Learning Lab – a pedagogic testing environment

Örebro University and Akademiska Hus have together designed Learning Lab Örebro. The goal is to develop knowledge of how room design, teaching methods and technology can be used to shape future learning environments in new and remodelled buildings.

Group work in Learning Lab. The picture shows the foldable ORU walls.

Learning Lab can easily be rearranged based on the learning activity that is planned. Here, the foldable ORU walls are used to create rooms within the room.

This study area is a part Learning Lab and can be booked for group work. The seven tables/group workstations can be booked for up to 30 persons.

In Learning Lab, teachers and students can design a learning environment and test new teaching methods.

Magnus Hansson and Anna-Eva Olsson at the board with diagrams illustrating various ways to use the learning environment in Learning Lab.

Here, Magnus Hansson and Anna-Eva Olsson are illustrating various ways to use the learning environment in Learning Lab.

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Learning Lab can easily be rearranged based on the learning activity that is planned. Here, the foldable ORU walls are used to create rooms within the room.

This study area is a part Learning Lab and can be booked for group work. The seven tables/group workstations can be booked for up to 30 persons.

In Learning Lab, teachers and students can design a learning environment and test new teaching methods.

Here, Magnus Hansson and Anna-Eva Olsson are illustrating various ways to use the learning environment in Learning Lab.

The original collaboration agreement between Örebro University and Akademiska Hus was signed for four years (2022–2025). The agreement has now been extended until December 2027.

Background

Akademiska Hus has developed a concept for a Learning Lab , a test environment for future learning environments. The concept is now being used in the collaboration between Örebro University and Akademiska Hus, and together, we are creating knowledge about how our premises on campus can be developed to meet the new needs for teaching and learning in a changing world.

Where and how?

The Learning Lab is located in the western wings of Långhuset, between the Info Centre and the Kraka restaurant. First opened in 2022, Learning Lab 1.0 (yellow on the map) is housed in the northern wing and has since been used for teaching and learning activities. It may be booked for activities such as meetings and conferences when available.

Learning Lab 2.0 (red on the map) is now under construction in the southern wing and is scheduled for completion at the beginning of autumn 2025.

Both Learning Lab 1.0 and Learning Lab 2.0 have study areas with group workstations and can be booked for teaching together with the Learning Lab classrooms. When the study areas are available, they function as regular open study areas for students, either individual or group study.

The Learning Lab is located in Långhuset at Örebro University.

Book Learning Lab

For more information or to book the Learning Lab, please contact anna-eva.olsson@oru.se. You can also book the Learning Lab using our web form.

Learning Lab in the media

Read a feature about "programming on foot" in Learning Lab in the magazine "Universitetsvärlden".