GLOBAL CROSS-SECTOR THINKING ON GAPS IN LEARNING SPACE RESEARCH: RESULTS OF THE ILE SE WORKSHOP 1

Abstract

The first ILE+SE Scoping Study workshop sought comment from 217 leading learning space practitioners in 21 countries equally representing three ‘sectors’ (academe, industry and education) to answer ‘What ILE research exists, and what is needed’? It found the international field draws sparingly from existing research; a wide scope of projects, publications and experts were cited, but most only once or twice. The exceptions were some large projects, suggesting their large scale produces a capacity to create comprehensive and cohesive outputs that meet a variety of needs. Analysis based on frequency of citations identified twenty critical gaps on a robust hierarchical scale. This hierarchy rema..