Edge Hill University, Ormskirk: Learning Resource Centre (LRC) Social Learning Space
| Contact Details: | John Davey, daveyj@edgehill.ac.uk |
| Type of Project: | Refurbishment over a period of 8 weeks: Social Learning Space on the Ground Floor of the Learning Resource Centre (LRC). |
| Start/End Date: | July - August 2006 |
Lessons Learned
Longer café opening hours. There are vending areas but it is interesting how when the café area is up and running how much it adds to the overall ambience. It loses something when the café is closed. Looking at earlier opening hours (currently 8.30am).
Feedback says it is noisier since the revamp but that is no surprise. The solution is probably more about helping students realise that if they want quiet they can use the upper floors.
The team are keeping a check on the loaned laptops to see whether they need more of those in the space. The students can take one out for the day but not the following day. There are only 10 loanable laptops at the moment and they do get well used.
Some feedback has suggested of those wireless users half had experienced some problems e.g. time out on the Internet was too fast.
