scholarly journals The Impact of Outdoor Views on Students’ Seat Preference in Learning Environments

Buildings ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhonghua Gou ◽  
Maryam Khoshbakht ◽  
Behnam Mahdoudi
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Gold Coast ◽  
Occupancy Rate ◽  
University Library ◽  
Good Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Support Students ◽  
Seat Preference

A Good learning environment should support students’ choices and attract them to stay. Focusing on outdoor views, this research explores two questions: How important outdoor views are in seat selection in learning environments? How do the view elements influence students’ seating behaviors in learning environments? A seat preference survey and view elements and occupancy rate measurements were conducted in a university library building in Gold Coast, Australia. This study not only echoes the previous research indicating that territory and privacy are important factors for choosing seats in a learning environment; more importantly, this study contributes to the literature with evidence that outdoor views might be an important factor for seat preference. Specifically, sky views and shading views were found positively related to occupancy rate. Based on this point, open views with appropriate shading were found as an optimal outdoor view composition. The singularity of greenery views would less likely be attractive to building occupants.

Encouraging and Increasing Student Engagement and Participation in an Online Classroom

2016 ◽  
pp. 426-447
Author(s):  
Kathryn Woods
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Online Classroom ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
The Impact

Advances in technology have increased opportunities for students to participate in online courses. While some instructors are beginning their careers teaching only online courses, others are discovering a need to teach sections of courses online after they have enjoyed a long career teaching in a traditional classroom. In either situation, it is important for instructors to recognize that students in online learning environments require the use of different strategies for encouraging engagement and participation in class. In this chapter, the author describes the challenges that students and instructors face specifically in the online learning environment as well as strategies for success, including how to maximize the impact of students' experiences and prior knowledge, using multiple platforms to deliver information, discouraging procrastination, setting clear expectations, encouraging individuality, capitalizing on diversity, and providing and utilizing helpful resources.

Some Insights into the Impact of ICTs on Learning Agency and Seamless Learning

2011 ◽  
pp. 64-75
Author(s):  
Hitendra Pillay ◽  
John A. Clarke ◽  
Peter G. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Learning Capacity ◽  
Innovation Transfer ◽  
Seamless Learning ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Learning Competencies ◽  
The Impact

The learning capacity of individuals is becoming recognised as the most valued commodity in a knowledge and information society and this has fostered an increased attention on the innovation, transfer, and management of knowledge. To explain these processes, it is necessary to move beyond what has traditionally been conceived of as a learning environment and to develop alternative models that acknowledge and accommodate the learning competencies required to successfully engage with a contingent and dynamic learning culture, the changing nature of knowledge, and the influence of the cultural background of learners. Such models need to explain the lifelong and continuous nature of learning as learners move seamlessly among a range of diverse learning environments. This chapter proposes the concept of learning agency which incorporates the intelligence inherent in learning environments as a mechanism to explain seamless learning within and across environments, particularly those that are rich in technology.

scholarly journals Time and the Design of Web-Based Learning Environments

10.28945/2875 ◽  
2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ari Wahlstedt
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Social Barriers ◽  
Initiation Phase ◽  
Web Based Learning ◽  
Novice Designers ◽  
Good Learning

For novice designers dealing with a mass of information, the initiation phase of design of a web-based learning environment can last much longer than for professional designers. A professional designer can with the help of experience surmount technological, cultural and social barriers that might prevent the design of a good learning environment. However, the time aspects of information, what is needed in design and information, what is used in learning, can result re-design and re-learning. From the designers’ perspective, we observe what information they use. We focus especially on analyzing how they understand the time aspect of learning. From the users’ perspective we discuss what time means to them in learning. The change in information happens in a certain period of time. We think that there should be more attention to this aspect in the design and propose hypothetical tools that might help filling the gap between design and use.

scholarly journals Investigating Classroom Interaction: Teacher and Learner Participation

