The Co-creation Space
A flexible space for students and staff to co-create
- Bookable by students and staff for co-creation
- Available for drop-in outside of bookings
- Resources available to facilitate co-creation activities
- Flexible furniture to design the space around your activities
- Facilitates group work and student-centred teaching & learning
Book The Co-creation Space
Please remember: Making a booking request does not guarantee a booking until you have confirmation from us. It may take up to two working days for us to respond.
Co-creation means different things to different people.
Some definitions are that co-creation is:
…when staff and students work collaboratively with one another to create components of curricula and/or pedagogical approaches. — Bovill, C., A. Cook-Sather, P. Felten, L. Millard, and N. Moore-Cherry. 2016. ‘Addressing Potential Challenges in Co-Creating Learning and Teaching: Overcoming Resistance, Navigating Institutional Norms and Ensuring Inclusivity in Student–Staff Partnerships’. Higher Education 71(2):195–208.
…collaborative, reciprocal… through which all participants have the opportunity to contribute equally, although not necessarily in the same ways, to curricular or pedagogical conceptualization, decision making, implementation, investigation, or analysis. — Cook-Sather, A., Bovill, C., & Felten, P. 2014. Engaging students as partners in learning and teaching: A guide for faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
You can learn more about co-creation on the IATL website, including funding opportunities.
We welcome bookings from students and staff. While co-creation activities will typically involve both staff and students, it is not a requirement that bookings involve both.
The purpose of The Co-creation Space is to facilitate the formal and informal co-creation activities of staff and students. We may reject booking requests for other uses or which have capacity or other practical issues.
Examples of use we envision include:
- Scheduled teaching sessions that have a co-creation element
- Staff/student meetings, such as SSLCs
- Groupwork activities with a co-creation goal
Room capacity is maximum of 60, with 40 for groupwork at tables.
Ventilation
You are encouraged to keep windows open for airflow, where it is possible, safe and secure — even in cold weather.
Planning your event
If you are running a formal event in the spaces:
- Please note your Covid-19 mitigations in your risk assessment — you can use the University’s overarching risk assessment. You do not need to share these with the Library, but please get in touch with us if you have any questions — teachinggrid at warwick dot ac dot uk
- You should also think about the type of activity you’re organising, as lively activities will have more significant risks and need more consideration than events requiring attendees to remain seated
- Warwick Food and Drink will deliver to events through the usual booking process
Availability
Space availability
Please note: The space will be unavailable until the end of Term 2 2024.
Bookings are not possible in Term 3 as the space is converted to quiet group study space. However you can still make bookings in advance during Term 3 for Summer vacation, for example.
Human Library event - Gemma Marakas
(FS-326)
For complete set-up details, see previously submitted Service Request form
- Our plan is to have two tables at the front of the space, beside the computer which will become the “Meet and Greet” area.
- The rest of the furniture will then be pushed to the sides and out of the way.
- We’ll then use the little soft seating around the room in groups of two for the Q&A sessions with the books.
- We’re going to keep the curtains towards the end of the room for a “quieter” space in case any books or readers would prefer a more private or quieter reading.
- Light refreshments, most likely just tea, coffee and biscuits, will be on the tables by the entrance door.
Resources
- Standard presentation podium with document visualiser and wireless microphones
- Five group work screens equipped with Solstice
- Two whiteboard walls
- Lego and sound dampening tablecloths
- Sticky notes
- Repositional whiteboard sheets
- A range of flexible furniture
- Power sockets
We are expanding the resources available. Please email us with suggestions for resources to facilitate co-creation, including props and stationery.
teachinggrid at warwick dot ac dot uk
Please note:
The space entrance is open, so it is not suitable for sensitive conversations.