Reflections on Learning from the OU Innovation Hub

By Wesley Fryer On December 9, 2017 · Tagged With: casadylearns, coding, creativity, csx, innovation, learning, learningspaces, oklaed, oklahoma, spaces · Add Comment

This past Wednesday, December 6, 2017, I had an opportunity to participate in a “mini-retreat” with colleagues from Casady School (@casadyschoolokc) at the Innovation Hub at the University of Oklahoma (@ouinnovationhub).This is a group of both faculty and staff, involved in supporting and teaching coding and computer science at different levels at our school. This morning on Saturday, I recorded an almost 10 minute narrated slideshow, reflecting on five things this mini-retreat encouraged me to consider and think about as we strive to find ways to support innovation, creativity, multi-disciplinary learning, and STEM/STEAM learning including coding / computer science at our school in Oklahoma City. I created this narrated slideshow on my iPad using the app Explain Everything (@explainevrythng).

If I could create ANYTHING I would creat by Wesley Fryer, on Flickr

“If I could create ANYTHING I would create…” (CC BY 2.0) by Wesley Fryer

The five primary things I reflected on in this video were:

The value and importance of exercise and wellness
“Daily Create” challenges and celebrating a creative culture
Multi-screen interactive classrooms of the future
The importance of a centrally located coffee shop for learning
The power of innovative learning spaces and “team time”

I shared a number of photos and observations during our mini-retreat tours on Wednesday, which included redesigned portions of the library at the University of Oklahoma (@ou_libraries) as well as the OU Innovation Hub. Those are collected in a Storify archive, which is also embedded below. If you have feedback or comments on any of these ideas please reach out to me on Twitter @wfryer or leave a comment below!

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