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 86
Author(s):  
Babikir Eltigani Siddig ◽  
Yahya Ashour AlKhoudary
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Classroom Environment ◽  
Classroom Interaction ◽  
Communication Behavior ◽  
Learner Participation ◽  
Collaborative Behavior ◽  
Good Learning ◽  
The Impact ◽  
As Effects

This study on teacher and learner interaction was carried out with the sole purpose of understanding the collaborative behavior and the impact of different individuals on classroom environment. The study further analyzed the suitable methods of improving and maintaining a good learning environment. The administration of the questionnaire is the best method apart from observation and interviews among other approaches to effectively analyze learning in the classroom.The research further observed the impact of communication, behavior, and attitude in the learning environment (Fraser, 2012). This study also observed how the teacher can influence the student’s career directly or indirectly based on the mode of conducting their teaching practices in a classroom environment. Also, the model of classroom interaction formulated is comprehensive of interrelated factors such as effects of a foreign language on learning, outer contexts surrounding classroom, learning materials, and learning objectives.

How Young Adolescents Draw Themselves: A Comparison Across Three Ecosocial Contexts in Southern Madagascar

2018 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriel Scheidecker ◽  
Ariane Gernhardt ◽  
Hartmut Rübeling ◽  
Jona Holtmannspötter ◽  
Heidi Keller
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Large City ◽  
Southern Region ◽  
Emotional Expressions ◽  
Young Adolescents ◽  
Rural Villages ◽  
Modern Media ◽  
The Impact

The present study investigated the impact of young adolescents’ learning environment on their culturally mediated view of themselves as expressed in their self-drawings. The sample consisted of 83 young adolescents, 35 male and 48 female, aged 10 to 14 years with an overall average of 12 years living in three diverse ecosocial contexts within the Southern region of Madagascar: 28 participants were recruited in rural villages, 14 adolescents lived in a small town, and 41 adolescents were raised in a large city. The participants did not differ in age or gender distribution. The analyses revealed significant differences in the adolescents’ emotional expressions, drawing styles, visual appearances, and figure sizes in their self-depictions, which were in line with ecosocial variations in their learning environments. The findings are interpreted in light of the participants’ varying socialization experiences, access to formal education, and exposure to modern media and a Western lifestyle.

scholarly journals The impact of developing a system of personal learning environments in developing the skills of employing some Web 2.0 applications in the teaching of computer teachers

2018 ◽  
Vol 2 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
 Ahmed bin Mustour bin Saleh Al Ghamdi - Akram Fathi Mustafa
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Web Applications ◽  
Arithmetic Mean ◽  
Experimental Sample ◽  
Personal Learning ◽  
Personal Learning Environments ◽  
Remote Observation ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
The Impact

The aim of the research was to identify the impact of developing a system of personal learning environments on developing the skills of employing web applications in teaching teachers. The research sample consisted of (33) computer teachers in Unaiza governorate. The experimental sample was taught through a learning environment Personalized on Netvibes platform (Netvibes). The results of the study showed that there were statistically significant differences at the level of significance (0.05) between the arithmetic mean of the observation card and the arithmetic mean of the remote observation card in favor of the remote observation card.

Some Insights into the Impact of ICTs on Learning Agency and Seamless Learning

2008 ◽  
pp. 405-412
Author(s):  
Hitendra Pillay ◽  
John A. Clarke ◽  
Peter G. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Cultural Background ◽  
Dynamic Learning ◽  
Learning Capacity ◽  
Innovation Transfer ◽  
Seamless Learning ◽  
Diverse Learning ◽  
Learning Competencies ◽  
The Impact

The learning capacity of individuals is becoming recognised as the most valued commodity in a knowledge and information society and this has fostered an increased attention on the innovation, transfer, and management of knowledge. To explain these processes, it is necessary to move beyond what has traditionally been conceived of as a learning environment and to develop alternative models that acknowledge and accommodate the learning competencies required to successfully engage with a contingent and dynamic learning culture, the changing nature of knowledge, and the influence of the cultural background of learners. Such models need to explain the lifelong and continuous nature of learning as learners move seamlessly among a range of diverse learning environments. This chapter proposes the concept of learning agency which incorporates the intelligence inherent in learning environments as a mechanism to explain seamless learning within and across environments, particularly those that are rich in technology.

