Designing an academic innovation studio at University of California Berkeley

UC’s Educational Technology Services (ETS) engaged brightspot to help them approach planning in an integrated, collaborative fashion—considering the experiences that the Academic Innovation Studio should support, the services and resources it should offer, and the spaces it should contain.

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“In a fast-paced project to develop a new instructional technology studio for faculty, brightspot was an agile facilitator and thoughtful partner, equally adept at solving service delivery and space challenges.”

– Jenn Stringer, Associate CIO, Educational Technology Services, UC Berkeley

Through the process, ETS identified and engaged a number of groups at the University who they could collaborate with to enhance or better coordinate the delivery of instructional technology support services, including the Center for Teaching and Learning, the Library, Research Information Technologies, the Digital Humanities Project, and others.

In collaboration with the University, ETS, and partners, brightspot guided the design and planning process by qualitatively and quantitatively communicating the vision and potential space strategies for the Academic Innovation Studio, as well as describing the activities, uses, and services that the space will support. Our brief was translated into a design by the architect, working closely with ETS and the University. The studio opened in 2016 and has been fueling academic innovation ever since.

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