Campfires, Watering Holes and Caves: Learning environments for

the 21st Century

National Tertiary Learning and Teaching ConferenceBuilding Futures – Nelson, October 12-14 2011

Nicola Maw

“Don’t just rebuild schools – reinvent them”

“Any teacher that can be replaced by a computer, deserves to be”

Campfire Space

What happens after any typical ‘story’ in class remains the business of the teacher. She will be measured not

only by her ability to motivate, but by the level of effort her exhortations inspire. Take away the campfire, and

you have suddenly weakened the teacher's hand considerably because without motivation, there is no

engagement, and without engagement, there is no learning.

Prakash Nair

Gettysburg Address, 1863

“I had a Dream”, 1963

Where is your campfire space?

Watering Hole Space

Where is your watering hole space?

Cave Space

Where is your cave space?