The 7pm Project

The Making Connections: Innovations in Learning and Teaching Forum, jointly hosted by the Division of Technology, Information and Learning Support (TILS) and the Learning and Teaching Unit (LTU), was held on 20 June. The forum provided a snapshot of innovative practice across QUT, as well as an overview of services supporting innovation. Past events have attracted sizeable audiences and informal feedback has been very positive and encouraging. The objective of the forum is to give an opportunity to academic teaching staff to share their innovative practice with their peers, and it is planned that more events will be held to allow for further sharing of ideas. The program for the June 2012 forum included the following presentations: Ms Lindy Osborne: The 7pm Project Dr Ana Pavasovic: A multifaceted approach to teaching a first year unit Mr Paul Willis: Out of our comfort zone: How can Collaborate engage students in inclusive teaching practices Dr Kelly Zuniga: Can you draw what I see? Recasting the ‘crit’ to engage a larger classroom audience Dr Peter Bell, Dr Mark Lauchs, Amy Henderson and Edward Robinson: Crime Club: Lightbulb moments Dr Deboarh Peach: Improving student engagement through the integration of blended delivery approaches in WIL. Lindy Osborne Biography: As an early career academic, Lindy Osborne draws upon professional experience as a registered architect to offer students pioneering curricula that are firmly grounded in real-world practice. Since commencing her academic career in 2008, she has purposefully reconceptualised the delivery of Architectural Design, Technology, Professional Practice and Research subjects, using innovative digital technology and empowering students to direct their own learning. Lindy is cognisant of the impact that the physical learning environment has on students, and seeks to actively modify it to support students by enabling powerful enactive learning. Using technology embedded flexible learning spaces and innovative simulated office practice pedagogy,students actively learn in an authentic environment, redressing the structural and cyclical factors that have resulted in a lack of workplace learning opportunities. Lindy’s creative integration of interdisciplinary opportunities, popular culture, social media and Web-2.0 technologies connects with students on their level, while they develop critical professional skills both inside and perhaps more importantly outside, the formal classroom environment.

Elmwood Housing, Detroit, Michigan, 1964 (unbuilt project)

[Conceptual Sketch], untitled. Purple crayon sketch on tracing paper, 12x25 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Minnesota History Center Competition, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1984-1986 (unbuilt project)

[Conceptual Sketch of Structure], untitled. Blue ink sketch on tracing paper with notations, initialed, 12x16 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Site Plan Study], untitled. Ink sketch on electrostatic print with green, gray and blue marker coloring, 24x36 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Site Plan Study], untitled. Ink sketch on graph paper, 8 1/2 x 11 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Site Plan Study], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper with blue and gray marker coloring, initialed, 14 3/4 x 18 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Site Plan Study], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper with blue, gray and yellow marker coloring, initialed, 18 x 19 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Site Plan Study], untitled. Black and blue ink sketch on tracing paper with green, blue and gray marker coloring, 18x27 iinches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Site Plan Study], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper with blue and orange marker coloring, 12 x 21 1/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Site Plan Study], untitled. Green ink sketch on tracing paper, 12x15 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Facade Study], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper, 12 x 18 1/2 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Facade Study], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper, 18 x 29 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Facade Study], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper with gray and blue marker coloring, initialed, 12x21 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Facade Study], untitled. Ink sketch on tracing paper with gray and blue marker coloring, 8 1/2 x 19 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]

Sports and Civic Stadium, Venice, Italy 1989-1992 (unbuilt project)

[Facade Study], untitled. Ink sketches on tracing paper with gray marker coloring, 12 x 16 3/4 inches [from photographic copy by Lance Burgharrdt]