scholarly journals Adaptive e-learning environment based on learning styles and its impact on development students' engagement

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hassan A. El-Sabagh
Keyword(s):  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Styles ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Learning Approach ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Research Experiment ◽  
The Impact

AbstractAdaptive e-learning is viewed as stimulation to support learning and improve student engagement, so designing appropriate adaptive e-learning environments contributes to personalizing instruction to reinforce learning outcomes. The purpose of this paper is to design an adaptive e-learning environment based on students' learning styles and study the impact of the adaptive e-learning environment on students’ engagement. This research attempts as well to outline and compare the proposed adaptive e-learning environment with a conventional e-learning approach. The paper is based on mixed research methods that were used to study the impact as follows: Development method is used in designing the adaptive e-learning environment, a quasi-experimental research design for conducting the research experiment. The student engagement scale is used to measure the following affective and behavioral factors of engagement (skills, participation/interaction, performance, emotional). The results revealed that the experimental group is statistically significantly higher than those in the control group. These experimental results imply the potential of an adaptive e-learning environment to engage students towards learning. Several practical recommendations forward from this paper: how to design a base for adaptive e-learning based on the learning styles and their implementation; how to increase the impact of adaptive e-learning in education; how to raise cost efficiency of education. The proposed adaptive e-learning approach and the results can help e-learning institutes in designing and developing more customized and adaptive e-learning environments to reinforce student engagement.

scholarly journals A review paper of: the impact of daylight on students‟ learning performance

2013 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-68
Author(s):  
Sanaz. A. Samani ◽  
Soodeh. A. Samani ◽  
Masoud Parasteh
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environment ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Review Paper ◽  
Learning Performance ◽  
Natural Light ◽  
Direct Impact ◽  
Health And Wellbeing ◽  
Master Thesis ◽  
Physiological Benefits ◽  
The Impact

The purpose of this study is to identify the impact of daylight on students‘ learning performance within learning environments. Since, learning plays an important role in people‘s life; having suitable and appropriate learning place seems very important an essential. It can motivate people to learn more and better. Learning environment includes all schools, universities or other places even libraries where people study there. Well designed learning palaces make students happy and energize and vice versa. In general, lighting in an environment is one of the necessary and important elements which have direct impact on people‘s performance. Apart from all indoor (artificial) light profits, natural light itself has more benefits on peoples‘ health and wellbeing. Having aptwindows in classrooms are very important for having appropriate daylight, and also outside viewing. This connection with outside can provide significant physical and physiological benefits for users especially students. In this study the researchers try to identify the importance of daylight in learning places and discover the influence of that on students‘ learning performance. The result that comes from this study indicates that applying daylight in learning environment is very essential, but students feel and understand that while they involved with that. This paper is a review paper which came for a master thesis. Researchers review that to find support for the hypothesis that applying daylight in classrooms affects and enhances students‘ learning performance.

Encouraging and Increasing Student Engagement and Participation in an Online Classroom

2016 ◽  
pp. 1335-1357
Author(s):  
Kathryn Woods
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Learning Environment ◽  
Prior Knowledge ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Traditional Classroom ◽  
Online Classroom ◽  
Online Learning Environments ◽  
The Impact

Advances in technology have increased opportunities for students to participate in online courses. While some instructors are beginning their careers teaching only online courses, others are discovering a need to teach sections of courses online after they have enjoyed a long career teaching in a traditional classroom. In either situation, it is important for instructors to recognize that students in online learning environments require the use of different strategies for encouraging engagement and participation in class. In this chapter, the author describes the challenges that students and instructors face specifically in the online learning environment as well as strategies for success, including how to maximize the impact of students' experiences and prior knowledge, using multiple platforms to deliver information, discouraging procrastination, setting clear expectations, encouraging individuality, capitalizing on diversity, and providing and utilizing helpful resources.

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