Abstract:

The Collab Lab at Bowling Green State University is a hands-on, creative space for students, faculty, staff and community members to engage in collaborative work. Its goal is to support teams of collaborators working together to conceive, create, develop and refine new ideas for teaching innovation, progressive research, and venture development. All of this is done by leveraging the unique talents inherent to the University community.

We designed the Collab Lab to be the ideal place for teams to come together. It is located on the first floor of the university library and features configurable collaboration spaces and rapid prototyping tools such as 3-D scanners and printers, digital video equipment, virtual reality headsets, and a universal laser cutter.

Attendees to this session will learn about our approach to designing and programming the Collab Lab, including a summary of our research and descriptions of our promotion and advancement activities. They will see how we promote creativity and innovation through the framework of design thinking.

Keywords:

Creativity, Design Thinking, Innovation, Collaboration, Learning Space Design.