Learning Outside Classrooms on Campus Ground: Malaysia
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This paper reports an assessment on a physical informal learning environment at a public university in Malaysia. The physical aspects investigated were the space conditions and utilisation that support informal learning activities undertaken by students outside their formal lecture hours. The research was conducted to understand how existing university facilities accommodate informal learning, through the use of that an existing traditional university setting could accommodate a range of informal learning activities, for a limited percentage of the university population. The setting for learning could be better improved through the creation of more varied space conditions for varying learning activities and engagement intensity. It also asserts that quality learning environment emotional need for inspiration and sense of identify. © 2013. Published by the Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies (cE-Bs), aculty of rchitecture, Plannin Surveyin , niversiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia ey ords earning nformal setting igher education LEARNING OUTSIDE CLASSROOMS ON CAMPUS GROUND: MALAYSIA Ibrahim, N. et al., 97
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