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Increase Worker Engagement, Increase Business Performance
A recent article in Harvard Business Review (HBR) summarized a longitudinal study conducted across six years in 80 hospitals, including...
Railroads to Community Engagement
(photo courtesy of City of Durham via the linked article) Many cities are taking their old railroad or rail car lines and turning them...
Forest Schools and the Future of Outdoor Learning
(Photo Credit: Chermaine Lee, BBC article) The BBC recently published an article How Asia Fell in Love with Forest Schools that...
Informal Learning Environments: The Catalyzers for Social and Emotional Development of Children
Indian Express released a recent article about Social and Emotional Learning and its importance for helping preschool children understand...
Community Centers: How to Engage Sustainability and Community’s Resilience Through Design?
According to an article of Canadian Architect, now, more than ever, design should focus on community and the mitigation of climate...
Emerging Design Trends For Learning Environments After Pandemic
The Biz Journal posted a recent article about emerging design trends for learning spaces. Academic sector was always challenged by the...
Less Ideal Learning Environments: Elevated Levels of CO2
The Mass Media released a recent article that analyzes safety in learning environments. A recent study has been made in Oxford Brookes...
Designing Inclusive, Alternative and Flexible Learning Environments for Schools
Architecture & Design released a recent article that focuses on how it is important to engage learning environments in order to create a...
How to Apply Wellness in Design Strategies for Education Facilities
Facility Executive released a recent article about wellness and education facilities. The pandemic has shown, more than ever, the great...
The Future of the Faculty Office
Join MKThink’s Marijke Smit and a panel of experts in facilities management and academic administration from colleges and universities...
Why Classroom Environments Have a Big Impact on Student Learning
Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand recently posted a research about the impact of learning environments on student...
Alstonville Community Preschool: Nature is a Learning Environment
The Sector posted a recent article about how Alstonville Community Preschool makes nature a learning environment. The preschool was built...
Learning Environments: How to Boost Performance in Schools by Using Spaces Creatively?
The Newspaper made a recent article about a book called School Leadership and the Creation of Productive Learning Spaces in Schools,...
How Learning Environments Should be According to Students?
The Colorado Sun published a recent article about how Colorado Springs students envision coming back to school. Outdoor classrooms,...
The Truth About Open Offices - Harvard Business Review
MKT Statement: Just because it was written before the pandemic, doesn’t mean it’s not relevant for planning the post-pandemic hybrid...
How to Optimize Work in Order to Make it Innovative, Efficient and Creative?
The New York Times released a recent article written by Clair Cain Miller that analyses a frequent dilemma: Does chance meetings shift or...
Outdoor spaces are the solution for the return to in-person instruction
The return to classes after a year of isolation has forced school districts to rethink how to re-adapt learning environments and make...
Learning Environments: What experts say about post pandemic learning environments?
The pandemic has challenged all of the educational systems to rethink the future classroom. EdTech Magazine posted a recent article...
Penrhos College challenges classical educational spaces by investing in innovative design
Learning environments are places in which creativity and innovation must be at the center. A recent article in Business Wire looks at how...
Education: Studies show how much work needs to be done to get our kids back on track in California
A recent study by Edsource gathering data from 84% of schools in California shows that we still have a ways to go to get everyone back in...
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