for the last version, I would like to
ask for input from the LLTI readership.

In 2003, the additional spaces and places to be included in a Center that
were suggested by all of you were:

Smart Classrooms
Multimedia Authoring/Faculty Workstations
Audio/Video Recording Studios
Small Multipurpose Viewing Rooms
Larger Film Screening Spaces
Individual Student Media Stations
Discipline Specific Spaces (ASL training, LCTL meeting space)
An office for the Director
Space for Support Staff
Storage Space
A server room (if you have servers)
Lounge

Additional considerations:
open cable runs (wiring outside of the wall vs inside) so wiring can change
if need be
both wired and wireless access

If you were planning a Center today, knowing what you do about working with
faculty, student and the instructional technology that connects them...what
possible uses/ spaces would you recc'd be included?

Let me know if you would like to be cited for your contributions.

Feel free to respond here or to me directly.

Thanks!

Barbara


-- 
Barbara Sawhill
Director, Cooper International Learning Center
Lecturer, Hispanic Studies
Oberlin College
http://languages.oberlin.edu
ph: 440-775-8595

blog: http://languagelabunleashed.org
twitter: bsawhill
skype: barbarasawhill
sl: Barbara Pluto

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